Review of Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) by Khornez — 06 Dec 2018
The movie was a narrative mess, full of loops and plots that lead nowhere, and even greater is the missed oportunities at every spot. It feels like a soul-less massive ad, where the brands are just plastered in your face with no real intention behind them other than "hey it's the big brand that has offered more cash". Even character cameos are missed oportunities (specially Sonic, who's only purpose is a brief exposition monkey with plenty of missed oportunities for jokes about SPEED and INTERNET).
The music is so generic I was unable to recall any tunes right after I left the cinema when I was discussing it with friends.
The motivations were weak at best, and everything was massively contrived and forced, and things that are complete non-issues. The representation and jokes about internet itself are also incredibly weak and dated, not to mention cringy and confusing. It's like some grandpa decided to make the script when he heard the word "memes" and "youtubers".
And let's not talk about world originality, because it lacks it entirely: it's all big buildings and silly looking avatars walking around.
And last but not least, it's a movie that is a sequel to a movie about games, for a movie about games, with characters that are videogame based, the gaming theme is completely Lost. There is one game in the entire internet and it's barely fleshed out, and you only know it's an online game and not an arcade because they show you two kids on their couches, literally, they act like only one or two gamers can be in the ENTIRE SERVER at the time, a game that should be like GTA, filled with different servers and thousands or millions of players, considering its popular and addictive enough that someone is willing to pay 40k for a car (and the players that attempted it and spent hours to get it didnt even look like your typical end-game character, so it adds more to the generic-ness and lack of understanding on online gaming of it all).
Personally, avoid it even if its on Netflix, is not even bad in a funny way, it's bad in a boring and bland paste way.
This review of Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) was written by Khornez on 06 December 2018.
Ralph Breaks the Internet has generally received positive reviews.
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