Ready Player One review
Ready Player One
A film directed by Stephen Spielberg and based on the book by Earnest Cline. It is a very interesting, and topical story, with all the references to the 1980's (and other eras) being icing on the cake. The main character, 'Parcival' aka Wade Watts, is a relateable protagonist (although his grief for his aunt not being depicted probably negates this a little) who is an effective introduction to this world. The virtual world, that is the OASIS, is the best depicted part of the film, with the challenges set up by Halliday being well designed (although, like Aech, I haven't seen The Shining).
The antagonist and his megacorporation are also interesting. They certainly don't want control of the OASIS for altruistic purposes! Nolan Sorrento stops at nothing in the attempt at getting what he wants Subjecting Wade and his friends to a witch hunt, is just the start! The main part of the story is that Halliday had placed a quest inside the OASIS such that if someone found a golden egg they would inherit control over that virtual world. Each of these challenges were rather well designed (although I'm not sure how accurate the scenes in The Shining are, see above).
The twists regarding each challenge were well played. Win a race by going backwards. An everlasting regret. Find the original 'easter egg'. All rather good. The final twist, how Wade is able to get the egg, was also rather good. All in all, I would recommend this film to anyone. 8.75/10.
A film directed by Stephen Spielberg and based on the book by Earnest Cline. It is a very interesting, and topical story, with all the references to the 1980's (and other eras) being icing on the cake. The main character, 'Parcival' aka Wade Watts, is a relateable protagonist (although his grief for his aunt not being depicted probably negates this a little) who is an effective introduction to this world. The virtual world, that is the OASIS, is the best depicted part of the film, with the challenges set up by Halliday being well designed (although, like Aech, I haven't seen The Shining).
The antagonist and his megacorporation are also interesting. They certainly don't want control of the OASIS for altruistic purposes! Nolan Sorrento stops at nothing in the attempt at getting what he wants Subjecting Wade and his friends to a witch hunt, is just the start! The main part of the story is that Halliday had placed a quest inside the OASIS such that if someone found a golden egg they would inherit control over that virtual world. Each of these challenges were rather well designed (although I'm not sure how accurate the scenes in The Shining are, see above).
The twists regarding each challenge were well played. Win a race by going backwards. An everlasting regret. Find the original 'easter egg'. All rather good. The final twist, how Wade is able to get the egg, was also rather good. All in all, I would recommend this film to anyone. 8.75/10.