A worthwhile watch and highly recommended for anyone whose inner child craves a flash back to their favourite 80s and 90s nostalgia. This combined with a thorough PG tone maybe limits the film's emotional pay off but I think it just made it more fun. It spoils little to say the movie is basically watching an 80s video game unfold. The visuals are pretty and can go way over the top without being disruptive to the flow and tempo of the movie. Oasis is believable and the rules of this not so far away future internally work, well enough at least. Spielberg’s Ready Player One put up a solid 40 million over the three-day weekend and 52 million since it premiered on Thursday. What the film does do right though is that it is emmersive and fun. The villain was vanilla and I am not sure the script gives the emotional range needed for the protagonists to shine. I think it would be a solid film without that notstalgia, but if that is your flavour of childhood wonder, you'll really enjoy Ready Player One. For better or worse the film draws extensively on childhood tropes and memories of that era. I suspect I would have given it less stars if I wasn't fond of the 80s and 90s childhood experience. Reasonable acting and the polished visuals we all expect from Spielberg. Rating: PG-13 (Language|Bloody Images|Partial Nudity|Sci-Fi Action Violence|Some Suggestive Material)Ī whimsical slice of sci-fi adventure. His adaptation of Ready Player One dominated the weekend box office, grossing an estimated 41.2 million. When young Wade Watts joins the contest, he finds himself becoming an unlikely hero in a reality-bending treasure hunt through a fantastical world of mystery, discovery and danger. Steven Spielberg must have a cheat code or something. When Halliday dies, he promises his immense fortune to the first person to discover a digital Easter egg that's hidden somewhere in the OASIS. Ready Player One: 41,210,000 ( percent), 53,215,000 Total Domestic Gross 2. When an unlikely young hero named Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) decides to join the contest, he is hurled into a breakneck, reality-bending treasure hunt through a fantastical universe of mystery, discovery and danger.In 2045, the planet is on the brink of chaos and collapse, but people find salvation in the OASIS, an expansive virtual reality universe created by James Halliday. When Halliday dies, he leaves his immense fortune to the first person to find a digital Easter egg he has hidden somewhere in the OASIS, sparking a contest that grips the entire world. But the people have found salvation in the OASIS, an expansive virtual reality universe created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday (Mark Rylance). The only time Wade Watts truly feels alive is when he escapes to the OASIS, an immersive virtual universe where most of humanity spend their days. The film is set in 2045, with the world on the brink of chaos and collapse. Ready Player One (2018) Summary News Box Office International Video Sales Full Financials Cast & Crew Trailer Synopsis In the year 2045, the real world is a harsh place. From filmmaker Steven Spielberg comes the science fiction action adventure "Ready Player One," based on Ernest Cline's bestseller of the same name, which has become a worldwide phenomenon. The film stars Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Simon Pegg, Mark Rylance and Lena Waithe. Ready Player One is adapted from the popular pop-culture laden Ernest Cline novel of the same name. The filmmaker is currently planning to make a new Indiana Jones film as well as a remake of West Side Story. Hopefully, Spielberg will continue to balance both blockbusters and non-blockbusters in the upcoming years. The filmmaker has spent a good portion of the 21st century turning away from crowd-pleasing blockbusters and crafting more challenging, and in many cases, more rewarding films.
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