The book has many flaws but the story is a page turner. The movie changes the fun in the book.
I liked the book better
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Ready Player One |OT|Us gamers, huh? (Unmarked Spoilers)
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The book has many flaws but the story is a page turner. The movie changes the fun in the book.
I liked the book better
Ok I just got back from the cinema after watching this.
Its ok,even though the story is slightly different in the movie, If you have read the book you kind of know everything and it is not as fresh.
I guess its a curse of reading the book before a movie.
7/10
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Is there a spoiler thread?
Its ok,even though the story is slightly different in the movie, If you have read the book you kind of know everything and it is not as fresh.
I guess its a curse of reading the book before a movie.
7/10
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Some, saw it with the people who got me to read the book.
But we love what most of this site seems to hate, all the references.
The references in the book were better imo but the movie was dope.
Just go tback from the cinema. A wreteched, intellectually bankrupt case of pop-culture tourism at its nadir. One dimensional, inept and with a plot so threadbare and cliche-ridden all you're left with is Spielberg doodling in the ashes of his cinematic career.
I expected a bad movie. I didn't expect to feel so insulted.
I expected a bad movie. I didn't expect to feel so insulted.
didn't read the book. Just got out of screening and loved it really fun and
bit with key 2 really caught me by surprise and I laughed at it so much. Amazing how they recreated all of it. so good
Thought it had a lot of heart and despite its source material had an incredible amount of tension for a weird movie about video game avatars.
I don't think I've ever seen the guy they cast as the architect of the oasis before and he's great.
mendelson plays a great villian
8.5/10
the shining
Thought it had a lot of heart and despite its source material had an incredible amount of tension for a weird movie about video game avatars.
I don't think I've ever seen the guy they cast as the architect of the oasis before and he's great.
mendelson plays a great villian
8.5/10
OY
You can diss RPO all you want but don't you throw shade at the man who made TinTin.
Yeah, I hated the movie. The book was pop culture mush but I expected Spielberg could do something to elevate the material. But I actually think the movie is worse than the book in a lot of ways. The whole second key sequence made my stomach turn. I know a certain director who must be spinning in his grave...
The audience cheered & had a big laugh on my end when that happened.
If they actually showed young Jack Nicholson saying 'Heeere's Johnny!' I would have shat bricks.
Some of you guys are acting like this movie went and ate your kids or something.
Like I understand that not all will like it, but I think calling it an abomination is a bit much I think.
Like I understand that not all will like it, but I think calling it an abomination is a bit much I think.
^ The fact that it opens spoilers so soon after movie release makes me a bit uncomfortable even if this thread says open spoilers. I would have hated to have known about key 2's setup.
I enjoyed it -- it isn't great as a whole, but there are some very good parts. The Gundam fight sequence had me ready to leap out of my chair. It was so perfect.
Someone mentioned it before North America was showing the movie on the east coast, which was a little disappointing. But I didn't know the context so it didn't really end up hurting things.
I feel like it's the year 2001 all over again right when A.I. came out. You know Spielberg and Kubrick were friends right?
Kind of want to see the movie.
What I disliked most about the book is that it never evolved beyond a predictable plot full of 80's references. No surprises, no interesting plot directions...just a straightforward quest to the end. But I don't know...it might be more enjoyable as a movie.
What I disliked most about the book is that it never evolved beyond a predictable plot full of 80's references. No surprises, no interesting plot directions...just a straightforward quest to the end. But I don't know...it might be more enjoyable as a movie.
Enjoyed the movie and had a blast. But I don't think many people realized it opened on Wednesday? There must have been about 10 other people in the theater for the 9 pm showing.
Saw it last night. I didn't like it. There were some good jokes in there that I laughed at but the story has pacing problems. Characters make motivational leaps that aren't addressed well. I feel like they needed to add a half hour somewhere to help fill in the story. It seems like they cut too much to meet some arbitrary movie length or something. If I hadn't read the book some things in this movie would have made zero sense to me because they didn't explain it at all (with either V.O. or with side scenes).
I hadn't heard this!
It's like if Back to the Future 3 were cyberpunk,
My wife had not read the book and so she missed out on some things and context but thought it was way too long. She said she probably would have liked it better with about 20-30 minutes cut and if they'd removed the romance side plot which she felt was inconsequential.
The movie is even more straightforward than the book. Very predictable and full of repeated exposition telling you things it already told you or that you could have easily figured out yourself.
The movie is certainly a spectacle and most of the CG is very good, some of the action sequences are interesting. But it's very hollow. It doesn't really have a message or much emotion to speak of.
Really liked it and most people around me loved it too, read the book also, really close to it but missing some scenes/parts (of course, can never be the exact same thing. Great CG and action scenes and not too much "pop culture" to make you throw up. Another great Spielberg movie!
A good 8/10 for me.
A good 8/10 for me.
Reality being incredibly important and taking leaps without regret aren't messages?
The "reality is better" tack-on at the end is a complete joke because nothing the movie does up to that point backs up the idea. It spends over two hours showing us how cool the Oasis is and how much everyone likes it vs the terrible real world apparently run by militarized corporations and then decides in the last few minutes "the real world is cool because you can kiss people."
I feel like the entire movie builds up to that point. Halliday losing his best friend, Wade being told over and over again by multiple people "you've never seen me you don't know why I am", etc.
That's being reductive of the message. It's about how connections in the real world are more worthwhile than in the Oasis. It ends on the kiss during the voiceover, but it doesn't say that's why he thinks that.
A Christian review of 'Ready Player One':"Beneath its candy-colored exterior Ready Player One Movie hides a bleak message: Since there's no God, let's just play video games" (God and Pac-Man in 'Ready Player One). Quote:
Within the first few pages of the book the teenage hero, Wade Watts, explains what he wishes people had told him about the human condition:
A few pages later Wade mentions his religious neighbor and reveals the true nature of the book:
Although the movie doesn't make it as explicit as the book, the message of both is the same: If there is no God and life has no meaning, then it doesn't matter if you spend every waking moment reading ancient Dungeons and Dragons manuals and watching re-runs of Family Ties. As long as you don't harm other people, it doesn't really matter what you do with your life.
Here's the deal, Wade. You're something called a "human being." That's a really smart kind of animal. Like every other animal on this planet, we're descended from a single-celled organism that lived millions of years ago. This happened by a process called evolution, and you'll learn more about it later. But trust me, that's really how we all got here. There's proof of it everywhere, buried in the rocks. That story you heard? About how we were all created by a super-powerful dude named God who lives up in the sky? Total [BS]. The whole God thing is actually an ancient fairy tale that people have been telling one another for thousands of years. We made it all up. Like Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.
Oh, and by the way . . . there's no Santa Claus or Easter Bunny. Also [BS]. Sorry, kid. Deal with it.
A few pages later Wade mentions his religious neighbor and reveals the true nature of the book:
She was always praying for me too. Trying her hardest to save my soul. I never had the heart to tell her that I thought organized religion was a total crock. It was a pleasant fantasy that gave her hope and kept her going—which was exactly what the Hunt was for me.
Although the movie doesn't make it as explicit as the book, the message of both is the same: If there is no God and life has no meaning, then it doesn't matter if you spend every waking moment reading ancient Dungeons and Dragons manuals and watching re-runs of Family Ties. As long as you don't harm other people, it doesn't really matter what you do with your life.
None of that is in the movie, what are you even talking about
I apologize for posting what I did. I thought the article I shared was about the movie, not the book.
It definitely has less cringey moments than the book and does a good job making everyone important to the plot instead of just the protagonist being awesome at everything.
But you don't get the world building part that I enjoyed in the book since the movie simplified the quest.
I'm going to see it again because I'm not sure which I liked better.
So since spoilers are open territory now, was anyone else a bit confused by his whole partner sub story? I got the basic story:
- Halliday is a weird genius who has Morrow (Simon Pegg) as his partner, sort of a Woz/Jobs but Jobs doesn't do much?
- Halliday goes on a date with a girl
- girl instead marries Morrow
- Halliday "fires" his partner, which doesn't really make any sense. They'd have shares together, I guess Halliday forces Morrow to sell him his shares? what?
- Oasis becomes massive
- Halliday uploads himself into the Oasis and dies?
- Morrow chills out in the Oasis as the caretaker to see who wins?
Did Morrow have a lot to do with the creation of Oasis? What exactly happened to him? Does he have a lot of backdoors and stuff? If Halliday so regretted burning his best friend, why didn't he just... you know... give him some of his shares? The whole thing just felt weird at the end with Morrow hanging around like a sad guy waiting to see what happens with his creation but seeming to have no real power other than summoning a few lawyers IRL.
Did Halliday upload himself into Oasis? Thats strongly implied at the end, WHICH IS INSANE. That is essentially effective immortality, which is way more valuable than really good VR. On the other hand the straight interpretation was him basically saying "well, the oasis has so much of my life in it that this avatar is just sort of an amalgamation of all my experiences, and not a true sentient being". But as Wade said, the NPC felt much more like a real person than a game NPC, although I don't think we actually ever saw a real game NPC (Caretaker, who is real!) so its hard to tell what NPC AI is like in 2045.
- Halliday is a weird genius who has Morrow (Simon Pegg) as his partner, sort of a Woz/Jobs but Jobs doesn't do much?
- Halliday goes on a date with a girl
- girl instead marries Morrow
- Halliday "fires" his partner, which doesn't really make any sense. They'd have shares together, I guess Halliday forces Morrow to sell him his shares? what?
- Oasis becomes massive
- Halliday uploads himself into the Oasis and dies?
- Morrow chills out in the Oasis as the caretaker to see who wins?
Did Morrow have a lot to do with the creation of Oasis? What exactly happened to him? Does he have a lot of backdoors and stuff? If Halliday so regretted burning his best friend, why didn't he just... you know... give him some of his shares? The whole thing just felt weird at the end with Morrow hanging around like a sad guy waiting to see what happens with his creation but seeming to have no real power other than summoning a few lawyers IRL.
Did Halliday upload himself into Oasis? Thats strongly implied at the end, WHICH IS INSANE. That is essentially effective immortality, which is way more valuable than really good VR. On the other hand the straight interpretation was him basically saying "well, the oasis has so much of my life in it that this avatar is just sort of an amalgamation of all my experiences, and not a true sentient being". But as Wade said, the NPC felt much more like a real person than a game NPC, although I don't think we actually ever saw a real game NPC (Caretaker, who is real!) so its hard to tell what NPC AI is like in 2045.
Did you pay attention at all? That was like a majority of the premise of the movie.
Wouldn't shutting down the Oasis twice a week be an incredible boon to IOI? They can basically start their own competing services that people will flock to when Oasis is down.
And also, let's not kid ourselves here. Shutting down the Oasis for two days a week isn't going to get people to realize how great reality is (especially when reality actually sucks). When Chick Fil-A is closed on Sunday, do you really think "Gee, I should be spending more time at church"?
And also, let's not kid ourselves here. Shutting down the Oasis for two days a week isn't going to get people to realize how great reality is (especially when reality actually sucks). When Chick Fil-A is closed on Sunday, do you really think "Gee, I should be spending more time at church"?
The book explains it has a 30 second idle period when logging off, just like world of Warcraft.
One thing I like about this movie is that its probably one of the more realistic predictions of the future.
I can imagine in 2045 there will be drones delivering pizza, ipads with see through screens and VR visuals will be as good as they are in this movie.
And the shining scene was one of the coolest things in the movie.
I can imagine in 2045 there will be drones delivering pizza, ipads with see through screens and VR visuals will be as good as they are in this movie.
And the shining scene was one of the coolest things in the movie.