Ready Player One
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Saw this yesterday, and am comparing to the book. While reading this book, I was constantly eye rolling at the amateur storytelling, character building and dialogue; the author pretty much treated the reader like a moron with short term memory loss. It almost ruined a good story, but it didn’t and it was a hit as a result. When I heard Spielberg was doing this, I had high hopes that he would find the nuggets of gold and iron out the issues. Nope.
I noticed the author was responsible for the screenplay too. Not a great move there, I don’t think. Fun to watch, especially in IMAX 3D, but this movie isn’t going to have any lasting effect, and won’t be a high point for Spielberg. It’s just not that good, and despite the SFX, it simply didn’t improve on the book. They even removed a ton of the relevant story and I assume many viewers had a major WTF moment at the end when everyone’s at the castle
For some reason.Pass. Watch it on cable or rent, maybe.