Best Videogame Movie That's Not Based On Videogame

Rating: 9/10 (1 April 2018)

I would have never thought, Spielberg would be able to bring us something like this. A movie brought to us by one of the biggest movie geeks there's ever existed and if that wasn't enough, it's a movie based on a book literally drowning in 80s Popculture. Simply put, Heaven for geeks. All that aside, even people with no interest in 80s Popculture whatsoever, will enjoy this movie. I can assure you of that.
As a person who read the book, I was more than skeptical about the story and it's flow, but Spielberg showed me, I was worried over nothing. When you start listening to songs like Blue Monday '88 by New Order or We're Not Gonna Take It by Twisted Sister, you know there is something done right. And a soundtrack by Alan Silvestri is on a whole new level. All those classical tunes reminding you of times when films like Goonies, E.T. and Star Wars were booming.
I'm not gonna compare the book with the movie, because that would take me whole centuries, but i will say one thing. It's totally different from the book which is great. Some aspects of a storyline were kept for the sake of a structure of this movie, but a lot of things changed, so in a way, Steven kept me wondering, what's gonna happen next. In other words, if you read the book and you keep wondering whether you will or will not see this movie, then go see it. You might not be overwhelmed by its quality, but you will apreciate the different take on the story.
Film is 140 minutes long, but the pacing was great. It's not dragging, just keeping it's pace and because of that, Ready Player One doesn't have any boring parts. Action scenes are simply amazing and a big impact on that, have the unbelievable visuals with tons and tons of easter eggs. Those kept you focused all the time and you just don't want to miss any of your favourite character fighting in the background or simply chilling by the bar.
Of course, Ready Player One contains some negative aspects as well. And the biggest one of them all is shallow characters(including Big Bad, in this case - Nolan Sorrento played by Ben Mendelsohn). You might find this quite vital for the escalation of film, but at the same time i have to say that Steven has done everything he could've done when it comes to characters. They might be shallow, but one thing that connects them all, is 80s popculture. And whole movie is based on that, so that's why i don't think of it as such a big negative aspect. Otherwise, movie has some minor negative aspects.
Maybe this film deserves only 7 or 8 out of 10, but if you liked everything i just wrote, then you can't rate it lower then 9. If there will be one movie for which Spielberg will be remembered even by new generations, then it will be definitely Ready Player One.