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Movie Review: Ready Player One


This movie is so creative. It takes in the year 2045 in Columbus Ohio, which ive actually been to. So basically the world is a s*** hole …well not really but people spend MOST OF THEIR TIME in the Oasis. It’s a virtual reality video game far beyond the PSVR…



James Halliday became like a god to people. But then he died. But he made a contest to find 3 keys to find an egg. The one who has the egg will literally own the program/video game. This review has minimal spoliers but there are some. Reader be warned ,dude.

Wade Watson is the main character. His parents are dead in the movie so he lives with his Aunt and her loser boyfriend. I call him a loser cause what woman makes her boyfriend “go to your room”.  Wade is known as what is called to be a Gunter. Gunters are trying to win the contest. The villains are called the “Sixers” no relation to the basketball team lol. The Sixers are the 2nd largest company next to Gregarious Games, Halliday’s company. Their leader, Nolan Sorento, is a dick.

Wade ends up trying to complete the first challenge which is just race to get to the end of this track. He ends up wining after he watches one of these Halliday hologram archives. So he then teams up with a virtual celebrity gunter called Artemis. Wade does end up falling for Artemis….and he even tells her his real name which is a big NO NO.  I don’t want to dive too deep into the specific details of the plot, but I will say halfway through…or after Wade and his friends beat the 2nd challenge things get REAL as in people die in the real world…

Wade ends up joining a resitstance. The Sixers get the jump on the final challenge and the battle to stop them begins. This is when the movie goes from B-rated to A range. The final battel is so intense. There’s so much goin on at this point….Of course the resistance defeats the sixers at the end. The Halldiay Library curator turned out to be someone very important and he helps Wade win the game.
So in a sense you have lots of themes here. But let’s look at the Oasis as to what it is and what it does to humanity. People are so involved in the virtual world that they forget what its like to be outside. You can kinda of see that happening now. Wade says they just use the real world for food, sleep, and bathroom breaks. The world problems are unfixed…but that doent mean the whole world is a dystopian s*** hole, more like just Columbus Ohio.

I love how Wade is just a regular guy…who becomes the owner of the worlds biggest and greatest video game. The end of the movie really had me tears. It is so awesome and RELATABLE. No this movie isn’t for everybody. The fact that more people are into video games and social media makes this movie very believable. The movie looks fantastic. The locations are vibrant…and the music is awesome too. Lots of known songs are used.

So in coclusion as of me writing this, Ready Player One is my favorite movie of 2018….and that says a lot considering Black Panther and Avengers Infinity War were excellent. While those are 5 star films, Ready Player One just has so much CREATIVITY and charm. So while I don’t think it’s the most impressive or action packed movie of this year. Its already on my all time favorite list. “Some things are perfect just the way they are” and “Thanks for playing my game” says James Halliday. Good game, great movie.

10/10


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