Though they don’t seem that similar, both “Flight” and “Wreck-It Ralph” focus on what distinguishes heroes and villains.

In the Disney computer-animated tale, Ralph (voice of John C. Reilly) is the destructive bad guy of the Donkey Kong-inspired arcade game, “Fix-It Felix Jr.” When the arcade closes each night, however, Ralph is a nice guy (albeit with Hulk-size anger issues) who is shunned by the game’s other residents.

Set out to prove he can be a hero, Ralph leaves his own game in search of redemption, which eventually leads him to a candy-inspired racing game and a motor-mouth computer glitch named Vanellope (Sarah Silverman). While she’s got her own in-game problems, Ralph is pursued by his sincere colleague Felix (Jack McBrayer) and a relentless soldier (Jane Lynch) straight out of a modern first-person shooter game.

“Wreck-It Ralph” opens with some amusing cameos from a variety of classic video game characters, notably those in attendance at a “bad-anon” meeting. These gags help the movie through the necessary exposition, and just when the novelty wears off, “Wreck-It Ralph” redirects its focus to the main characters. (more…)