Simon Pegg is great fun, while Ben Mendelssohn has a whale of a time as the villain and Mark Rylance beautifully and terrifically provides the emotion and soul that is not quite there elsewhere. Olivia Cooke is very appealing and shares charming chemistry with Tye Sheridan.
Although not complex or subtle, the characters are engaging enough. Spielberg delivers on the spectacle, the world building and the visual style. Particularly standing out is the one switching between real world and the Oasis. There is enough wit and intrigue in the writing and the story has many instances where it is fun and laden in thrills, the chase scenes especially. Nostalgia is rife with inspired cameos of numerous significant cultural characters, like the 'Jurassic Park' dinosaur and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and even more numerous cultural references, highlights being the 'Back to the Future' Delorean and the Overlook Hotel from 'The Shining'. Alan Silvestri provides the best score in a Spielberg film since 'War Horse' (and one of the best in the past fifteen years or so), providing a lot of energy and thrills. The special effects are pretty spectacular. The Oasis depiction is rich in wonder, adventure, vibrancy and imagination, the cool factor is also high. One of those films where one is truly immersed in a world filled with a non-stop sense of wonder. Starting with its good merits, 'Ready Player One' looks incredible. To me 'Ready Player One' is a middling effort. It is nowhere near being one of Spielberg's best, a distinction he has not hit for a while (though for me he has not sold out), at the same time it is not one of his misfires either. As a film on its own, which is how it will be judged by me being a much fairer way to judge, 'Ready Player One' is quite decent though with faults. As a book adaptation 'Ready Player One' is severely wanting, having lost what made the book so special. 'Ready Player One' left me with a mixed view (or just slightly above). Despite it getting a fair share of criticism from fans of the book, that there were also enough good things said about it from critics and that many of my friends said it was worthwhile persuaded me enough to see it. Watched 'Ready Player One' as someone who got a lot of pleasure out of the book and who loves a lot of Steven Spielberg's previous work. Reviewed by TheLittleSongbird 6 / 10 Ready, set, go in the oasis
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