The Iron Giant? Where Hogarth at?

Rating: 6/10 (3 May 2018)

Yes, I am ready to play this game.
The trailers didn't do the story justice, I thought it was going to be a contrived story but it ended up better than I thought. The story is actually clever, thrilling and has an intense third act that will keep you on the edge of your seat. It will probably make video game fans wish that there was a VR Set or a theme park attraction based on the OASIS. The only problems I have with the story is that the main character is an orphan but I don't know if he is technically an orphan since he's 18, but it's a tiresome cliche to have nowadays. It's time to take a break from it, people. The other problem is that there are random, pointless random scenes in there such as at the beginning, when Wade narrates about the OASIS, the scene suddenly transitions to a 5 second scene of a hardcore little girl screaming on a bed.
I thought that the whole premise of having much of the movie focus on the avatars these people are playing as was a refreshing idea. And I liked the crossovers that were in this movie, something that a lot of movies don't tend to do nowadays but I am a big fan of crossover films.
One thing I am mad at is that there is no Iron Giant sequel. This is about as closest to a sequel as we can get.
There are a few forced acting moments, sappy romance at the end, and the pop culture references can go overboard but problems aside, it was an alright film. I am a fan of video games and nostalgia so this was pretty much up my alley.