Ready Player One · 4:05am Apr 1st, 2018
Ready Player One: A Brief Review
I wasn't sure what to expect going into this movie (I'd never read the book), so I mostly went because I was bored. How did it turn out?
Meh.
The movie mostly comes out as a popcorn thriller movie, with some admittedly awesome fight scenes. Probably the most fun thing to do is wait for a crowd scene and try to count the references, including that scene we all saw in the trailers with the Iron Giant. And yes, it is awesome (though, some people rightly pointed out that it serves no real purpose, and making him into an action hero when his movie is about being a peacekeeper is kinda cold).
But other than that, the characters are pretty flat, the story is nothing special, and the message of "unplugging" falls flat. Seriously, the last line of the movie is "Reality is real." Thanks, Holmes.
If you're looking for harmless fun, you'll find it, but not much else.
