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The Tudyk Trilogy: Wreck-It Ralph (part 1)
Aug. 2nd, 2015 11:19 pmVideo game movies. Just those three words conjures up images of the worst films Hollywood has had to offer, be it Bob Hoskins as Mario, Freddie Prinze Jr. fighting cat aliens, or much of Uwe Boll's oeuvre.
But whereas Hollywood has long had trouble adapting actual video games into good movies, films built around the concept of video gaming as a whole have had a less spotty record. That's not to say that they're all good, but let's just put it this way: Tron is still somewhat fondly remembered some thirty years on for its innovative CG work.
You could say that it left behind quite a Legacy ;-)
(High Def Digest)
When Disney decided to to finally bring their long-percolating idea for a video game movie to fruition, unlike with most other video game movies, most people simply just accepted that it was going to be decent at the very least... After all, this is the Lasseter era of Disney we're talking here. Sure enough, Wreck-It Ralph managed to earn itself $180m in the US, and even got an Oscar nomination, where it would find itself on the wrong end of one of the most divisve moments in the Best Animated Feature category's history not involving Legos. So, let's take a look, shall we?
( Let's get wrecking )
But whereas Hollywood has long had trouble adapting actual video games into good movies, films built around the concept of video gaming as a whole have had a less spotty record. That's not to say that they're all good, but let's just put it this way: Tron is still somewhat fondly remembered some thirty years on for its innovative CG work.
You could say that it left behind quite a Legacy ;-)
(High Def Digest)
When Disney decided to to finally bring their long-percolating idea for a video game movie to fruition, unlike with most other video game movies, most people simply just accepted that it was going to be decent at the very least... After all, this is the Lasseter era of Disney we're talking here. Sure enough, Wreck-It Ralph managed to earn itself $180m in the US, and even got an Oscar nomination, where it would find itself on the wrong end of one of the most divisve moments in the Best Animated Feature category's history not involving Legos. So, let's take a look, shall we?
( Let's get wrecking )
