A fun, entertaining and great tribute to the pop culture

Rating: 8/10 (30 March 2018)

Finally it arrived in the theaters "Ready Player One", the movie I was expecting most of this 2018, even more than "Avengers: Infinity War", not because I thought it was the best movie of the year but simply because from the extraordinary trailer it seemed to be, and so it was, an extremely entertaining film that embodies many of the things I love both in the cinematic world and in the entertainment world in general: many special effects well realized and contextualized, a lot of quotes, innumerable tributes of pop culture that ranges from videogames, movies, books, comics, music of the last 50 years, especially that of the '80s, a decade that has now become a real phenomenon so much to generate a mania in the name of nostalgia for what has represented for generations; and then what fascinates me most of the last years, that is the easter eggs that here play a fundamental role so much that they practically assume the form of subject on which the whole film is based, based on the novel of the same name.
And who could best direct a film of this type if not the great Steven Spielberg, one of the directors who most influenced the aforementioned culture, an exponent of entertainment, blockbusters in the cinema and who directed films that played a very important role in the childhood of many people?
For this and many other reasons, "Ready Player One" has absolutely not disappointed my expectations, it is pure entertainment proud of being such and, almost, nothing else, which entertains and excites even without a particularly high depth in the screenplay that, for as it does not arouse strong emotions and is not perfect in writing, awakens in the spectator a childish spirit but not infantile that remains open-mouthed every time that Spielberg, with his masterly technique and strategy, realizes extremely fluid sequences full of unbridled action and lots but lots of nostalgia, using an extraordinary technical sector.
Of course there are, being a film for all ages but directed more towards a young audience, morals, however, these are never too intrusive but, on the contrary, are adequately contextualized and inserted in a conscious way.
For the rest the plot works, involves at the right point, the characters are well written and interpreted, notable interpretation of the talented Mark Rylance that after "Bridge of Spies" seems to have become a fetish actor for Spielberg, coming with this to his third collaboration with the director with a fourth already in preparation.
Missing a soundtrack quite incisive but still manages to keep up with the fast and well calibrated rhythm.
In short, a film to see and see again, even just to be able to discover all the easter egg (almost impossible).