Asr
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Just came back from this, and as an 80s/90s kid (born in '83), I had a great time trying to catch all of the various videogame & other pop-culture references! I was expecting to see mostly 80s references but was surprised to see plenty of references to the 90s (obviously The Iron Giant but also a [blackout]Battletoad[/blackout], among others) and post-2000 material as well ([blackout]Halo[/blackout] being one of the notable ones there, and the Asian kid who jumped out of the van and smashed the drone with a stick seemed like an homage to [blackout]Half-Life 2's City 17 scanners[/blackout]). Also really liked a reference to a certain '79 movie with the [blackout]Alien chestburster[/blackout], as well as one of my sci-fi genre favorites from '53 with the [blackout]Martian spaceship from War of the Worlds[/blackout]. The way the opening race started out also put a smile on my face when I heard the sound effects from [blackout]Pole Position[/blackout]although, definitely a missed opportunity with that race not riffing off of something from the Wipeout series since the basic idea behind that franchise is futuristic racing.
I wasn't sure while watching the movie, but did anyone else think the coin-collecting (and dropping) sound effect was from [blackout]Sonic the Hedgehog[/blackout]? Will have to check that later when the movie is out on disc.
Definitely feel like I want to see the movie again, but it was one of those movies where I think I'd prefer seeing it on Blu-Ray in order to freezeframe it and catch all of the references that went by really quickly.
The only real complaints I had with the movie was that there were a tad too many unnecessary scenes in the "real world" (did we really need to see the IOI players being KO'd every time? It was funny the first few times but after that it lost its impact), and the ending lost some impact with that scene in the "real world"I really wanted to see an ending scene back in the Oasis, which I think would've been better and could've delivered a final dramatic punch to the movie.
9/10, and really enjoyed it overall. Might catch it one more time in theatersthe 3D was pretty good but not outstanding, and will definitely be buying on 4K Blu-Ray to better enjoy the visuals and freezeframe it to catch everything I missed.
I wasn't sure while watching the movie, but did anyone else think the coin-collecting (and dropping) sound effect was from [blackout]Sonic the Hedgehog[/blackout]? Will have to check that later when the movie is out on disc.
Definitely feel like I want to see the movie again, but it was one of those movies where I think I'd prefer seeing it on Blu-Ray in order to freezeframe it and catch all of the references that went by really quickly.
The only real complaints I had with the movie was that there were a tad too many unnecessary scenes in the "real world" (did we really need to see the IOI players being KO'd every time? It was funny the first few times but after that it lost its impact), and the ending lost some impact with that scene in the "real world"I really wanted to see an ending scene back in the Oasis, which I think would've been better and could've delivered a final dramatic punch to the movie.
9/10, and really enjoyed it overall. Might catch it one more time in theatersthe 3D was pretty good but not outstanding, and will definitely be buying on 4K Blu-Ray to better enjoy the visuals and freezeframe it to catch everything I missed.
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