Steven Spielberg's "Ready Player One"

[gwynplaine]

I really enjoyed TJ Miller too.

 

[2kt09]

I really enjoyed TJ Miller too.

Reminded me of the orc from that Shadow of War trailer

 

[Schlosser85]

i-ROK was hilarious

I was kinda surprised Miller is like the only person who's real face we never see.

 

[I Am The Knight]

Lol I was wondering where he was. Never knew he was basically just voicing a character.

 

[Schlosser85]

When his avatar got destroyed and he lost all his collected crap, I still half-expected some last-minute cameo of him throwing a fit in his mom's basement or something.

 

[Dave McFly]

that would be awesome! maybe a deleted scene?

 

[DACrowe]

 

[Dave McFly]

has anybody here seen it in IMAX I plan on seeing it that way next week I have a week off and they have a IMAX theater outside of Buffalo that I have not been to since I saw Tron Legacy lol.

 

[DACrowe]

I don't expect him to ever make another Raiders, Ryan or ET. To expect Schindler's List just feels really unfair. But even with him not being "that guy", I find it really odd the idea that he fell off a cliff in some way. His output has been well over average these last two decades imo.

The man has been making great movies, in a variety of genres, for 40 years at this point. It is comical to suggest he "fell off" or has lost anything more than a step. No, I suppose his last masterpiece was in 1998 (and by my personal count that was like his seventh or so), but more often than not his films are good, often great. Lincoln was superb, The Post only seems underrated because strangely the Academy ignored the bait, but it's a sterling film. Bridge of Spies and War Horse are solid, and not that long ago he made Munich, Catch Me If You Can, and Minority Report.

And yes, I think Ready Player One, having seen it twice now, is a great popcorn movie. Maybe not a great film, but in terms of sheer goofy entertainment, I can't recall the last time anyone has made a blockbuster this charming. I like how some folks are even calling this "slow." No, it just takes a moment to breathe in its world. I won't pretend it adds depth, but it adds texture to the narrative that makes the spectacle that much more pleasing, and shows a talent most blockbuster directors have lost in this decade.

Any who, I don't feel the need to defend Spielberg much more. His output speaks for itself, as he is one of the few directors who even in his old age can upon occasion rock an audience as if he were still a young man.

 

[P Supreme]

i-ROK was hilarious

I was kinda surprised Miller is like the only person who's real face we never see.

I'm wondering since all the bad press he has gotten lately that it was a conscious effort to not advertise his involvement or show him in the picture

it was only recently that he was shown in any deadpool 2 marketing when he was all over it in the first

 

[The Endless]

Every time someone says Spielberg hasn't got it any more... I shake my head. He's still making top, top films. I haven't seen this yet, but Bridge of Spies and The Post are excellent films.

 

[LoganGambit87]

has anybody here seen it in IMAX I plan on seeing it that way next week I have a week off and they have a IMAX theater outside of Buffalo that I have not been to since I saw Tron Legacy lol.

i wanted to but my theater only had imax in 3D and i was like...

 

[writer0327]

Every time someone says Spielberg hasn't got it any more... I shake my head. He's still making top, top films. I haven't seen this yet, but Bridge of Spies and The Post are excellent films.

Don't get me wrong. Spielberg still produces and directs a quality film, no mistake about it. However, he just ain't doing what Spielberg used to do, which is be creative and unique to the nth power. Shake up entire genres. Now he's just making/remaking his old style again and again

 

[DACrowe]

I mean Ready Player One is his first (I would argue) unapologetically joyful blockbuster in 25 years. He's tried once since Jurassic Park to do that too--but like many I was pretty iffy on Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Even that was 10 years ago. So I don't really feel like he's making/remaking his style.

In fact, he largely seems to be trying to push himself out of his comfort zone with stuff like Munich, Lincoln, Bridge of Spies, and The Post. Ready Player One feels more like a homecoming than a filmmaker in a rut.

 

[DyeLorean]

He doesn't have to prove himself to anybody.

 

[Elayis]

I mean Ready Player One is his first (I would argue) unapologetically joyful blockbuster in 25 years. He's tried once since Jurassic Park to do that too--but like many I was pretty iffy on Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Even that was 10 years ago. So I don't really feel like he's making/remaking his style.

In fact, he largely seems to be trying to push himself out of his comfort zone with stuff like Munich, Lincoln, Bridge of Spies, and The Post. Ready Player One feels more like a homecoming than a filmmaker in a rut.

Would Tintin not fall into this category as well?

 

[terry78]

I really want him to direct one MCU flick before he hangs it up.

 

[Broseph44]

Imo Spielberg has never fallen off. As some have said not every film he makes is going to be of the magnitude of a Schindler’s List. Many others he’s done recently have been enjoyable and well done. But this film seems like a return to form of those old Spielberg films we grew up with and loved. I can’t wait to see this I’m so excited.

 

[Kane52630]

I really want him to direct one MCU flick before he hangs it up.

He would have been perfect for a Shazam/Captain Marvel movie.

 

[I Am The Knight]

I don't think he thinks too highly of the MCU.

 

[Drizzle]

I'm wondering since all the bad press he has gotten lately that it was a conscious effort to not advertise his involvement or show him in the picture

it was only recently that he was shown in any deadpool 2 marketing when he was all over it in the first

That's what I was thinking as well. He's been completely absent from the press tour save for the SDCC presentation, which was before the allegations came out.

 

[DACrowe]

I don't think he thinks too highly of the MCU.

Yes, the impression I get from him is he has high esteem for the Nolan Batman movies... and views the rest of the superhero genre as rather timid bottomline-feeders. Kind of like how he, ahem, treats Transformers and the Jurassic World sequels he produces. (Hey he's a businessman too, but he doesn't actually direct sequels and franchises beyond Indiana Jones).

 

[terry78]

He was always the only choice for FF, but yeah. If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, every day would be Christmas.

 

[Dave McFly]

this was the first of his films I saw in the theater since Crystal Skull I wanted to see Tintin but it never was in my area long enough for me to see it sadly.

 

[TheVileOne]

Yes, the impression I get from him is he has high esteem for the Nolan Batman movies... and views the rest of the superhero genre as rather timid bottomline-feeders. Kind of like how he, ahem, treats Transformers and the Jurassic World sequels he produces. (Hey he's a businessman too, but he doesn't actually direct sequels and franchises beyond Indiana Jones).

And Jurassic Park 2 .

At the time, Zemeckis was probably my top choice for either the first Transformers or Fantastic Four.