junot diaz
uhh wreck it ralph wasn't that good. rly good animation and yeah i guess the plot was unusually tight and complex for a kids' movey, but that's the thing; every compliment you could give it would be followed by "for a kids' movey."  i've been reading reviews that marvel at how intricate the plot is or whatever, and it is really tightly plotted, but honestly the only adult-worthy entertainment you could get from it is by appreciating how tight the plot is from afar without actually being invested in it. it was entertaining and very well-made, but ultimately not for adults. which is fine. not every piece of children's entertainment that's made with care and respect and isn't total trash needs to have some sort of crossover adult appeal. i actually really respect it for that. it's not trying to go for faux grown-up high-art like wall-e or whatever, but also isn't going for cheap, crass baby gerbil-fucking geniuses and smurf dogs 3 or whatever. it's a very carefully constructed, well-made movie that only aims to entertain kids. because kids deserve to be entertained, despite that what they find entertaining isn't always to adult tastes. it's cynical to insist that it needs to entertain us, too, because it implies that kids aren't worthy of being entertained. i'm saying this as a grownup who likes kids' movies, btw, but i do because i have a really fukn immature sense of humor and poop jokes are way funnier than shit jokes. insisting that kids' movies have something to appeal to you is kind of like if some theater asshole complained about dancer in the dark not having enough musical numbers. just because it has ELEMENTS that you might find enjoyable doesn't mean that it's for you. when you go too far in that direction, you get shit that actually bores kids to death and it's called wall-e and isn't as good as peter travers said it was. basically, wreck it jean ralphio can be summed up by what my dad said about it: "that would be awesome if you were ten." ten-yr-olds deserve stuff that they think is awesome, and they shouldn't have to sacrifice it for us.
