Blink and you will miss the pop cultural references. I saw Iron Giant, Some superheroes, Freddy Krueger, McFly's DeLorean, Akira bike, Tron cycle.....
Salute to the legal department for securing the rights. The teaser actually did a good job for setting up the world. They could potentially owned the pre-summer slot like Deadpool/Logan.

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This trailer certainly warrant to watch in full 4k glory. The references just filled to the brim. If i have to choose will for sure watch this over Black Panther.

https://www.thewrap.com/ready-player-one-al...trailer-photos/
A pretty decent breakdown of who and what cameos in the trailer. Suppose the hardcore fans will find more hidden easter eggs to the book. Honestly those who haven't read ought to really give it a shot. It's a page turner and you bound to reread it many times over because it is really that enjoyable.

Nope....you assume too much. The hunt only one aspect of it but the biggest hold of the story is how they used the nolstagic familiarity in a really refreshing way to an action adventure epic. Not emo anime BS.

Final trailer before the barrage of movie clips and TV spots. The only obstacle this movie facing is Pacific Rim 2 release a week before. There's a potential to be a substantial hit and hope Spielberg able to stay relevant in the face of comic book movies dominance.

Favourable first impressions out in the wild while review embargo lifted by tomorrow. Hope it gets to build up by words of mouth!!

Final trailer...at this point either you are in or out. Flock to the cinema if possible so we have more options to watch other genres in the future. There are only so much of superheroes movie you can stomach before the fatigue sets in.

Was helping my wife again to screen a preview for pr people and critics. All I gotta say this is the geekiest movie you can watch.

“This is not a film that we’ve made. It is, I promise you, a movie.” That was the quote Steven Spielberg made during the world premier. It basically telling everyone this is that classic Spielberg who defined the 80s pop culture. You will be transported to the thrilling roller coaster ride with a sense of wonder on every corner of the movie.

The middle action sequence will made you shed couple of geek tears as you are too busy to cross reference how many pop culture icons you can identify on the screen. Storming the castle sequence is a blueprint for DC Kingdom Come style of epic battle. The scope of it almost on another level.

The bad is the real world stuff a little thin and a weak villain overall. Pissy book readers will nitpick how it is not faithful...blah,blah,blah.

MCU take note this is how to do meaningful character banter and not cramming every cringey quips you can force into a scene.

To those still on the fence, perhaps give a try at Mamoru Hosada's Summer Wars to get a sense of idea what to expect. This is that more expensive and funnier version of that. 3D is a must for this one.

Bust a nut...otakus!!!

On second watch last night, think at the end the old school of scripting still reign supreme. Its well paced with every Chekhov's gun paying out with a clearly defined act structure. Although I won't t necessary call this a deep movie with profound messaging. Leave that to the Coens, three Amigos, Fincher as they are the new zeitgeist of auteurs that make films and not movies. Above all this just show JJ Abrams is nowhere near the level of crafting an adventure movie like Spielberg.

Mind you there are severe problems with how the characterization being done with cliche motivations. Some scenes are downright corny. I won't necessarily pinned this movie as a gamer-centric movie. Old school cinemaphiles will find a lot of nod to 80s cinemas. It has a more vintage western RPG mechanic in the Easter hunt rather than modern JRPG. I see this more of Tron blended with Matrix and Willy Wonka as the basis of narration. Even you don't get the Easter eggs it still an enjoyable movie to watch without feeling at lost.

The biggest gripe is they did not do the 1,2,5 joke with the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch. Truth be told I love the book not because its well written. Its no GRRM material. But it's damn entertaining and nerdy thrashy in a good way just like the movie. Hope Ernest Cline exposure with the real master storytellers like Spielberg and Zak Penn able to improve upon the announced sequel to the book. So Parzival next adventure will still go on but a sequel to the movie will wait and see.

The grenade has made it appearance in popular game like Worms, Fallout Vegas, Witcher 3....
Daito's avatar skin is Toshiro Mifune the great samurai actor, coincidentally first name of Daito is Toshiro. A favourite among the "Hollywood Brats" film directors.

Look beyond the gaudy hair and tight jeans. This is a great early hair metal track. The song also was used recently in Wolfenstein 2.

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Not just The Shining, it also paying homage to Citizen Kane the grand daddy of all movies by making...

Again another Chekhov's gun payoff.

The whole Overlook horror house moment was not even in the book and actually an improvement over what was written.

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Well the book is more nerdy with convoluted Easter egg hunts. Like recreating scenes from Wargames and Monthly Python, winning Pacman high score for one-up coin,etc....

Sorrento was a better villain in the book but Ben Mendelsohn did enough to make him the guy you want to punch in the face. Obviously he can't go "Una" type of creepy villain.