Ready Player One
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king Chucky"Caught this last night at my little local cinema.
Enjoyed reasonably overall, but...
...it didn't quite work for me. I think, after 24 hours reflection, the problem is that a lot of the geeky nostalgia stuff is aimed at me, 47 years old, and I think I was on the young side for quite a bit of it. Whereas the plot/characters/action was aimed and levelled for a young teenage audience. And those are 2 very different targets, and should have been 2 very different films.
Enjoyed reasonably overall, but...
...it didn't quite work for me. I think, after 24 hours reflection, the problem is that a lot of the geeky nostalgia stuff is aimed at me, 47 years old, and I think I was on the young side for quite a bit of it. Whereas the plot/characters/action was aimed and levelled for a young teenage audience. And those are 2 very different targets, and should have been 2 very different films.
Terzo123 said:
5/10 for me.
It dragged on a bit. The ending in the real world was very weak. CGI was great, the Shining scenes were pretty cool.
I wouldn't go out of my way to see it again.
Yeah some OK bits a lot of very average and a few really strange poor decisions completely outside of the ethos of the film.It dragged on a bit. The ending in the real world was very weak. CGI was great, the Shining scenes were pretty cool.
I wouldn't go out of my way to see it again.
Poor effort for me
The only really decent reference in the whole thing was the Shining bit because it was there long enough to actually appreciate the effort.
Most of the rest of the references were such quick blink and you'll miss it throwaway detail that it was pointless.
The actual story was pretty hollow too.
Shame really as you could feel the potential but the actual execution was lacking.
Most of the rest of the references were such quick blink and you'll miss it throwaway detail that it was pointless.
The actual story was pretty hollow too.
Shame really as you could feel the potential but the actual execution was lacking.
Watched this as the weekend, I'll echo some other posters on here, the shining scene was incredible and very well done, the race was ok if a little hard to follow. But the whole thing was way too long and the story was a bit under-developed. 6/10. Would be a 4/10 without the shining scene though.
It's an alright film, but it's ruined for me as I could pick out what parts of Birmingham were used to film it. The scene towards the end when they're driving that van, the road looks like it goes on forever. In real life it isn't, you'd have it walked in 30 seconds to be honest. You could also see the old Latif's (cash and carry) in the background of one of the shots, and I thought if the film was that good I wouldn't recognise or think about these bits. So yeah, it's alright but it aint' great.
The Rotrex Kid said:
Narcisus said:
The Rotrex Kid said:
Ready Player Two (the book) is out now.
I’ve got it on the way, likely it will eventually be adapted for a follow up film.
I’m already over half way !I’ve got it on the way, likely it will eventually be adapted for a follow up film.
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