Ready Player One

2018 • 139 minuter

Om den här filmen

Från filmskaparen Steven Spielberg kommer science fiction action-äventyret ”Ready Player One”, baserat på Ernest Clines bästsäljare med samma namn. Filmen utspelar sig 2045, med världen på randen av kaos och kollaps. Men folket har funnit frälsning i OASIS, ett expansivt virtuellt realitetsuniversum skapat av den briljanta och excentriska James Halliday (Mark Rylance). När Halliday dör, lämnar han sin enorma förmögenhet till den personen som först hittar ett digitalt påskägg som han har gömt någonstans i OASIS, och det blir gnistan till en tävling som engagerar människor i hela världen. När en osannolikt ung hjälte med namnet Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) bestämmer sig för att delta i tävlingen, kastas han in i en halsbrytande, verklighetsförvrängande skattjakt genom ett fantastiskt universum av mysterium, upptäckt och fara.

Betyg och recensioner

I loved the book, so I went to watch RPO in theaters at the release. I never expect the movie to be as good as the book, but this movie just screws up in all the worst ways. The fact that a few people fell asleep midway through says it all. The most significant parts of the story are left out, while all the scenes with action are kept in without much context. Almost every story element is out of order and the character depictions poorly resemble the original book versions. Just a disappointment.

This is actually a lot of fun. I don't know if it will hold up over time as reference movies are becoming a genre, but in my opinion this was a lot of fun. The references felt genuine in context with the game and the movie still holds up without needing to rely on it. If I hadn't seen Space Jam 2, Rescue Rangers, and many others since I'd probably give this a 4.

I loved the book so much and hated the changes in the film. Understanding that there was a need to cut time down to tell the story, I just thought it took too many freedoms to do so while sharing a different telling of the story. That said, I'd watch it again and maybe grow to enjoy it for the cinematics but do yourself a favor and read the book. Or listen to it with Will Wheaton who did a phenomenal job!