The scene set in the world of The Shining (weird zombie ballroom dancing aside), for example, is one of the best in the film.
Ready Player One really shines when it uses geek culture as a major plot device. Lobbing more well-known characters into a fight scene soon becomes tedious. Yes, the ability to secure the rights for everything from Halo to Worms is impressive, but that doesn't really add a whole lot to the film. I know you have strong opinions about this. JT: That's a neat segue on to how the film handles geek culture. Having them be buddies in real life all along changes that. They're supposed to be these isolated, obsessive, probably quite socially-awkward geeks who live their lives on the internet, which I think is one of the reasons people find the book so relatable. I guess this was a necessary change, because it wouldn't be much fun to watch one person the whole time, but for me it really upturned the characters of Wade Watts and his friends. In the book, the characters don't meet IRL until the very last scene, but in the film they meet much earlier.
The "kids against the world" dynamic is an interesting point, because this is one of the core differences between the film and the book. **VT:**Actually the soundtrack was one of my favourite things about it, but maybe that says more about me (I do love E.T.). But then the plot is so fluffy and docile you'll get bored after an hour. But you'd need to be 30 or older to get most of the references. I also couldn't work out if it wanted to be a film for adults or kids. and Elliott cavorting around on a bicycle.
Close your eyes and you could almost be watching E.T. The casting, the group of kids against the world dynamic, the score. Yes, I get that this is part of the point: it's a big homage to 80s and 90s geek culture, but the whole film felt like – visuals aside – it could have been released in 1994. you weren't impressed? My main issue with the film is that it was very Spielberg-ey.
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