Review of Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) by Brunovn00 — 30 Mar 2019

Does this movie really has almost the same score as the first one? That means that THIS is almost as good as the original? I DON'T think so. I can't say this movie was disappointing because I wasn't expecting ANYTHING good from this movie, the trailers make it look like it was going to be another Emoji Movie and just Disney references, so cringeworthy.

I'll start with the bad.

The Bad:

-The premise and concept could have potential to be good, but Disney just messed it up. The "internet world" they're representing is so bland, predictable and lacks any creativity, like I think that's what everyone imagines how the internet looks and works. I can't say I could do it better because if I was in charge of creating the world of this movie, honestly, I would have the same idea, but I expect some creativity from Disney. When your "internet" world looks very similar to the "smartphone" world of the Emoji Movie, you are doing something wrong.

-The plot is so dumb even if it's aimed towards children. This movie gives so stupid and ridiculous explanations on how viral videos work. Is Disney trying to teach kids that they will get 27000 dollars in less than a day for spamming the internet with dumb videos of them copying already viral videos? Because that's the exact same thing Ralph does in the movie. That's not how the internet works and even for a silly kids movie, this is so ridiculous.

-I actually liked the princesses scene, but the movie literally shows what you saw in the trailers and just a couple more minutes of it. Also it doesn't fit in this movie, this could be better if it was a standalone short, not a part of a movie like this, such an unnecesary scene, but well, I guess it was "important" for the plot after all.

-I don't understand the praise towards the "Slaughter Race" musical number. Yeah it's cool on its own, it has that classic Disney Renaissance vibe, but it made me cringe when I remember from what movie it is from, it's an unnecesary scene.

-They turned Ralph into an unlikable character, he does so many stupid things that just made me facepalm through the entire movie. He turned out to be this movie's twist villain, I guess.

However, there is one thing I actually liked, SHOCKER!

The Good:

-The message this movie tries to give at the end of the movie. It's so realistic and relatable, if this topic was the focus of the entire movie, I think it could have been SO much better.

Disney should stop making sequels, but I obviously know that will not happen as they are doing it for obvious reasons ($$$) Just makes me sad that they made a mediocre sequel to a movie that didn't really need a sequel. Why not release this straight-to-Netflix? I guess because they didn't have anything original to release in theaters in 2018 and they needed to make money.