Steven Spielberg's "Ready Player One"

[jed]

Watching it this Thursday!!!

So excited. I got the book too.

Hope the movie is good.

Does anyone know what is the name of the music playing towards the end of the trailer? I really like the music a lot.

 

[Bats123]

Watching this today, kinda excited not gonna lie, i havent even read the book, just going in based on being Spielberg.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

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david ehrlich
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READY PLAYER ONE (aka Super Smash Bros: The Movie) is HOOK for kids raised on HOOK. weak storytelling but a one-of-a-kind rendering of stunted youth, and a fascinating study of pop culture as a language / prison. will be the subject of grad school dissertations for decades.

 

[Ivan Drago]

Currently 83% on RT, 7.2 average rating.

Critic consensus: Ready Player One is a sweetly nostalgic thrill ride that neatly encapsulates Spielberg's strengths while adding another solidly engrossing adventure to his filmography.

 

[Ivan Drago]

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......... I can't tell if this is a positive reaction or negative. Maybe mixed?

Comparisons to Hook are never good lol.

 

[terry78]

Grad school dissertations? Uh huh.

 

[Arachnerd]

I like Hook, so that's a plus for me.

 

[Broseph44]

Love Hook

 

[Pennywise]

Love Hook

Same here!

 

[The Big G]

love hook

bangarang!

 

[lime]

Hook is one of my favorite films, so this is giving me hope.

 

[Drizzle]

Comparisons to Hook are never good lol.

 

[Ivan Drago]

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You can read the rest of his thoughts on letterboxd. He seems to be mostly positive on it overall.

https://letterboxd.com/davidehrlich/film/ready-player-one/

 

[Ivan Drago]

Hook is baaaaad. A collection of all the cloying, sappy, manipulative, saccharine Spielbergisms his critics have been accusing him of for years in one giant ball of insufferable whimsy. It actually makes you appreciate all of Steven's great films more, seeing how so many of the same elements can be used for pure evil.

Spielberg has said it's the least favorite movie he's ever directed. I heard a rumor he was so embarrassed by the film he cried at the premiere.

 

[Arachnerd]

Is that post indirectly supposed to dissuade people who like the movie?

 

[Drizzle]

Hook is baaaaad. A collection of all the cloying, sappy, manipulative, saccharine Spielbergisms his critics have been accusing him of for years in one giant ball of insufferable whimsy. It actually makes you appreciate all of Steven's great films more, seeing how so many of the same elements can be used for pure evil.

Spielberg has said it's the least favorite movie he's ever directed. I heard a rumor he was so embarrassed by the film he cried at the premiere.

Regardless of what Spielberg thought or still thinks about Hook, even he can't deny that there are still generations of kids that grew up with the film and love it. Does it have its problems? Absolutely, but Spielberg at his worst (which Hook isn't, as long as 1941 still exists) is still leaps and bounds better than many filmmakers at their best.

 

[I Am The Knight]

Grad school dissertations? Uh huh.

I really hate this trend of critcs overhyping things.

 

[Brother Jack]

I love Hook, it's my most cherished movie from childhood, but I'll fully admit the comparison is not the most favorable.

 

[DyeLorean]

Well, I just came back. What a ride!
There are a couple of set pieces that are jaw dropping. I have to settle it for a while, but I really liked this film. Spielberg is the only one that could've done this, there's an emotional core to the madness that makes it all work like only he can.

 

[Bats123]

Oh i loved this movie, Spielberg at 71 years of age showing modern filmmakers how to shoot action scenes.

 

[TheVileOne]

You can read the rest of his thoughts on letterboxd. He seems to be mostly positive on it overall.

https://letterboxd.com/davidehrlich/film/ready-player-one/

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READY PLAYER ONE didn’t work for me as spectacle (something like Sword Art Online mines similar terrain more successfully), but i dug it as a knotted meta-commentary about our relationship to the things we create / the paralyzing nature of nostalgia. bad movie, good perspective.

 

[DACrowe]

This movie is an absolute blast.

It takes a messy novel and distills it into a smart and wildly entertaining blockbuster with spectacle that makes your jaw drop. Spielberg hasn't been this giddy at playing audiences like a drum in years, decades even. It is not a great movie, but it is a very, very, very good one. And a blockbuster for all-ages that feels like a film and not a TV episode.

Yes, it is shamelessly mining our nostalgia. But unlike the book, Spielberg uses that to create a resolutely fresh new adventure film. It could have more to say about how toxic this kind of fanboyism can become, but on its own lighthearted terms, it is quite a sugar rush. I want to see it again.

 

[DACrowe]

Regardless of what Spielberg thought or still thinks about Hook, even he can't deny that there are still generations of kids that grew up with the film and love it. Does it have its problems? Absolutely, but Spielberg at his worst (which Hook isn't, as long as 1941 still exists) is still leaps and bounds better than many filmmakers at their best.

Hook is vastly superior to 1941, Always, The Terminal, The Lost World, and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I know Steven hates it, but it has some magical elements, including its score and moments of pure joy. Most of those films I just mentioned are cloying or empty.

No worries, Ready Player One is not in that camp. I'd put it closer to the Temple of Doom, Minority Report, and Catch Me If You Can tier.

 

[TheVileOne]

It's a fun, good, remarkably solid film. It's not a Spielberg masterpiece, but yeah I would put it in there with films like Minority Report, et al.

And yeah it is vastly superior to Crystal Skull. It felt like Spielberg was having some fun and was sincere about it. Meanwhile, Crystal Skull didn't feel sincere at all and you got the sense Spielberg was only doing George Lucas' bidding.

 

[Aximili86]

Man, 1941 gets way too much hate. Always loved that flick.

Weirder/different "non-Spielberg" Spielberg stuff like that & Temple Of Doom I've always had a soft spot for. Real black sheep of his resume.