Usually, I approach a film at a distance, such as from the text, narrative, shots, characters, etc. But because the viewing experience this time is too personal, I can no longer do so-called rational analysis... The experience it brings to me surpasses the narrative itself, and there are too many points that strike me.
I can't help but write these words with excitement, please forgive me for the gibberish.
In short, I finished watching Ready Player One, adapted from Ernst Klein's original work, before the release, and it lived up to my expectations! Really burst! Niubi is crazy! When I came out of the theater, I was still shaking. No way, this bowl of emotional rice is really cool. It's the most awesome fan movie I've ever seen, and at one point I wanted to rush into the screening room and hit the pause button to count the characters on the screen. So far, I only recognize this one that can play the concept of "Easter Egg" so well.
Like most people, Steven Spielberg was one of my film inspirations and an important entry point to Hollywood blockbusters. He took up most of the space in my VCD days. What is valuable is that Lao Si not only made spectacle films with a strong commercial flavor, but I also came into contact with a number of literary and artistic films such as "Purple", "Broken Locks", "Happy Terminal", "Forever" and so on. At that time, it was considered to cultivate the most basic aesthetics. However, in the new century, Spiebou, like many old directors, went up and down. Plus I'd already dabbled in more masters by then, and I gradually left him behind.
Lao Si is probably best at science fiction and historical themes. "ET", "Encounter of the Third Kind", and even "Minority Report" and "War of the Worlds", etc., have really made a lot of science fiction films, many of which are classics. He also supervised the two sci-fi series "Back to the Future" and "Men in Black" that I like very much. I still remember being moved when I watched "Artificial Intelligence". It was probably the first sci-fi film I cried when I watched it (although I didn't think it was a masterpiece after rewatching it).
And like "Empire of the Sun", "Schindler's List", the production series "Band of Brothers", and later "War Horse", "Lincoln" and other war/biographical works, Spiebao is also familiar with it. He has produced more masterpieces in this field. I still remember going to the theater to watch "Saving Private Ryan" when I was 10 years old. It was the first time I saw various stumps and broken arms on the big screen. It was shocking and frightening, and it lingered in my mind for months. This movie is still one of the best war movies in my opinion.
In essence, Spielberg is the most traditional Hollywood "all-rounder" director, growing up in a big studio environment, sometimes full of craftsmanship, sometimes showing heterogeneity, and most of the time strictly abiding by the laws of Hollywood industry and aesthetics. His most matching reference object is Ridley Scott, who also insists on striving on the front line. It's just that Lao Lei is more adult, while Spielberg is usually suitable for all ages.
Of course, I also have some works that I don't like, such as the famous "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series, I don't think those strange and adventure narratives are so good (probably the context of the times is different). There are also several films such as "War of the Worlds", "Captain Hook" and "1941", which were not highly evaluated by public opinion. But most of his films have brought me pleasure, in addition to the familiar ones mentioned above, including "Duel", "Rampage", "Munich", "Cat and Mouse" and so on.
However, I really did not expect that Lao Si, who is over 70 years old, can bring me such a film full of pure fun this year, and I was surprised that I almost cried. Although the two have nothing in common except that they are both directors of Spielberg, "Ready Player One" is very similar to the way I watched "The Adventures of Tintin": both contain a kind of long-lost emotion, and they can instantly make me feel Pulled back into childhood fun and encouraged me to be obsessed with it forever.
Really can't resist the strong gravity of "Ready Player One", which has a huge resonance with this film. I’m getting busier and busier, and I don’t have as much time to play games as I used to, and I often only have movie time after work late at night. But in "Ready Player One", when I saw familiar game characters, famous scenes, and those classic logos and props, I really forgot about the mediocre reality and threw myself into this feast of movie fans. middle. Of course, this is about my personal experience, and it doesn't mean it can touch everyone . But for me, "Ready Player One" is the most romantic love song.
Even though the style, text, and theme are completely different, this film is a bit like "Futurology Conference", and the two time and space are presented in real life and animation. The future reality shown in the film is still a typical cyberpunk. The large-scale VR online game "Oasis" that players around the world are immersed in is a colorful world completely depicted by CGI. This virtual landscape is so gorgeous that every time the plot returns to the real world, it seems tedious and tedious.
Overall, "Ready Player One" has only a simple and qualified story: teenage adventures, virtual networks, good and evil, rough sci-fi settings, and so on. But what's really exciting about it is the use of easter eggs. If you don't know much about video games, movies, and rock, and especially if you're not familiar with American pop entertainment culture (which is basically American nerd culture), then this is a terribly mediocre spectacle.
But if you're like me, and you're in love with Minecraft, Duke Nukem, Starcraft, King Kong, Jurassic Park, Street Fighter, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ninja Frog, Beetle Juice, Mass Effect, Akira, Freddy, Jay Sen, Ghost Resurrection, Mach 5, Dragon Commando, Mad Max, Hello Kitty, Halo, Tomb Raider, Marvin the Martian, Mario Kart, Alien, Robocop, Mortal Kombat, Love The Deep, The Shining, The Breakfast Club, Back to the Future, Overwatch, Conan the Barbarian, Citizen Kane, Iron Giant, Gundam, Mecha Godzilla, Spawn, Superman, Batman, Arkham Series, and even the Power Dome , Michael Jackson, Duran Duran, and so on... don't hesitate, let's go!
If the movie and game have a cross-border Spring Festival Gala, the lineup will be nothing more than that.
Therefore, it is particularly fan-oriented, and it is also the most hard-core and arrogant. After all, even the old-fashioned Atari 2600 mainframe came out. Anyone familiar with the history of games knows that the Atari 2600 was a game console that swept millions of households in the 1970s and 1980s. The "Pinball", "Demon Adventure", and "Pac-Man" on it are all classics to this day. And the Atari dynasty also ended on this generation of consoles. Remember the game ET from 1983? It was this bad game that directly caused the historical event "Atari Crash", which destroyed the American game industry in the 1980s. Millions of ET game cartridges were also buried in a desert in New Mexico. Of course, you have already thought, isn't "ET" a Spiebeau movie!
We always say that Marvel's movie Easter eggs are too much, and even ridicule that its Easter eggs are better than the main film. This time Spielberg told me what is meant by "seriously" playing Easter eggs and what is meant by a real "egg movie". Indeed, in front of "Ready Player One", those movie eggs were really not enough to watch. No wonder it's coming out on Easter, there's nothing more fitting than this movie.
Easter eggs are usually placed in movies for several purposes: to attract audiences, to pave the way for sequels, to reveal suspense, to strengthen brands, to create topics, and to exaggerate the atmosphere. "Ready Player One" basically uses these functions to the extreme. First of all, the story of the movie is about the adventures of the protagonist Wade Watts in the "Oasis" in search of Easter eggs. Secondly, the film itself is a big Easter egg, containing a lot of classic elements in the history of popular entertainment. So, the story may have seemed less important, deliberately distracting you from capturing those images, symbols, or labels that flickered through the frame. These might be things you once loved, things you might see in a store window, or something you might have glimpsed in front of your roommate's computer. In short, they piece together a macro picture of the history of contemporary pop culture entertainment in the film, showing the aesthetic charm of the information age everywhere.
For example, there are many characters in the master family: not only the Batmobile with a classic appearance in 1966, but also the Arkham Knight in the "Arkham" series of games (the real identity cannot be revealed), the "Crazy Asylum" dressed up Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Deathstroke and The Joker.
In addition, "Street Fighter" also has many cameos: series protagonist Long, history's first operable female fighter Chun Li, Blanca, Honda, Vega, Zangieff and so on.
Although only Tracer appeared in "Overwatch", he made four appearances, two of which were close-ups and close-ups. Blizzard players can be happy!
At the beginning of the movie, the racing battles like "Race against Time" and "Furious Fury", the visual effects are extremely awesome. Wade Watts drove the DeLorean in "Back to the Future" (by the way, the Doctor also made a cameo), and it was very exciting to dodge and maneuver under the ravages of Tyrannosaurus Rex and King Kong. I never thought I could see the classic motorcycles in Akira! What a surprise. At the end, the full-service offense and defense of thousands of troops is simply a virtual star fight. Chunli's "scissor legs", Honda's hug and fall, Freddy's claws and Jason's machete, as well as crazy ghosts appear one after another. Until the final Gundam vs Mecha Godzilla , it was definitely the best climax I've seen so far this year!
The second act of the film is actually a little bit deflated, slipping into some eerie blandness. But the subsequent "The Shining" successfully set off a burst. The idea of taking an adventure in The Shining is really cool! Typewriter, tennis, twins, blood tide, axe, room 237... it would be perfect if there was a scooter.
The founder of "Oasis", James Halliday, is still a common programmer on the screen: dull, sloppy, socially fearful, nerdy, high IQ. But whether it is the rendering of him in the film or the attitude of the players in the film, he is regarded as a god-like existence. Including his image in the game, is also wise and kind. Mark Rylance's appearance doesn't fit this stereotype at first glance, but after looking through the film, he has completely accepted his interpretation. And Simon Pegg's character is also very heartwarming.
Oh! There is actually a satire on the kryptonite phenomenon in the movie! When the villain proposed what gold members, platinum members, and ordinary members, Halledi's contemptuous expression really won my heart. do you see it? You guys like EA can take a little longer.
It can be said that "Ready Player One" is a large-scale easter egg carnival, a double carnival for fans and players, and a hymn to programmers and game designers. Because they and everything they create have brought us so much pure and beautiful happiness.
However, the Happy Ending at the end of the film directly reminded me of the "Healthy Game Announcement": "... Moderate games are good for the brain, addicted to games are harmful to the body. Arrange time reasonably and enjoy a healthy life." It turns out that anti-addiction is the main point of the story.
PS: Big game studios can't handle one player? The studio searched for the key for five years and finally let the young man crack it? Close early! Ben Mendelsohn is too weak, abused by the old lord in the empire, and playing a game here is such a rookie, there is no future.
PPS: The shots of the Master Chief and Laura are too few! Spawn is handsome and blind! Although only a second shot. Clark's glasses and alien-shaped bust really blew me away.
PPPS: Too much face for Blizzard. Not only did Tracer steal the spotlight, but Raynor in "StarCraft" also played a role, and the movements and camera positions were the same - although it was cosplay. And did I vaguely see Sarah Kerrigan?
PPPPS: How much does Wade like the word "rosebud"? So, Halleday is Kane? There should be a lot of stories behind it.
PPPPS: I can't express how much I love the Iron Giant. Now that I see him showing his great power here again, and finally being as provocative as he was 20 years ago, it really hasn't changed at all, and I can't help but sigh.
PPPPPPS: With so many characters, is the copyright fee expensive? Anyway, I know you Hollywood still can't afford Mario. The last time "Invincible Destruction King" was a mouthpiece, this time I can only mention a carriage. Let the hell world rule
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