Ready Player One (2018)

While I agree with some peoples complaints about how the film differs from the book, but from what I understand that was Cline's intention, he didn't want to simply remake the book, so he retold the story. Sure things are different, but for the most part it works and the quests in the book, wouldn't necessarily work in film, I mean, would you have enjoyed watching them repeat verbatim the script for wargames?

That said, I didn't think the earth moved, it was a good enough action movie, with a lot of references thrown in. But its not a film that blew me away.
 
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As usual the book is better.

I understand the movie was not going to be the book, but even so it was a bit of a dog's dinner. Even so the CGI was top notch and it moved along the last 10 mins could have been done in 1 but overall a 6/10 if only for the first Kong sequence. (Even then a bit cheesy hownit was solved)
 
Loved it myself! Sod the book, hate it when people compare films with the books they're based on. Books don't make good films without essentially ripping it apart and starting over. The CGI was stunning, as was the music, and it was a rollercoaster all the way through.
 
I'm off to see the movie on Friday and have read the book several times and loved it. I read about the film during development and one of the big reasons for plot changes apparently was the use of intellectual property. Spielberg was limited by the willingness of companies to share their IP at a fair price. For instance the War Games IP holders were mentioned as wanting a ridiculous amount of money to allow that scene to be filmed and I guess it may not have worked substituting another film. I noticed the Iron Giant in the trailers but the lack of Japanese big robots I'm guessing likewise for similar IP reasons. Cline wasn't as inhibited in the book as Spielberg was in the film.

I'll try and go in with an open mind knowing the plot diverges significantly.
 
We went to see the film last night and was pleasantly surprised. We both enjoyed it. Haven't read the book however so not aware of the differences.
 
I've never read the book but came out of the cinema thinking that was a thoroughly enjoyable film with lots of little nods as you'd expect. CGI was brilliant and loved the way the scenes in the real world were shot with the grain and colour pallette used.
 
I enjoyed this film, it felt like a 7/10 but was probably 8/10 because having read the book it could never live up to my expectations. Many of the changes were good and I understood why they were made. I felt Og was sold a little short, I missed some of the nods to 80s culture in the book and no Pac Man perfect game. As said the CGI was top draw they moved plot items about to balance the cast but that was all good. My perennial gripe is modern movies cram the plot into a seeming time frame of a few days, the book suggested many months which made more sense and suggested a loss of focus that was missing in the film.

Can’t wait to get this on Blu-ray and look for details in the background.
 
Seen the film 3 times now and would certainly watch it a 4th, finished the book in 3 days and while the differences are huge, both are excellent in their own right.

My only real question now is, when can I get my own Oasis console!!
 
I watched this today and thought it was a great cinema movie.
I'm not interested in the book being better, it was just a fun thing to watch with a good soundtrack to boot.

It also featured an Antec Skeleton, and I'd forgotten they had existed. So, good work for that.
 
thecremeegg said:
Sod the book, hate it when people compare films with the books they're based on. Books don't make good films without essentially ripping it apart and starting over.
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Books can make good films sometimes, if people put the effort in.
The problem is when significant deviations from the key aspects of the book plot are made without good reason, beyond the film makers being too unimaginitive... especially if what they're peddling is essentially the 'film of the book', rather than being based on or inspired by the book.

Unfortunately I can't comment on RP1, as I'd had an absolute **** of a knackering day and fell asleep in the (aside from me and a mate) utterly deserted late night screening. Mate said I missed a really good film, though, which was only mildly spoilt by my snoring! :D
 
I liked it, the book isn’t great but does the nostalgia better which is why people ignore the ridiculous timing on clue solving in the book. The nostalgia glosses over terrible writing. The book does a much better job of bringing the main group together than the film, which has them all in one place conveniently.

I can understand the changes with the time constraint and the people I was with really enjoyed the film knowing nothing about the book but I disliked how they made them Hollywood rather than casting people a little less pleasing on the eye as per the book.
 
ttaskmaster said:
Books can make good films sometimes, if people put the effort in.
The problem is when significant deviations from the key aspects of the book plot are made without good reason, beyond the film makers being too unimaginitive... especially if what they're peddling is essentially the 'film of the book', rather than being based on or inspired by the book.

Unfortunately I can't comment on RP1, as I'd had an absolute **** of a knackering day and fell asleep in the (aside from me and a mate) utterly deserted late night screening. Mate said I missed a really good film, though, which was only mildly spoilt by my snoring! :D
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This was kind of my point too. I have zero problem with the film being so different to the book. If the tagline was "We've taken the title of the book, but that's about it" fine, but peddling a "film of the book" is a little far-fetched :)
But it really is nicely done and well worth a watch.
 
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