Steven Spielberg's "Ready Player One"

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Maybe its better explained in the book or I might have missed something in the film, but is it explained why seemingly every IP in the world is now under the OASIS umbrella?
 
They pretty much are the Amazon or Google or Disney of their time and own it all. But a lot of those IP's are mods that players create.
 
just got back I loved it I am cool with the changes they made in the movie not the best Speilberg movie I ever saw but I really liked it. I did like:

Alan Slivstri used part of his BTTF score when the Zemeckis Cube was used
 
5/10.

It started out with a bang but really got slow and boring in the second half, mostly throughout the confusing finale. Spielberg is still better than 90% of the directors out there, but he has lost his touch.

Tye Sheridan was terrific, Ben Mendelsohn was Ben Mendelsohn. The biggest problem was everyone else. Underwritten, did not care for any of the other characters at all. I guess the I-Rok character was cool for laughs, but no one else added anything interesting to the story and honestly they could have done without them. It could have been Wade vs Serrento and that would have been just fine with me.

I really wanted to enjoy this a lot more than I did. Oh well, Avengers only 27 days away.
 
one of my fave easter eggs in the movie was the Porkchop Express during the race those who saw it will know what I was talking about it first big :D of the movie for me.
 
writer0327 said:
5/10.

It started out with a bang but really got slow and boring in the second half, mostly throughout the confusing finale. Spielberg is still better than 90% of the directors out there, but he has lost his touch.
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I found nothing about the finale confusing.
 
Filmfan93 said:
I found nothing about the finale confusing.
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I did. It was bloated and overstuffed and there was little point to what the characters were doing.
Trying to stop a corporation from taking over the game that virtually every single player purchases all their game gear from? I take it back, the overall plot was just confusing. I didn't buy anyone's motivations, like why did Halliday make a game that any evil corporation could win if he didn't want an evil corporation to get their hands on it? Didn't get why the one little kid was just sitting there in Aech's van doing nothing when he clearly could have been involved earlier before breaking out with the Gundam suit, why were there two macguffin-y type devices at the end with no character payoff (oh there's a forcefield....just shut it down. Oh there's a device that kills everyone, he's an 1UP extra life?) And why was that terrible final challenge the final challenge when the first two, far cooler challenges had so much more relevance into Halliday's character, and why was the final scene with Halliday and his younger version so damn anti-climatic as well as confusing? Was that really the payoff to the entire game? Kinda ended with a thud.

Just my opinion though. Very glad those who enjoyed it liked it. First 30 minutes and the first two challenges were intense and fun. Went downhill quickly after that though.
 
writer0327 said:
I did. It was bloated and overstuffed and there was little point to what the characters were doing.
Trying to stop a corporation from taking over the game that virtually every single player purchases all their game gear from? I take it back, the overall plot was just confusing. I didn't buy anyone's motivations, like why did Halliday make a game that any evil corporation could win if he didn't want an evil corporation to get their hands on it? Didn't get why the one little kid was just sitting there in Aech's van doing nothing when he clearly could have been involved earlier before breaking out with the Gundam suit, why were there two macguffin-y type devices at the end with no character payoff (oh there's a forcefield....just shut it down. Oh there's a device that kills everyone, he's an 1UP extra life?) And why was that terrible final challenge the final challenge when the first two, far cooler challenges had so much more relevance into Halliday's character, and why was the final scene with Halliday and his younger version so damn anti-climatic as well as confusing? Was that really the payoff to the entire game? Kinda ended with a thud.

Just my opinion though. Very glad those who enjoyed it liked it. First 30 minutes and the first two challenges were intense and fun. Went downhill quickly after that though.
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I disagree on it being bloated or stuffed. I was actually pleasantly surprised by how well it was put together. It should have been chaos, but it has a really nice through line and is pretty straight forward, while being compelling. In a sea of third act cluster you know whats, this one felt rather great imo.

As to the spoiler terrtoriy:

The only way to win the prize is to do the right thing. So by its very nature its built to be won by someone who learned from Halliday's mistakes. And thus a person fit to own the Oasis.

Not sure what you mean by "just shut it down". The force field could only be shutdown inside, thus the risk to Artemis.

The 1up is a classic game idea and ties back to the assistance of Curator.

The final challenge isn't just based around the game, but also tying back to the first Easter egg feels pretty legit to me and the fight that proceeded it was rather amazing. The first Easter egg is all about wanting people to know your work. A sense of pride in it, which ties back to the entire challenge itself. To beat it, you must understand Halliday. Know him and learn from him.

I would assume the Gundam situation was based around making sure he wasn't killed before using it, as he would have lost the ability to use it as when you zero out, you lose everything. And the Gundam was being saved for a very specific need, with only 2 mins of use.
 
My problem with the finale is that I wanted to see more OASIS stuff. Everytime it cut back to Spielberg-Luv chasing the kids I felt deflated.
 
Overall enjoyed this very much indeed, I think the first half was stronger than the second half but the film built up a lot of warmth and heart that some of the less interesting real world stuff and the odd cheesey line didnt drag down the overall fun of the film.

8/10
 
"Slow" is always such a weird criticism of movies.

Man, I wish more movies these days were "slower". Loved how with this even among all the crazy stuff, it still had some room for it to breathe.
 
to be honest I saw nothing that really stood out in 3D so your mileage may vary but I think if if I saw it in 2D I could not tell the difference
 
Really enjoying this Half in the Bag ep.
 
Aximili86 said:
"Slow" is always such a weird criticism of movies.

Man, I wish more movies these days were "slower". Loved how with this even among all the crazy stuff, it still had some room for it to breathe.
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I think what I mean by slow is the lack of interest in the characters, and a lack of urgency for the characters makes the stuff between the set pieces dull and dreary, and I just wanted to hit fast forward and get to the next set piece, because I already knew what's about to happen anyway, but because its a movie, its moving along through all these story and character beats that I didn't care about.
 
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Oh I bet they hated it. It's way too predictable and poorly developed for those guys.
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I'm enjoying the parts most where they're confused on who this movie & IP in general is even for.
Oh and Spielberg only had to work for the brief live-action segments :woot:

Hey, at least it's relevant with younger generations being sold their parents' nostalgia.
 
DA BERGGGGGGGGGG!!!

Saw this yesterday, and it was dope. Its nice to have a real proper adventure blockbuster again. Movie was a blast, top notch on all technical levels and it's a great ride. The music was great. Score works perfect in the movie. Good balance with the pop music. The screenplay by Zak Penn is mediocre at best (no surprises there, he's a legit hack) but similar to War of the Worlds, Temple of Doom, and even the original Jurassic Park Spielberg elevates a mediocre script into a good movie. The opening race is the Tintin chase scene amplified times 5, the places where The Berg puts the camera, whew.

Kind of amazing a 71 year old dude directed this. Film has a lot of energy, the audience I was with seemed to really like it as well (lots of elderly people too).

The film ain't perfect and it has a weak screenplay, but the visuals+spectacle really carry it. It's also the first time in a while I've been genuinely impressed with vfx in a movie.
 
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And the final battle was great, I had a big dumb grin on my face when the Gundam comes out.

Also loved how the Iron Giant becomes a bridge for Parzival and his pals to pass the lava cliff, and his "T2 thumbs" before being incinerated could have been a groaner, but it actually fits that character.
 
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