The initial problems with Ready Player One boil down to Zak Penn’s script that, for nearly half the runtime, sounds like a vomiting of exposition. As Wade gets closer to finding the Egg, he attracts the eye of Nolan Sorrento (Ben Mendelsohn), the head of a competing company who wants to turn the Oasis into a world based on capitalism and corporate greed. Whoever finds the Egg will become the new head of the Oasis. Wade’s goal, like many others, is to find the hidden Easter Egg left behind by deceased Oasis creator James Halliday (Mark Rylance). He spends the majority of his time in Oasis, a virtual reality world where people can be whoever they want. Greed is good, if it makes you a profit.īy the year 2045, poor people live in vertical trailer parks known as “The Stacks.” One such stack dweller is Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan). If you aren’t one, you’ll remember why the decade was known as the era of excess. Make no mistake, Ready Player One is for and about ’80s fanBOYS. It throws Iron Giant and Freddy Krueger-shaped balls in front of their face, hoping they’ll ignore the train wreck behind them. Based on the novel by Ernest Cline and directed by everyone’s favorite staple of the ’80s, Steven Spielberg, Ready Player One treats its audience like babies.
Ready Player One is the cinematic equivalent of stuffing your face full of candy on Halloween night. Turn on the TV, watch a movie, and it’s easy to deduce that the ’80s are back in a big way.īut, like all good things, too much can be enough. By Kristen Lopez 5 years ago Follow Tweet
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