This past Monday I had the lucky opportunity to attend a sneak preview of Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph. The movie will be released this Friday and I cannot wait to see it again. A friend of mine once called this movie a Toy Story for video game geeks. He is so true about that. When I was a kid I remember playing so many games at the Arcade and I played so many games on my Atari 2600, my Nintendo (NES) and in college I bought a PlayStation. So many hours of my childhood and young adult life were spent playing video games. I’ll still drop a quarter into a classic game when I see one out in the wild.

The story is one of discovering just who you are and then believing in that person. There is an A story and a B story. In the A story we follow Ralph as he tries to earn a medal and feel like it feels to be the hero just once. He later meets Vanellope von Schweetz a “Glitch” from the game Sugar Rush. Vanellope wants to be a racer but she’s being prevented from racing from the other racers. So we have two outcasts that meet each other and go on a quest together. Along the way they learn to be friends and support each other. The relationship was so funny and endearing and incredibly well done. Continue reading Wreck-it Ralph Sneak Preview Review →