Although Disney's animation headquarters' traditional reservation project, the time-honored princess animation, still adopts a relatively conservative strategy in creation, but in non-princess animation, Disney can still easily achieve "curve to save the country": although the motif is still The exploration of self-identity, but the "Zootopia" that swept the world added racial issues to it, and the regret of the 2012 "Invincible Destruction King" even hit the edge ball from stereotype to mid-life crisis. , and also rarely chose a non-beautiful middle-aged male image as the protagonist. Before Steven Spielberg's "Ready Player One", the first "Smash Bros." movie in the mainstream film industry, "Wreck King", which broke away from Disney's traditional model, finally ushered in a sequel after six years The work — which is also Disney Animation Studios’ first animated feature-length sequel since Fantasia 2000 18 years ago — albeit with a drop in originality (after all, the heavily criticized Emoji Adventures has stinked the subject last year), but still delivered the charm and emotion that matched the first film. In a way, there's a subtle connection between Wreck-It Ralph 2 and parent-child education giant Pixar: it's not just a movie about kids, it's a clever metaphor for the relationship between adults and kids. Especially in the setting of the theme, it has become a rarity in the Hollywood industry: on the surface, it has questioned the traditional princess animation and the old-fashioned "team spirit" animation, and at the same time, it has also challenged the peer pressure that is flooding the Internet age. criticized. Despite its highly entertaining shell, Wreck-It Ralph 2 isn't as shallow as it might seem.
Although similar in content to the soulless Emoji Adventures, the two directors from Zootopia and its predecessors, Rich Moore and Phil Johnston, clearly have a strong grasp on contemporary social media and online interactions. Think deeply, not simply use it as a "magnifying glass" for our society. This is not only a reference to cyberpunk in design (and cartoonizing it), but also a better reflection of the current situation of the Internet with information explosion: on the one hand, it is bright and bright, on the other hand, it is dangerous and hidden, and it wants to drag you all the time. Into this fantasy/shit pit — the script the duo co-wrote with screenwriter Pamela Ribon, also has a natural connection to it. "Invincible Destruction King 2" is still an animated blockbuster, an industrial product, and a sequel to a series. It is still about personal faults, how to find circles to make new and old friends, and so on. But Wreck-It Ralph 2 also weaves a cautionary tale about teaching kids how to deal with their own insecurities and how parents should put the internet in perspective. When Wrecking King Ralph and Vanellope roam the Internet, they are also on a journey with the audience to relearn the world we already know. Similar to "Invincible Destruction King", the most interesting part of "Invincible Destruction King" is the metacultural neta that is constantly brushing the presence in the mid-early stage, and Disney is even more merciless to itself: the Marvel Star Wars Pixar melee, And the princess pajamas that are eye-catching in the publicity. The climax of this passage appears in the (Disney tradition) song passage of Vanellope. If "A Star Is Born" has not already locked the best song at the Oscar in advance, "Wreck-It Ralph 2" will also be a strong contender. .
Disney will remain unstoppable for the foreseeable future: While The Nutcracker and the Four Realms and other original films haven't received critical acclaim, Mickey Mouse is arguably making great strides in modernizing the classic. Regardless of the fact that live-action reset films such as "Aladdin", "Dumbo" and "The Lion King" have already taken the lead, in the sequels of animated films, due to the affordability of longer production cycles - "Invincible Destruction King 2" and its predecessors It’s been 6 years, and “Toy Story 4” has made the audience wait for 9 years – and it’s hard to be as staggering or mediocre as its competitors. For the most part, Wreck-It Ralph 2 is smart and fun, action- and The combination of comedy is also just right. In the context of the general decline of animated films in recent years, 2018's "Invincible Destruction King 2" is a powerful blow for non-Pixar labels. While unlikely to win next year's Oscar for Best Animated Feature, it's still a timely and entertaining family animation for its positioning (rather than a production cost of nearly $200 million).
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