Ready Player One movie

[Intellfan]

Just saw it . Loved it !! Has anyone else seen it yet?

Did you see the Intellivision?

[Albert]

Enjoyed the movie, but I somehow missed the Intellivision! But there's so damn much on the screen at many points in the film, that it'll take pausing it on Blu-Ray to see many of the details. Besides the 2600, there was a ColecoVIsion featured in one scene..

 

..Al

[m-crew]

Haven't seen it yet , but I did see a review on it the other day lots of cameo's appear in it. Steven Spielberg had full access to Disney's catalog. First Time Disney ever authrized that.

 

Cheers

Edited April 1, 2018 by m-crew

[Jinks]

My is reading the book. So far zero mention of atari or anything.

[S1500]

Just saw it . Loved it !! Has anyone else seen it yet?

Did you see the Intellivision?

 

I did spot the unused Inty model 1.

[+KylJoy]

I saw a Colecovision, TRS 80, Commodore 64 parts, Atari 2600, Amiga, but no Intellivision. Where was it at?

[S1500]

I saw a Colecovision, TRS 80, Commodore 64 parts, Atari 2600, Amiga, but no Intellivision. Where was it at?

 

When Halliday was trying to find the egg, he reaches under a computer desk, and the Inty shows up on the left side of the shot.

[IMBerzerk]

Man... I missed that!!!

 

Saw all the great stuff at the end in his room though. TRS-80 and the Colecovision. A nice nod to the Commodore 64. You can see the 1541 drive and the 1702 Monitor, however they were abandoned for the TRS-80.

 

I loved the movie... but it served me with a lot of disappointments as well. Would have been really great to see Zork and Dungeons & Dragons challenge bonded into one, and of course... Alex Lifeson's guitar and the whole 2112 challenge for the Crystal Key is missing... wtf... Man, I think they really screwed the pooch on that one.

 

However... they made up for it 7-fold with the whole The Shinining sequence rather than doing War Games. That was really amazing and very well done.

 

The end challenge was just plain dumb... should have taken place in Halliday's room, with the Atari 2600 exactly as they had it... no sixers lined up though. Should have been Halliday as an early teenager. Just thought it was dumb to have it take place in an ice cave with just the TV and console. It looked pathetic.

 

The extra life coin award... stupid. Should have done it the way the book did it. Would have thrown the 'older' audience into a frenzy to see that.. much like Stranger Things did with the "Dig Dug" episode. They just really missed out on a lot of opportunities to draw us 40 somethings deeper in and still capture the younger audience. My 17yr old loved it... she thought it was great. Minecraft and all... It just seemed like they dumbed it down for the general audience. I understand why, but in the end, it really took away from the pure fun of the book.

 

Also seen... and somewhat obvious...

 

Original Bat Mobile

At-Team Van

Speed Racer

Iron Giant

Gundam

Chucky Bomb (LOL!)

MadBalls

Halo

Hello Kitty x2 (once playing a game with Vanilla Ice)

Tons and tons of really cool nostalgia in Aech's garage/shop

 

It was really good none-the-less. Will definately buy the Blue Ray when it comes out so I can frame-by-frame it... lol.. not.

 

JR

[David Rolfe]

Spoilers to follow. For those unfamiliar with the story, don't read this; instead I'd recommend you read the book, and then later go for the movie.

 

The book touched me for three reasons: 1) It captured the sense of wonder of the magical realm of the computer, and 2) The pursuit of the puzzles, and the glorious moment of epiphany when the various pieces come together in logical beauty, rang true, and 3) I enjoyed the odd combination of nostalgia and future technology.

 

A movie usually can't duplicate a book, and must re-work the flow to fit the cinematic form factor. So I figured I was doomed to be disappointed in the movie, because it was doomed to be a different animal. So my judgment is probably unfair. This being acknowledged...

 

I feel that Spielberg did a workmanlike job, but it lacked the sharp insight or passion I might have hoped for. Contrast the epiphanies...

 

In the book, Wade follows Halliday's life in small details, which inspires him to take Latin in high school as Halliday did. But Halliday's original hint is so vague..."...you have much to learn". Then he realizes the name of the school planet is "Ludus". Google translate tells me "ludus" means "elementary school", but the book has Wade associating "ludus" with the Latin verb "to learn", and thus realizing that this may be a clue as to where the first key is to be found...right on the planet of learning, where every kid has a shot at it. Now he can analyze the planet (instead of the whole OASIS universe) in search of a geographical clue, which leads him to the cavern...Anyway, it was all so brilliant and logical.

 

Contrast this to the "Shining" sequence in the movie, where they find a key, but it's more of a haphazard adventure that a logical process. Yes, there's a logic to the thing, but it's more of an excuse for the adventure than a real deduction.

 

I could go on, but it's not necessary. People like what they like, and that's fine. Maybe I would have liked the movie more when I was younger and less demanding that things make sense. Or if you're not going to make any sense (such as in a great comic romp like "Deadpool"), then don't pretend you're making sense.

[imstarryeyed]

I read the book and loved it... I saw the movie and loved it...

 

My recommendation is read the book first if possible and then watch the movie, it will feel like a somewhat different version of the book, much like a retro game feels different on different platforms.

 

I feel they got the spirit in the movie very right for the comprises they made, in fact Cline (the author) himself did the screenplay so it has obviously been blessed by him ..

 

The book feels like the directors cut or the same game on a different more capable platform, the game spirit is there but it is just a different experience.

 

If you happen to see the movie first, then read the book and it will feel like you are playing a game with all of the DLC already including.

 

Not sure if my gaming analogies are getting through but I thought they might be appropriate for the description.,

[GenetixJ]

Wow, you hit it well with your description. The book was good as was the movie. If they had made the movie follow the book more it would have been much longer.

 

The book feels like the directors cut or the same game on a different more capable platform, the game spirit is there but it is just a different experience.

 

If you happen to see the movie first, then read the book and it will feel like you are playing a game with all of the DLC already including.

 

Not sure if my gaming analogies are getting through but I thought they might be appropriate for the description.,

[+Lathe26]

I had heard mixed things about the book. Some people love it, others find it problematic. As a result, I skipped reading the book.

 

Going into the movie with fresh eyes and no expectations, I enjoyed it. Thus, in addition to the nostalgia that of seeing Atari, ColecoVision, Intellivision, old Macintoshes, your favorite games, your favorite characters, etc, etc, etc, you will also get the nostalgia feeling from it's 1980s Spielberg style and feel.

 

I gave it an IMDb rating of 7 out of 10. See this in the theater.