Surprisingly good film that's got Spielberg written all over it.

Rating: 8/10 (11 April 2018)

Ready Player One is based off Ernest Cline's book of the same name, and boy what leverage to draw a movie upon: this movie is like Spielberg's love letter for all-things pop-culture related; there's callbacks to Back to the Future, King Kong, AKIRA, Mad Max, Batman, Legend of Zelda, Star Wars, Sonic the Hedgehog, Atari, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, The Iron Giant, The Shining, Monty Python: it's crazy how many references there are in this video game love-letter of a film.
Ready Player One is a rollicking good time at the movies, and has a very 80s-esque charm and vibe to it that Spielberg single-handedly helped create during the milestone-decade. Sure the film's got a tonne of spectacle that may be too much for some, but for me all the references helped tie the backbone of the story: it's a story of a fanboy who's observing the world through a digital lens built upon generations of fandom and world-building, and wants to make his life-inspiration (James Halliday) proud.
If you're a lover of all-things gaming, cinema, television and comic-books indiscriminate of genre, Ready Player One is the film for you. It's so many things all at once while being its very own beautiful and proud film.