Ready Player One

PG-13

3/29/20182h 20m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ A better reality awaits. ~

Overview:

When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$175,000,000.00

Revenue:

$607,274,134.00

Key words:

future
based on novel or book
video game
virtual reality
dystopia
nostalgia
love
film in film
evil corporation
quest
1980s
2040s
based on young adult novel
columbus, ohio
inspirational
vrmmo
dystopian sci-fi

Cast

Tye Sheridan

~ as ~

Parzival / Wade

Olivia Cooke

~ as ~

Art3mis / Samantha

Ben Mendelsohn

~ as ~

Sorrento

Lena Waithe

~ as ~

Aech / Helen

T.J. Miller

~ as ~

I-R0k (voice)

Simon Pegg

~ as ~

Curator / Ogden Morrow

Mark Rylance

~ as ~

Anorak / Halliday

Philip Zhao

~ as ~

Sho

Win Morisaki

~ as ~

Daito

Hannah John-Kamen

~ as ~

F'Nale Zandor

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Reviews (13)

Rodney Wollam
Written 7 year(s) ago
3
There's a moment in this movie when the central character says "I love her". His friend hastily replies, "Slow down bro... she could be a 300 lb man living in his mom's basement." In the very brief beat between the two lines, I thought FINALLY a movie about falling in love completely independent of what a person's genetics may be. And then the crushing cynicism in a dystopian world where there is little to live for and even less to hope for: even in a nightmare, a fat man is undateable.

Don't worry though. If you have the skills you may end up on top. Just like Ben Mendelsohn's slave-owning antagonist almost did. Because in this story, it's not a world where anyone feels compassion or empathy. It's a world where everyone only thinks of themselves. A sociopath's dream. And that's what earns the top prize.

I love looking at Tye Sheridan. But not enough to sit through this again.
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izgzhen
Written 7 year(s) ago
7
I watched this movie because I was once working in the VR industry and really curious what it could tell us (even though I am not really interested after watching the trailer).

Anyway, the experience is not bad (in 4DX). But not recommended for a second watch since there is little to dig and feel except for the numerous, eye-dazzling amount of Easter eggs.

Sorry.
c
crackerboi
Written 7 year(s) ago
~~
Another great movie from Steven Spielberg
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lasse
Written 7 year(s) ago
5
Obviously everything from the book cannot go into the movie, however a lot of what got into the movie was not from the book. Too much focus on car chases and too little on solving a puzzle.

If you haven't read the book, read the book! it's much more awesome!
Gimly
Written 7 year(s) ago
5
Can you imagine watching this if you didn't give a fuck about the '80s? Like there's nothing that happens in Ready Player One that isn't a reference to something at least, but almost all of them are '80s references. I mean I worship at the altar of 1980s' references on a daily basis, and even for me this was only so-so, I fear to imagine what Ready Player One might be like for someone who actually demands originality.

Honestly, it was better than I was expecting, I'll front to that. The promotional campaign for this had the barometer for my excitement on this at a firm zero, and by the time I had finished watching it I was surprised to find I had actually enjoyed multiple things about it, but Ready Player One is an exercise in lack of subtlety, and really tries your limits on suspension of disbelief. Not because of the fantastical endless virtual world inhabited by near every creation since the dawn of pop-culture, but because of the character interactions in their "real world".

Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.

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