For the Nerds/Geeks, Adventurers And Spielberg Lovers.

Rating: 9/10 (1 April 2018)

Steven Spielberg is back. With his all new movie, Ready Player One, he brings out his A-game which apparently everyone has been waiting for since he's been doing less adventurous movies lately (which I totally disagree for that I kinda liked The BFG but not many people did). Even with last year's The Post, which was nominated for several Oscars this year, was not your typical adventure style Spielberg movie, it was one of his slow storytelling stories but the difference was that it was based on a true story.
Ready Player One is not just an adventure movie, it's a movie filled with Easter Eggs. They should make a genre for a movie like this for that it has never been done before, as far as I know, of course which may or may not be as far. It had Easter eggs from left to right, up and down and in every other direction. Some were incredibly visible and some are meant for the audience to keep their eyes peeled. It had callbacks from many pop culture favourites during mostly the 80's and 90's. Some Easter eggs were even from Spielbergs hit movies. The story was great but very cliche. It had a tiny bit everything. Humour, adventure, action, romance, a great cast and visually stunning CGI.
After being known as the better version of Cyclops after James Marsden in the X Men franchise, Tye Sheridan is at his best, although he maybe animated for the most of the movie. The humour was flavourful. The tone of the movie was perfection. The action scenes were all CGI so, no real stunts. The chemistry between the cast members are memorable although no one gets a full-on character development scene except maybe Sheridan's character, Wade Watts. The love chemistry was alright when they brought in the romance part of the film between Wade and Samantha a.k.a. Art3mis in the Oasis played by Olivia Cooke. The supporting characters were all fun especially Aech. The villain, played by Ben Menseldohn, seemed like a kids movie villain which can be accepted.
The best part of this movie is that it is based on a book. That much of movie was originally a book written by Ernest Cline, which I currently own but have not read it yet, unfortunately. Now after watching the film, I'm definitely going to read it. Another thing that made me feel like the movie was going to be good before I entered the cinema was finding out that the author, Ernest Cline, also the wrote the screenplay. You will defintely know when a book-adapted-movie is good is when the author is part of the movie making but when the author writing the screenplay, it's another level of reassurance.
Since I loved the movie so much, I just have to give it a 9/10. It deserves it. Although it maybe a movie filled with repeated nostalgia to 'The Good Old Days' as our parents would say.