80s references a plenty

Rating: 8/10 (17 March 2018)

REVIEW - READY PLAYER ONE
I was very fortunate to have been invited to see an advanced screening of this film before it's world premiere so I must just say that the following is my own personal opinion.
During the summer of 2017 filming for this film took place in and around Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter and Spaghetti Junction so this film as with Kingsman (which was filmed on Colmore Row) was of particular interest.
Tipped to be a blockbuster of a film in parts I can certainly agree, I predict it will do well at the cinema but for me the film was split, let me explain.
Rated 12A here in the UK the film is intended for children of 12 up and accompanied by an adult and generally the film could have got away with a general 12 rating except for one quick scene involving a very famous doll which comes to life and the human swearing (which was a shock).
The story was interesting enough without being too complicated, the general level of acting was OK but for me as I've said by far the only reason to go and see this film are for the parts inside the oasis!
For us adults there are references of the 80s both films and games and for the other audience members just the sheer pleasure of witnessing such an impressive visual computer generated world, truly amazing! But because it seems to me) most of the budget was spent on this then the real world sequences suffered.
Don't get me wrong, the film is very enjoyable and I intend to watch it again on DVD or streaming when its released just so I can pause it and see even more of the 80s film and game references.
Rating 8 out of 10