Being based on a prior work, you expect a lot out of a film whose source material is a novel. This film lives up to the book in the most impressive ways. The color. The animation. And the action sequences. Not only does this film have intriguing animation, it also has real world scenes that fit right along with the animation and the computer utopia "OASIS".
As I said before, this is one of Spielberg's most colorful films, he approaches this with so much creativity and passion for the film and that should truly be admired. He also makes this film intricate and unique in the ways that it differs from other science fiction films. Spielberg really puts the joy in joy ride.
The films cast is nothing short of fun. Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Lena Waithe, Ben Mendelsohn, and TJ Miller are fantastic in both their respective avatars and real world identities. Cooke and Sheridan excel in their roles as Wade Watts/Parcival and Samantha Cook/Art3mis. The two have an unstoppable chemistry that all fans of the novel will geek over. I know I did. Playing the brillant and geeky founder of the computer utopia James Halliday is Mark Rylance. Rylance's take on this guy was awesome and nostalgic and his character was mentioned in the book to have Austism.
Scoring the film for this magical adventure is Alan Silvestri. Silvestri makes the film all the more exciting with his bubbly score with bombastic sounds.
If it's one thing, this film has so much "Easter Eggs"-Hidden massages or tributes to another work of entertainment. One of the other most striking things this film has its humor. The fact that these tributes seen in the film and how [Spielberg] approaches this with the cast.
"Come with and you be in a world of pure imagination." That infamous song lyric from the 1971 song "Pure Imagination" as seen in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. "Ready Player One" accomplishes something that few science fiction films within the past decade have not accomplished: Entertain. Granted that this an undeniably charming film and also a book, viewers who watch this film blindly (Not reading the book) only seeing the movie, you may be completely lost. As far as I'm concerned, this is my favorite film of 2018 thus far.
Rate: 🍿 🍿🍿🍿🍿 5 out of 5 Popcorn buckets (Malawski's Movie Mania says: SEE IT!)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, TJ Miller, Lena Waithe. Mark Rylance
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for sequences of sci-fi action violence, bloody images, some suggestive material, partial nudity and language)
Runtime: 2 Hours and 20 Minutes
Synopsis: In the year 2045, people can escape their harsh reality in the OASIS, an immersive virtual world where you can go anywhere, do anything, be anyone-the only limits are your own imagination. OASIS creator James Halliday left his immense fortune and control of the Oasis to the winner of a contest designed to find a worthy heir. When unlikely hero Wade Watts conquers the first challenge of the reality-bending treasure hunt, he and his friends-known as the High Five-are hurled into a fantastical universe of discovery and danger to save the OASIS and their world.
Ready Player One Trailer
