For those of you who are large fans of the Ratchet & Clank games than you will be in love with this fan perfect movie. it takes the game premise and lays it down near perfect on the silver screen.
Ratchet is a wreck loose mechanic who wants to be a hero like the Galaxy Rangers, but is too small for the heart inside him. He teams up with a defective product of the enemy's robot army to save the galaxy from Derk industries evil plan.
Not filled with all the side missions that make up the game, Ratchet and Clank focus on this main story. Watching all the trivial scenes of parts in the game were cool (look for a small cameo from the main character of that other game franchise that looks just like Ratchet and Clank), and the animation design smartly resembles the game.
However, as a movie fan, the story is not that strong. The humor that litters the game is mimicked in the film but it only makes it feel like they are trying too hard for the laugh. The film had a few chuckles, but not enough to keep my interest going.
It's funny how the movie is called Ratchet and Clank, yet the two do not spend a lot of screen time together to justify the title. A lot of the humor should have come from these two trying to connect on the level of friendship they develop suggested in the film, but I did not feel that. Is that too much to ask for in an animated movie? No, cause, that's face it, Disney does this all the time (Timon and Pumba in the Lion King comes to mind).
The voice acting was not all that good. They had some good voice talent. John Goodman voices Grimorth in a small but very memorable role, while the rest of the cast were too interchangeable for me to connect with. I think they were trying to keep it too video game here when they should have been thinking narrative movie.
One exception was Captain Quirk, who did get a few chuckles out of me.
So overall, as a fan of the game this was a perfect adaption, but as a movie fan, it may have been too perfect to fully appeal to anyone who has never herd of the game.
Ratchet is a wreck loose mechanic who wants to be a hero like the Galaxy Rangers, but is too small for the heart inside him. He teams up with a defective product of the enemy's robot army to save the galaxy from Derk industries evil plan.
Not filled with all the side missions that make up the game, Ratchet and Clank focus on this main story. Watching all the trivial scenes of parts in the game were cool (look for a small cameo from the main character of that other game franchise that looks just like Ratchet and Clank), and the animation design smartly resembles the game.
However, as a movie fan, the story is not that strong. The humor that litters the game is mimicked in the film but it only makes it feel like they are trying too hard for the laugh. The film had a few chuckles, but not enough to keep my interest going.
It's funny how the movie is called Ratchet and Clank, yet the two do not spend a lot of screen time together to justify the title. A lot of the humor should have come from these two trying to connect on the level of friendship they develop suggested in the film, but I did not feel that. Is that too much to ask for in an animated movie? No, cause, that's face it, Disney does this all the time (Timon and Pumba in the Lion King comes to mind).
The voice acting was not all that good. They had some good voice talent. John Goodman voices Grimorth in a small but very memorable role, while the rest of the cast were too interchangeable for me to connect with. I think they were trying to keep it too video game here when they should have been thinking narrative movie.
One exception was Captain Quirk, who did get a few chuckles out of me.
So overall, as a fan of the game this was a perfect adaption, but as a movie fan, it may have been too perfect to fully appeal to anyone who has never herd of the game.