hey guys Rex Overdrive here with another
movie review in this time we're talking
about ready player one
after the death of a virtual reality
creator a video is released challenging
all of its players to find an easter egg
hidden within the game which will give
them the right to his massive fortune
I've really been looking forward to
ready player 1 and this is based on the
popular novel that came out just a few
years ago and I've heard good things
about the book but I've just really been
craving just an epic like sci-fi
Spielberg movie for quite some time it's
been a while since we've gotten one of
those that I've really packed a punch
from Spielberg and in the story of this
movie it takes place in the near future
where pretty much every person in the
entire world is just obsessed with this
virtual reality game called the Oasis
and the story definitely has that vibe
of like Willy Wonka and the Chocolate
Factory and after the creator of the
Oasis passes away he releases this video
letting the world know whoever finds
these three keys that he planted within
the game that lead to this head and egg
that person will take over his fortune
and the game the Oasis there's also the
main character Wade Watts played by Ty
Sheridan and this guy is pretty much
dedicating all this time to finding
these three hidden keys within the Oasis
to get this damn egg which pretty much
everybody's failed at for the last few
years finding this thing Ben Mendelsohn
also leaves the slimy company called ioi
and they pretty much pour all of their
corporate money into finding the hidden
eggs so that they can take over the
Oasis just for themselves and by the way
Ben Mendelsohn plays these roles so good
and he can just pull off that grimy
corporate shill fantastic and this is
probably one of the best movies that
I've seen so far this year and the thing
is it's not gonna be a movie for
everybody there's a ton of visual
effects in this movie I'd say probably
about like 2/3 of the movie takes place
inside the Oasis so it might not be a
movie for everyone but that's what I
liked about it there's so much world
building inside of this thing and it
pretty much just like transports you
into this place called the Oasis and I
love that about this movie in this film
also just sort of like goes to show you
while Spielberg is just the absolute
best director in the world in my opinion
like the guy can put out something like
the post which is just absolutely
fantastic
but then put something out like this
which which is just like a complete like
sci-fi blast and just like turns this
thing up to 11 it's just like the guy
has so much range and I just think
that's why the guys the absolutely like
Best Director in the game but to be
honest I wasn't really that big of a fan
of the trailers when I first saw them
and there was a part of me that thought
that this movie could just be a lot of
like nostalgia like references kind of
thrown at you throughout the movie and
there's a lot of like characters and
familiar things that pop up through the
movie but they're used in a way that's
sort of like world-building to the Oasis
and there's just so much like 80s
nostalgia flavor that's just thrown at
you in a good way in my opinion and like
if you're somebody that grew up playing
video games in the 70s to even like now
there's just so much that pops up on
screen that I think you're really gonna
enjoy and a lot of the stuff that just
sort of like pops up in the movie are
almost even like characters in and of
themselves like say the the DeLorean
from Back to the Future that's heavily
used in the film or say like the Iron
Giant some of these things are almost
crucial to the story of the film and
just the way they kind of wove them
throughout the story I loved that they
did a fantastic job doing that and
there's even this entire sequence that
takes place within another movie a
popular horror movie from the early
1980s and I have no idea how they did
this with like the visual effects but it
almost feels seamless like they they
went to this location and pretty much
refilmed all this stuff but it does have
that kind of like vintage flavor like
they took the footage and kind of added
these characters into that but just the
way it was done it was absolutely
fantastic the film also does a lot of
cutting back and forth between the Oasis
and like Wade watts in reality and these
other characters in my only real gripe
is that I would have liked to learn a
little bit more about these characters
in real life getting a little bit more
backstory just getting to know them the
majority of the movie is spent inside
the Oasis so my only really complaint is
that there's not that much character
development with these characters in
reality you mainly get that within just
the Oasis but I will say ty Sheridan as
Wade Watts was just fantastic
and his character definitely has those
traits of like a hero where he's just a
good dude he's brave in he almost knows
everything there is to know about the
creator of the Oasis but at the same
time he still makes mistakes I had an
absolute blast watching ready player one
and Steven Spielberg delivered on the
adventure and just the the sci-fi level
here just transporting you into this
like virtual reality world in this is
definitely one of those films where you
just need to see it on the biggest and
loudest screen possible that you can but
guys that's it for my review of ready
player one let me know your thoughts and
opinions in the comment section all
pickable links are down below thank you
so much for watching I'm Rex overdrive
I'll see you next time
