Why Ralph Breaks the Internet is a Cinematic Disaster

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[illegalpoprocks]

One of the absolute WORST parts of this movie to me is that the sugar rush machine magically becomes a single player game to fit the plot

[SwitchbackCh]

One of the biggest missed opportunities was how the sequel was about the internet and not modern gaming. What if Sugar Rush became a online console game like Mario Kart, while Ralph was still stuck in his 80s game? They could have explored how retro arcade games struggle to remain relevant in modern times.

[ethanengelking]

Fun fact: Big Hero 6 was originally apart of the marvel universe. A kind of Japanese Avengers team. At the end of the movie, Stan Lee makes a cameo. Not many people know this, I just wanted more people to know about this information.

[sup]

Why the hell did they need to go The Internet? They already introduced us to an immersive, wonderful world in the first movie: THE ARCADE! Why couldn't we spend time in the other games' worlds and characters we were breifly introduced in the first movie. Its called WORLD BUILDING!

[caryn]

This movie was doomed to be bad when they named it “Ralph breaks the internet” instead of “Ralph wrecks the internet”

[tradeka]

I don’t understand how they managed to take a sweet and heartwarming relationship between two people of completely different ages and backgrounds and turned into something weird and uncomfortable. Nothing about their relationship in the first movie felt forced or uncomfortable. It wasn’t weird because they didn’t act weird. Vanelope is a sassy little girl and she loved to make fun of Ralph, who obviously found her very annoying at first, but they come to appreciate and care about each other and the development of this while each of them has their own inner development arc is what makes the movie so good. The second one just took everything they did in the first one and destroyed it

[eddykidplayzyt]

10/10 movie solely because Ralph completely removed Colleen from the internet. Thank you Ralph

[AuspexAO]

Ralph is the one with the character arc where he learns that it's "ok to be a bad guy" in the first movie. Why did they think they needed to make Ralph the one with the arc again in this one? It's definitely Vanellope's turn. After Sugar Rush breaks, the racers go on to a sequel game but Vanellope is bored with the same old thing and doesn't want to live out the rest of her life in another Sugar Rush. While introducing Ralph the internet she Turbos into Slaughter Race and Ralph gets mad at her, but they discover that it's actually fine, because there's an online poll to add a new racer to Slaughter Race and all the guest players are temporarily playable until the vote. It's a legit way for Vanellope to "go turbo" (online games add guest characters from other games all the time, so it's way more believable that this would happen in a non-arcade game).

They go to the internet to make Vanellope more popular to win the poll, and Ralph would find that he had the talent for making viral videos. He starts by using the popularity to get votes for Vanellope. Maybe Ralph has a mini-arc where he lets the fame get to his head and forgets why he started doing the viral video thing and starts doing it for clout and atttention. The REAL arc could be that Vanellope is the insecure one. She wants to branch out and loves Slaughter Race, but sees herself as a dorky little kid. The other racers from Sugar Rush shame her for trying to broaden her horizons. Her new friend Shank unintentionally treats her like a baby instead of an equal despite the fact that they're both great racers. They lose a race to Mystery Racer X, a boss that Shank "can never beat". Even though it's clearly not Vanellope's fault, Shank lashes out with gamer rage and blames her for the loss calling her a "candy-coated brat".

Now our heroine can't even rely on Ralph and gets mad at him because he's obsessed with internet clout. To top it all off, she sees negative comments about her online thanks to the impending poll and gets really down on herself. The climax of the movie is Ralph realizing the poll is about to close and Vanellope is losing badly. He uses his platform to make a heartfelt and real plea for people to help out Vanellope and explains how amazing she is as a racer and how ride or die she is. As a result, his audience helps Vanellope win, but they stop watching Ralph because "he's not funny anymore." The message can be about the internet being fake as f@#$ and that your real friends should keep you grounded and be the ones who reaffirm you, not random idiots online. The Sugar Rush racers have one last run with Vanellope and buy her a more mature new racing jumpsuit as a going away gift. The movie ends with Ralph hanging out with Felix and his other buddies, watching his friend head off to her new job at Slaughter Race. As a stinger, Shank tells her that the new jumpsuit is cool and apologizes to her, saying that Vanellope just reminds her of her younger sister, who is actually the Mystery Racer X that beats her all the time. Just as she says that, the Racer drives by and they both hop into their cars to chase her.

There. Movie fixed. I wrote that in like five minutes Disney.

[rileyjo]

Ralph in the first movie: smart, but acts unintelligent as a defense mechanism Ralph in the second movie: his unintelligence is not an act

[coledakers]

This is Disney’s film for saying “how do you do fellow kids.”

[sonnyboy]

Why is Ralph saying, "Thanks Satan" literally the most perfect meme ever?...xD

[Pipplin]

The main thing I didn’t like about this movie is that it ruined the simple happy ending of the first one, it overcomplicates things and reminds you that one day the arcade will eventually close and everything will end. It makes the lives of all the characters seem boring (I mean apart from Venelope’s)

[ginkgothestink-o]

The character of Ralph is totally different in the sequel. They aren’t even the same character. They turn him into such an obnoxious man child, when in the first film he actually acted like an adult.

[MissShanti]

The biggest problem, for me personally, is how they jacked up Ralph’s character so much. I rewatched Wreck -It Ralph and the man was very smart. (Like when he pointed out that Vanellope was on the side of the console meaning she was part of the game) he was also quite mature as well and had dreams that were justified. They made him so stupid and so selfish that it just ruined the whole thing for me. And his obsession with Vanellope in the second movie made me very uncomfortable.

[Starrie-o]

Thank you for pointing out the fact that none of the racers liked Vanellope after promising to be nicer! I remember that ticked me off so much when I first watched it and was young enough to gloss over the film's other issues

[bradythepokemaniac]

Here’s how I think Ralph Breaks the Internet could have worked.

Less and less people are coming to the arcade. The reason being is that online games are becoming more popular, and kids prefer to play those nowadays. Eventually this leads to the point where the arcade is on the verge of shutting down. So when Mr. Litwak installs WiFi to the arcade, Ralph and Vanellope travel to the internet to find a way to save the arcade.

I know this premise isn’t perfect, but a least it’s better than what the actual movie gave us.

[inumaru]

They completely erased all development that Ralph had in the first movie and turned him into a literal creep. What a waste of 1 hour and 50 minutes smh.

[jupiter]

Movies about the internet are doomed from the start. Internet humor changes rapidly and unexpectedly. By the time a film about it is written and completed, it will have already dated terribly.

[SeanKim-]

Wreck-It Ralph Rotten tomatoes Rate: 87%

Ralph Breaks the Internet Rotten tomatoes Rate: 88%




I hate this world...

[iSquishy]

7:39 this part aged exceptionally well. I like how James doesn't even care to mention this terrible persons name lol.