Entertaining and Fast Paced Action

Rating: 7/10 (14 November 2018)

Ready Player One is an entertaining, fast paced, action filled movie that will you keep you engaged and eager to find out what surprise is around the next corner. The visuals are mesmerizing and spectacular as one minute the characters are racing down a freeway being chased by T-Rex and King Kong, then we see Chucky from "Child's Play" is making a cameo inside of the DeLorean in a dramatic and intense final act, with a humorous stop by the Overlook Hotel along the way. If you can't tell, this movie throws 1980s icons at the audience left and right and is shining with that decade's nostalgia. The majority of this movie is shown inside a gaming world, but there is a narrative and action that that takes place in the real world also. This part of the story feels rushed and there isn't much substance to it, the main characters are far less interesting than their gaming avatars, this is a movie to simply enjoy for what it is. The message of this film seems to be, that the more we are immersed in a digital world, the less connected we become in the real one. It is important to slow down, and enjoy the people and the moments that are happening right before your eyes, instead of just flying to the next gaming mission in a hope to level up and accomplish achievements that in reality, mean very little.