Steven Spielbergs new nostalgia laden flick Ready Player One hit theatres this past weekend and I was there.If someone is going to whip up a nostalgia flick, who better to do it than the Berg himself He is the REASON for movie nostalgia, having churned out a string of 80s hits including E.T.Poltergeist 1982) and Gremlins (1984) amongst others.
![]() The story gives us the back history of Hallidays creation, and how it started as a passion project, quickly to become extremely successful and then threatened by corporate greed. Halliday then passes away, but before doing so, offers a challenge to OASIS users find the three keys using easter eggs left behind by Halliday himself, and the kingdom is yours. Ready Player One Torrent Series Of FriendsEnter Wade Watts and his band of merry misfits, a series of friends he plays along with in the virtual world, knowing them only by their virtual avatars and pseudonyms. Combine a journey for the keys, teenage heartstrings, a corporate villain, quirky comedy, nods to nostalgia, eye popping visuals and a mind blowing homage to Stanley Kubrick, and youve got the thrill ride that is Ready Player One. While I find the overuse of CGI trying at times in newer movies, it fits here due to the subject matter at hand. You cant have a virtual world like this without CG, and the production team did a great job of flipping between reality and the virtual world, while maintaining continuity. I did see the movie 3D and I think it worked nicely to pull the viewer into the story it was used properly and didnt feel gimmicky at all. Story wise, there isnt much new here formula wise youll see what I mean when you watch it. ![]() In some respects, you are playing the game right alongside the characters, which is fun and thrilling at the same time. Overall, Ready Player One is a fun family film that earns it PG-13 rating for some mild sexual references and violent video game action scenes, but is definitely worth the experience (and will be joining my movie library. Tobe Hooper blah blah. Having read the book, I hoped that a film might be made of it as it seemed like like an excellent story. Then fairly recently I saw the advertisement for ready player one, which I recognised by the stacks and thought that it seemed similar to the the book. Unfortunately I must emphasize that it was a film based on the book rather than a film of the book because a lot of things were chopped out, things that I belive are the raw make-up of the story. I dont want to spoil the film for others so to be blunt I believe the film is only a shadow of the book both in story and in meaning. I would still see the film as it is fun and interesting but if you were the kind of person that finds a story ruined to be very disappointing I wouldnt necessarily recommend seeing the film however if you have not read the book or do not mind a story change then the film is definitely worth a watch. If the movie of the Last Airbender was a zero and Harry Potter was a 10, I would place this as an 8 on the scale of book to movie conversion. Unfortunately everything seems rushed despite large chunks of the story being omitted, a mini Love Story that locks at self-employed before the films even halfway through, a plot line that removes tragedies and replaces them with overly convenient situations simplified for the masses to be able to understand. The book worked well because it had a lot of meaning that a geek or someone technical could understand and take pleasure in understanding but the film was spoon feeding.
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