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Author Topic: Ready Player One (2018) Peter Castle Expert Film Handler Posts: 220 From: Wollongong University, NSW ,Australia Registered: Oct 2003 posted 04-18-2018 01:07 AM                     I think the attitude of readers of the book to the movie will depend on their age. If they lived through the period of the nostalgia (in the book, 70s and 80s) then they'll love the book over the movie. But in making the movie more acceptable to a video game generation compared to a D&D generation, they've over-simplified the plot. I still enjoyed the movie - just not as good as the book, so you can see what generation I fall into.  |  IP: Logged Aron Toplitsky Expert Film Handler Posts: 113 From: Gardena, CA, USA Registered: May 2012 posted 04-18-2018 08:29 PM                     I just thought I'd share my two most recent Dolby Cinema experiences and one of those was for Ready Player One. Both of these theaters have very recent Dolby Cinema conversions. Last week I saw A Quiet Place at the AMC South Bay Galleria in Redondo Beach CA, then two days later I saw Ready Player One at AMC Rolling Hills in Torrance CA. Note, these theaters are only 6 miles away from each other and both about a half hour from me. The AMC Galleria screen was pathetic but the sound was fantastic! It was too small of a screen for a fairly large theater. It wouldn't have been as bad if the screen were larger or common height. Why bother converting an auditorium like this? One would think Dolby has better standards? On the other hand, AMC Rolling hills Dolby Cinema kicked ass! Not only was it a large screen, but it was common height and the lighting/projection was about as perfect as it gets. And the sound...WOW! I've been to several Dolby Cinema screens in the LA area and this one might be one of the most impressive.  |  IP: Logged Bill Brandenstein Master Film Handler Posts: 413 From: Santa Clarita, CA Registered: Jul 2013 posted 04-19-2018 05:53 PM                     Aron, have you been to the D.C. screen at AMC 16, Burbank? Just curious what you thought of it if you have.  |  IP: Logged Aron Toplitsky Expert Film Handler Posts: 113 From: Gardena, CA, USA Registered: May 2012 posted 04-20-2018 12:55 AM                     Hi Bill, No I have not but I read your review. I'm glad it's a good one. Burbank is just a bit too out of the way for me. If I'm ever up there I will certainly check it out. Every D.C. I've been to usually has some minor issue, weather it be light reflection onto the screen or bass vibrating something in the room. If I can recall correctly, the AMC Rolling Hills in Torrance are using the dark blue lights for their speakers and floors. I prefer it over the red. I find the red lights to be more distracting during the feature.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-22-2018 09:43 PM                        This movie was about what I expected, which was about 4 hours of endless "battle" type scenes wrapped around the fairly bare bones of a story. The plot set-up at the start was great, and made me excited for the story. The car chase right after that was awesome and got things off to a great start too, but almost immediately after that, the movie descended into an endless rapid-fire recitation of "rules" and "goals" and "options" and gamer-type "stuff" that was impossible to keep up with, maybe unless you're a gamer (which I am not). The dialogue is spoken so fast at times that I was getting a headache trying to keep up. The graphics and the sound were impressive, as expected, and I did enjoy a lot of the pop culture references. Other than that, it reminded me of a noisy Disney ride in that there's so much going on, so fast, you have to see it multiple times to see everything. I am also up-to-here with the current fad of characters being able to "put on" whatever their "suit" is, or unpack their "weapons," by just touching the top of their head or pressing a button and then the whole suit, car, or whatever just endlessly unfolds from nowhere with a bunch of clicks, whirs and beeps. This movie takes that to another level with the "gear" being kept in little tiny containers that a character can just "call up" by swiping the air and making a "locker" containing all their "stuff" appear in the air in front of them. (I realize that in this movie, all this is supposed to be in the virtual game universe, but the same kind of thing happens in many superhero movies, with Iron Man and Spider-Man being the worst offenders.) I guess it wasn't geared for my taste. It was a fun ride, but I have already forgotten most of what I saw. 2 out of 5 stars from me.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-25-2018 12:19 AM                        Watching scenes from my office tonight, I was reminded of two other things in this movie that irritated me: 1. The use of "clear" computer screens, which if they existed in real life would be endlessly annoying. Moviemakers - stop doing stuff just because you can. 2. Characters being long dead, but still able to communicate with living people. This bothered me in "Superman II" and it still bothers me today.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-25-2018 07:18 AM                        I wasn't too impressed by it, either. The ending was obvious by the end of the second reel. The story progression was pretty dull and derivative, too. Visually, it was an interesting film, though it didn't really take advantage of the 70mm format. I am not a 3D fan, but would be curious to see what the 3D version looks like. I didn't hate it, but I did feel that it could have been tighted considerably without losing anything. I have not read the book, and cannot comment on how the film compares.  |  IP: Logged

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