I agree that an episodic adaption might be the beat way to go with the boom to get to see more of the world and to have better pacing. However, I didn’t really like the movie. The villain felt more like a clown than any real threat and that kind of ruined it for me.
@@BLKW4RDR3M0N i honestly that if it was divided in a two movie part of 2 or 3 hours each one, it could be a very good adpatation. (and in my perspective, i think that the moment were wade tell to art3mis that he is in love of her is the perfect moment to divide the book in two)
The book does a much better job of showing the main character overcome challenges and grow. In the movie there is no growth, he is a spoiled brat, has everything already from the start, which is boring. In the book he is poor and can't travel off planet (yes, the book actually has several planets, which I don't understand why they omitted this in the movie, that is really great visually). The limited means in the book makes the character more likable.
@@aloiskleinestier1848 i agree. The book is much more enjoyable. I own the paperback version and the audiobook. If you take the movie at face value, its not terrible. But like most books, it would have been better off as a series on tv. I enjoy the movie and rewatch it occasionally as one i can turn my brain off and relax and i stopped comparing the differences.
@@sonorangaming449 I found the movie initially interesting and it was what originally pulled me into the book (same with LOTR) The movie has great visuals, but I regret that it was dumbed down, just because Spielberg apparently thinks that moviegoers are all too dumb to understand any competition more complex than a car race. For me the sign that he has lost his edge, having lost the need for uncompromised artistic expression and having to conform everything politically correct, very much like George Lucas with the "Han shot first" controversy.
Itzinmynature Nit nessisarily. Look at the Hunger Games (The first one). A Monster Calls. The Martian. These are all examples of when the book to film adaptation was fantastic and it could even be argued that they are better than the books.
I honestly loved the Book's version of getting the coin. It at least gave the whole "getting the coin" plot to be more believable and game-like, just like how sometimes in RPGs you can do a side quest that can drastically help you in the main quest. In the movie, The Curator basically gives him the coin for winning the bet (which, AFAIK, Wade didn't even know the wager), and the reveal that he is the Curator downplays the whole thing even more, showing that Ogden could have given anyone a better chance of winning if he chose to.
I just LOVE how in the book the first challenge was accessible to everyone, despite their economical and social status, something that has been completely changed in the movie with the race. The keys and gates challenges of the book made way more sense than the movie adaptation, I hoped that they culd have kept some of it's meaning...
The book would have made a fucking awful movie. "Yea, let's recreate movie scenes and sit around playing a friggin video game to get the key". Also, it's good that they didn't recreate the book because the main character was morally apprehensive. The final few chapters where he spend the time in that hotel shaving his body hair and wearing a gimp suit were so hard to read because of how horrible he was as a person.
@@SpicyPotatoe I actually liked those chapters the most because it showed what your life could be like with in actual Oasis and what it would do to you mentally and physically
What i don't like about the movie, is that he just gets the Coin from Ogden Morrow. In the Book he works hard for the coin and Og promised that he would never help them in game wich feels like Cheating.
Parzival receives the 2nd life quarter from Morrow because he knows about the uniqueness of the only reference in the entire archive to Karen Underwood, his deceased wife. I think that makes sense.
Wade also sets his own restrictions when he moves to Cleveland and starts eating healthy and exercises regularly. If he didn’t reach his goal for the month he couldn’t log on. So then he gets kinda ripped which I thought was cool.
Cool, but completely useless to the story as a whole. Since he is already in good shape in the movie, we could also assume he already took care of himself the same way.
I love that only after winning 500 billion dollars do the main character tell everyone to spend time in the real world. People are living in a fantasy world because real life is awful to the point that people are stacking trailers to save space but everyone needs to reflect on real life now that we’re unbelievably rich
completely true. After the movie I was like oh wow not everyone has billions of dollars and hot girlfriend to make out with on Tuesday and Thursday. Not too mention many of the planets inhabitants work and live through the oasis. I mean even governments and corporations do almost all of their work and business in the oasis.
The movie did stay faithful with one subplot: they can't escape the real world and need to get back to it. Art3mis/Samantha pretty much wanted to use Halliday's wealth to solve current problems with the world which Parzival/Wade wrote off as a loss since the second chapter. At the last sentence of the novel, Wade didn't want to return to the OASIS signifying how much the whole experience changed him...
@@ethanwashoe5868 the book makes it fairly clear that reality is fucked, humanity is in decline, the point of no return for reversing climate change is long in the past. Humanity will survive but it's probably going to be after another mass extinction (so far as I know the second in recorded history, first being the Black Death). No amount of money will fix it.
I watched the movie first and was relieved when I read the book and found that I didn't really spoil much. All of the challenges were different and I enjoyed it much more than the movie. The catalyst and the quarter were the biggest spoilers from the movie. Saw it coming a mile away while reading the book.
I am on the same boat. Right now at first gate. Book definitely makes a better story with less gaps so far. The story in book deserves it's own criticisms for plot conveniences but those don't take away from enjoyment of the parts that are done really well. In the movie, if you're in for the story, it's mostly a disappointment - visuals are nice however.
I loved the book read it before the movie, and I feel like both where done in totally different ways where it didn't matter I love wade needing to scavenge all the different legendary items in order to reach the gate
I think he also forgot about the part of the part where Wade is enrolled in the OPS (Oasis Public Schools) instead of being in real life school. Not only that but Shoto and Daito aren't brothers in the book they're just friends who are brothers in arms
Ryley Cooper I’m with you on this. Ready Player One is my favorite book and to see them butcher the story made me sad (I get why they did it, and it was a good movie, but it was NOT Ready Player One)
For me I had to seperate these two, halfway through I just went with the mindset that the book and the movie were two seperate enterprises. So if you take it from a standpoint of the book not being a thing the movie was pretty good and visually awesome. Movies suffer restraints that books don't when it comes to detail and size. So imo book was better but the movie on its own is still pretty good.
Little late to the party (2 years) but I try and do the same with any movie based on a book. Like theres the book, than and alternatively timeline, universe, whatever for the movie. Especially had to do this for the Xmen movies. Remind myself it is loosely based on certain characters and stories. Not an adaptation.
Then what is the girl doing in the movie? You know that in 2020, there not gonna let her just chill on the side. And I'm only pointing this out to be helpful, its arc
I have read the book first (heard the audiobook about 20 times) and was soooooo excited to watch the movie but ... was sooo disappointed - they cut out a frame of the story, throw the core away and filled it with as much mainstream as possible to address a wider audience ... It is sad that they have wasted such a potential Well, for someone who does not know the book it might be a great movie anyway
The main thing I hated was that they tacked on the generic "joining the rebellion" plot thread. There are too many movies with that right now and this would have been MUCH better without it.
@@AP-sm2uq exactly! Same here. I loved the movie when I first watched it, then I read the book. I've rewatched the movie yesterday and now I think it's definitely mediocre besides the good looking visuals.
I thought the High School part was important. How the first challenge was set up in the book was great. Also the death of Daito was also important. The character development of Wade in the book was great. Wade and Art3mis should not have met face to Face until the very end. Og’s birthday party and him helping them at the end was awesome in the book and lack luster in the movie. The book is way better.
I am a huge fan of the book, particularly the audiobook version narrated by Wil Wheaton. I was initially concerned at the changes I saw in the previews from book to movie, but I ended up really enjoying the movie version as well. I look at them as two separate entities, really. The movie is, as movies from books should be, a version of the story that was tweaked to match the medium. I honestly could not have cared less about the "Easter Eggs" and References, it's cool visually, but I enjoyed how Spielberg and Cline(blanking on the other name here) took the original text and made it it's own thing.
Me fan of audiobook too. Done it four times, soon will be five. Not watched this vid yet, but movie disappointed in many ways: Stupid first challenge, him meeting her so quickly, his loveyou coming way too soon, H sounding female, her being caught and put in the centre instead of him, the escape better in book, no death of team member, not needing three players to enter their keys at same time, closing it Tues and thurs, and more
Love the Audio Book too! Listened it about a thousand times in both English and German lol. Fun thing is, the german Narrator is David Nathan wich is the german syncho voice for Johny Depp, loved it!
Fed i agree. no movie is gonna be a perfect adaptation of a book in 2 and a half hours. it's fun and engaging. don't like the movie, fine. don't like the book, fine. both are good, like you said, for their medium
if you're on Facebook, look up The Basement: A Ready Player One fan page. it's my group where we discuss everything related to the book and movie also nerdy stuff
i mean to make the movie more like the book, from what ive heard of the book. You'd pretty much have to make it 2 movies and hope the first one doesn't get shit on or make it another hour long... plus its age is 13+ so helps with the younger audience to enjoy and kinda get some references and such.
Difference between book and movie? They are completely different. But movie is ok. Movie and book must be treated as separate pieces, that's all When I was reading book I was thinking: oh, it must be impossible to make movie out of it, too difficult, but in movie they've handled the issue pretty well: they just took the core plot and made everything else almost irrelevant to book. And it is ok, seems like it was the only possible solution
and even then... Sho? Curator? F'Nale? Also, Arty was a Canadian citizen from Vancouver, which was an awesome detail, but nope now she's also basically just Wade's neighbor
手 does not mean "longevity," it means "hand." You're probably thinking of 壽, which is pronounced similarly but with a different intonation. Also 壽 doesn't mean longevity either, it just means "age." 長壽 means longevity.
Well if you think of the 3 celestial beings that Chinese families put in their house to represent prosperity, stature and longetivy - 福祿壽 - then yeah 壽 does refer to longevity.
"dozens of books, cartoons, movies and miniseries have attempted to tell the story of everything that happened next, but every single one of them got it wrong" -wade watts, ready player one chapter 0000 page 9
it's probably more of an in game mechani where all of the actions that was made in the game would just go back to the state before the action happens in the area but of course the time still moves on, kinda like Kira's Bites the Dust in Jojo's All Star Battle game
I figured it was more like everything is set into the exact position that it was in a minute before. Like, all the windows are fixed, all expended ammo is returned, and all poses are as they were. Not actual time travel, just a rearranging. So, if you underwent it, you would still have the knowledge you had from the 'future'.
I'd argue: Movie: mediocre story, amazing visuals. Book: good story, amazing depth. Book has a few plot conveniences that don't make sense but they are few and loose so they don't take away from enjoyment
Another difference is that in the book, both Halliday and Morrow met Kira/Karen Underwood during their time in high school. Instead of being American like in the film , she was a British exchange student from London who shared similar interests in pop culture with Morrow and Halliday.
If this ever gets remade in the future, they could easily make it a series of films or a streaming series. Then they could make it more like a balanced mix between the film and book.
Me too! I was looking forward to it, but it really didn’t make me happy as some of my favourite parts of the book (like the 2nd trail) weren’t even in the movie!!
You know. I thought the same, however there was a lot of overrated stuff in the book which I read first. 1) when wade describes the pop culture references he doesn’t sound like a fan, he sounds like he’s reading off a Wikipedia article. I love Ferris’s day off (can’t spell last name lol) but I don’t remember his school name. Something only “true” fans would understand. I often felt like I was made dumb just cause I didn’t know the full names of all the extras in Monty python. 2) wade talks about masturbation so so so much. Like an old guy wrote these books and a woman had to proof read it. When you have pages upon pages just dedicated talking about how horny a teenager is without furthering the plot in any way except “character arc”. 3) the pacing is shit. 4) the theme isn’t consistent. You’re obviously allowed to change themes however naturally is best (except for something along the lines of a close friend getting struck by a car and the protagonist getting told while at a fun party. When it contrasts and is abrupt for good reason it’s effective). It tries to blend but doesn’t well, and the story is way too dystopian for it too feel grounded and broke my suspension of disbelief.
The movie was definitely enjoyable and Mr Spielberg did a good job navigating the various legal loopholes within. Definitely would’ve loved to see Parzival announce that he was gonna give Sorento a very public ass kicking like he did in the book, that moment sent chills up my spine!
I will never understand the hate towards the book and movie, I thoroughly enjoyed both. They made me (someone born 1999) feel nostalgic for something I never experienced along with (in my opinion) a good plot with fun action. Some of the moments were extremely cringe inducing, but that added to the appeal for me.
Just rewatched the movie and listened to the audio book by Will Wheaton. I was a bit confused by the differences there. This video was great, very spot on the differences. Thanks for the great video.
Jason Snow the book would never translate to the movie theatre, yes the book is so much better but I do understand why it was changed. Some scenes for better visuals, others just ruined the book.
Great review!! Excellent work, especially adding artwork for the other Mecha. Only thing you forgot was the transportation around the Oasis. The gates weren't the only way around. Your could buy ships and fighters to travel around to the different planets and they were also involved in the final battle. Other than that, great work. Maybe someday there will be a proper game of the book.
This video did an amazing job at showing of course the differences between the two versions of the story, but what I'm more happy about, why the changes were made for the movie and how it worked out for a movie adaptation. It's way too common that people always say "the movie was worse than the book" and "the movie does a dis-service to the book and is a disgrace" because while there are times when the book is better than the movie, there are also MANY times where aspects that are in the book are either unneeded or would hinder the movie and its flow if they were implemented. Book fans often focus too hard on what they want to see from the book and don't realise or reason out why that choice was made and how much effort writers for the movies put into... well making it a better movie Which comes to the biggest reason I like this video, is because it shows that both versions of the story while vastly different, works better for the medium they were created for. Yes there is more time and "depth" given for the characters in the book as well as the book has a lengthier story as a a whole, but many aspects in that story would drag down the momentum of the movie and it would be too much to put it all into a two and a half hour movie. The movie also has to create the world and keep the audiences attention, and it does an amazing job showing a world you would want to be immersed in, and keeping the visual choreography and the way the characters interact with the world going.
"Only limited by your imagination" Well no, it's limited by the game's programming. Also movie Sorrento was the head of IOI, not just the egg hunter department
Well movie Sorrento was a total douchebag. And he once upon a time did work for Halliday. In the book people are not allowed to take part in the egg hunt if they or one of their relatives ever was an employee at Halliday's company.
If you liked the book better, always remember: you're old and the visuals and references from the book doesn't translate well for the film. Especially for young kids, which is the film's demographic despite all the 80's and 90's references. It's colorful and filled with pop culture that's still relevant to this day. The book always had more nerdy, obscure die-hard fan references that don't go well for the main public.
Nathã Lucas I barely got any of the book references ( I’m 15), but I still found the book far superior in every single way to the clusterfuck that was the RPO film
Exactly! I didn't get much of the references, especially the video games from the 80-90s, so the visualizing part was very hard for me. I agree that the book was better in depth and more well-structured, but I have to say I like the movie version more. It's actually the "wider-audience strategy" that introduced me to this book, and I'm grateful for Spielberg for re-creating a masterpiece.
I love that this adaptation played fast and loose with the source material. I mean, some of the best and most iconic films were loose adaptations of popular books, including Blade Runner, Rambo (First Blood), Total Recall, and so many others. It gave the films their own identity, and I'd say the same thing about Ready Player One.
Near the beginning of the book, Wade says that there have been many, many stories told and written about his life and they all got the story wrong. That's the way that I look at this movie. It is one of the stories told about Wade's life that got it wrong. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the movie on its own, but when compared to the book - it gets so many things wrong.
Literally everyone makes this joke, but Ernest Cline (the writer of the book) is working on a sequel to the book, currently titled ‘Ready Player Two’ (though that may be a working title)
Liked and shared. This was a good one. I loved the book for what it is and the movie for what it is. I don't know that the movie is a good adaptation, but both can be enjoyed.
idk why they changed shoto to sho, considering shoto goes "hand-in-hand" with daito. iirc, Japanese samurai used daisho, which consists of a daito (long sword) and a shoto (short sword).
I don't like Rush. I just don't, but I sat down and listened to all of 2112 just because I was curious about it and they talked about it so much in the book. And I love that Wade got a clue to the third gate because he played a chord on the guitar.
This might be an unpopular opinion but I actually really enjoyed both the movie and book, it was like having 2 different stories instead of the movie making a watered down version of the original.
I like how I was on a CineFix mini marathon, but then this video showed up, I'd hadnt seen the movie and didnt wanna feel out of the loop. So two and a half hours later, imma ready to see this video
I think the only important thing the movie missed is introducing the reason why Wade is so good at 80s culture: The only entertainment Wade can afford on Oasis are those 80s movies and games, because they are free.
It was a typical boy finds the powerful artifact story, down to the evil nameless hordes of bad guys under the evil emperor. It was the reference and the two world thing that saved it really
This sounds like a live-action dot hack sign without all the fighting and level grinding and monster slain and a cross between Sword Art Online. a live-action Sword Art Online or dot hack sign would be amazing
Wow, they keep getting names wrong. The planet is called Ludus, not Ludos, and it's the Orb of Osuvox, not Osulox. To be fair, though, they did call the orb the right name later.
This is one of those rare instances where I think the movie was better than the book. Book Wade was kind of a Marty Stu...never experienced true struggle, had no true character arc, and won too easily. He always had the right plan, which never went awry, and the time he "lost the girl" was a plot contrivance that was completely unearned and served mainly as a device to make Wade even more invincible. I had fun reading it, no doubt, but it felt empty at the end. Movie Wade struggled throughout, his relationship with Art3mis developed more organically, and there was true dramatic tension right up until the very end. The movie had lots of issues, as well, but I know I will watch it again and again, while I have no intention of reading this book a second time.
@jiggus figgus It's very rare. Re-read what I wrote. Carefully. I was referring to myself and how rare I think the movie is better than the book, not how often people in general have that view.
Remember when Patrick Bateman takes off that lady's head and does unspeakable things with the neck hole? ... wait, which 'What's the Difference' is this?
I think this is a good movie IF you absolutely ignore the existance of the book, I'm an 80's junkie and I loved all the references and fun rides, it's perfect to watch on a sunday afternoon, eating junk food and just chill. 😁
"The book shows us a single character finding happiness in the real world, but the movie uses that lesson to implement change on a global level". You clearly didn't read the book or missing the whole point of it. In the book, they plan to use the money to help everyone in the world. Not by turning off the Oasis two days a week, it wouldn't help at all, because Oasis is not a problem there. There is an energy crisis, climate change, hunger, poverty and disease. That's what they plan to fix. Book's protagonists want to help on a much bigger scale, than their childish movie counterparts.
The Oasis _is_ the problem though. Or at least, is severely exacerbating the problem. By shutting down the Oasis twice weekly, Samantha and Wade are _forcing_ humanity to actually focus on the problems that they face rather than just ignoring them by disappearing into a better world. Just throwing money at a problem won't help if there's no one around to fix it.
Nah, the character development is gone the first 80 or so pages are full to the brim with references, in the mlvie they just jump to the action, the impact of daito's death is gone and all the puzzle solving for the keys, the movie looking at it from an adaptation is pretty bad
Thoroughly enjoyed the movie but I absolutely loved the book. Look forward to a sequel...for both. I’m a child of the 80s like Kline. So, all the video game, music, and pop culture references were straight out of my past. I read the book every so often and take that nostalgic trip down memory lane. Great review comparing the movie and book. Thanks.
I loved the book. As a teenager who was only ever alive in the 2000s, I got every 80s reference. When I saw the trailer, I thought that it could do really well with the references via soundtrack and all that. I was really hoping they would do the Monty Python part. After seeing this, I won't be watching it. There will never be a film or show as good as the book. The only exceptions are Odd Thomas, the Series of Unfortunate Events show, Umbrella Academy, and V for Vendetta.
There were a lot of cringey moments in the book, but the film somehow got the plot even worse - lets just assume we all ignore whether you like or dislike the references for a moment. The film could have said a lot of poignant things about online relationships, but, nope, we have to introduce the love interest physically after an hour, just like every other movie. The film could have introduced a capable female gamer with H, and made some commentary about how she has to hide her gender online. H in the book is portrayed as pretty much the coolest and wisest person in the Gunter group but, nope, in the movie s/he never really gets to show off any intelligence aside from going off-screen to fix a bike because she's a "modder," and we're never told how this skill is done and why s/he's so impressive at it. The book has a rivalry ongoing not only between the Gunters and the Sixers (who call themselves by the derogatory name people online call them?) but also between the Gunters themselves - this is what allows a character like Art3mis to establish herself as a strong female character who can stand toe-to-toe with the big boys as a female gamer. But, nope, the movie tries to touch on it but then gives her a moment where she tells Wade/Parzival that he's special and she loves him pretty much for no good-given reason, and she's going to let him win. It could have highlighted hardcore gamer culture, which at the moment only really exists in Esports and Speedrunning. In the books, Parzival lucked into the location of the first key, yes, but he still had to earn it because it was locked behind a skill limit, and when we see the rest of the characters emulate his feat, it establishes them as equally capable to the main protagonist. It makes basic, BASIC mistakes where things are set up with no payoff, or things fall into the characters laps because of luck rather than them being dedicated, clever or skilled like in the books. Bad things are bad because bad, good things are good because good, and there's literally no room for subtlety, nuance or socio-political commentary in the middle.
Women being overly competent has been a cliche since the 80s. Nothing special about it. And there's been little proof that anyone really has to hide. Almost no girl does or has a huge name. In any MMO there are a lot. Some may in theory not want the attention. The point is very few girls do that.
What if we go backwards for once... Like really it took people years to figure that out lol in this generation someone would've figured that out in just an hour
@@Waffleman00 In regular video games sure but not the oasis. Dying means losing everything. That means all of your money, gear, stuff. Doubt they would do random stuff when literally everything they have is on the line. In a world where your osasis stuff is basically your life I just don't see them join the ultimate race to do that.
Joseph Doherty : First off I highly doubt that if there was no secret floor it would kill you. From what we see in the movie there is no cost of entry for the game, all you need is a vehicle. So say either a group of new players or someone who's recently died decide to jokingly try the race knowing they have no chance of winning. One of them decides to drive backwards for laughs and accidentally finds the first key. Even if someone like that wouldn't find it, the Gunters definitely would, there are so many of them that one was bound to try something that obvious. There's a reason in the book that the locations were hidden on thousands of different planets. Finally you can probably store items like the book so you wouldn't lose everything.
@@Waffleman00 If the novel answer will be considered, dying in the OASIS is very much a bad thing. They WILL lose everything in the OASIS, including their experience and inventory. It doesn't matter if the cost of entry is low (25 cent for a lifetime with infinite respawn) it matters that dying in the OASIS means a long grind back to their previous status; OASIS reimburse itself from its cheap registration fee with monetizing travelling between sectors and worlds (a good chunk of their income comes from the fares they levy on travelers). If you're literally a peniless newbie in a planet say Ludus, good luck getting yourself out of there and earn points...
Honestly, The movie had such potential to be a trilogy, or have a sequel, or hell maybe even a solid 1 season show... Like they could have made it a gate per movie, or a The first one ending on a cliffhanger to be resolved in the second. And my second gripe: Book Wade had more balls than movie wade. Giving the IOI plot to Artemis in the movie was such a waste. Granted, it was a fun subplot, but in the book it was more tense and high stakes... NOT TO MENTION THE BASEMENT!!!
everyone's been tearing the shit out of this movie for a while now, I personally didn't think it was that bad I guess I just wasn't expecting anything.
I really liked this film! I loved Art3mis, she was hot! I liked Aech, she was hilarious! I enjoyed I-R0k, with his sense of humor. Overall I really enjoyed this film with it's story, graphics, and characters!
Ready Player One movie was fun but I'd love to see a more accurate adaptation one day in an episodic format maybe.
I'd love that as well, though the biggest hurdle would be getting the rights to so many things, like Spider-man's Leopardon or Ultraman
I agree that an episodic adaption might be the beat way to go with the boom to get to see more of the world and to have better pacing. However, I didn’t really like the movie. The villain felt more like a clown than any real threat and that kind of ruined it for me.
The budget for it would be ridiculous. Like Game of Thrones level budget.
@@BLKW4RDR3M0N i honestly that if it was divided in a two movie part of 2 or 3 hours each one, it could be a very good adpatation. (and in my perspective, i think that the moment were wade tell to art3mis that he is in love of her is the perfect moment to divide the book in two)
@@BLKW4RDR3M0N and also, it has to be R Rated. Obviously
Also in the book, he did not have an omni directional treadmill to start. That only happened when he moved to the apartment.
The book does a much better job of showing the main character overcome challenges and grow. In the movie there is no growth, he is a spoiled brat, has everything already from the start, which is boring. In the book he is poor and can't travel off planet (yes, the book actually has several planets, which I don't understand why they omitted this in the movie, that is really great visually). The limited means in the book makes the character more likable.
@@aloiskleinestier1848 i agree. The book is much more enjoyable. I own the paperback version and the audiobook.
If you take the movie at face value, its not terrible. But like most books, it would have been better off as a series on tv. I enjoy the movie and rewatch it occasionally as one i can turn my brain off and relax and i stopped comparing the differences.
@@sonorangaming449 I found the movie initially interesting and it was what originally pulled me into the book (same with LOTR) The movie has great visuals, but I regret that it was dumbed down, just because Spielberg apparently thinks that moviegoers are all too dumb to understand any competition more complex than a car race. For me the sign that he has lost his edge, having lost the need for uncompromised artistic expression and having to conform everything politically correct, very much like George Lucas with the "Han shot first" controversy.
@@aloiskleinestier1848 i hear that
He also had the lube bot thing
Book: needs to get a perfect score on Pac-Man for the coin
Movie: wins a bet
Every book ever: one thing.
Every movie based on the book: completely different, more boring thing changed for no reason.
Itzinmynature Nit nessisarily. Look at the Hunger Games (The first one).
A Monster Calls.
The Martian.
These are all examples of when the book to film adaptation was fantastic and it could even be argued that they are better than the books.
@@Itzinmynature probably didnt want to have to pay for the right to use pac man in the movie.
I honestly loved the Book's version of getting the coin. It at least gave the whole "getting the coin" plot to be more believable and game-like, just like how sometimes in RPGs you can do a side quest that can drastically help you in the main quest. In the movie, The Curator basically gives him the coin for winning the bet (which, AFAIK, Wade didn't even know the wager), and the reveal that he is the Curator downplays the whole thing even more, showing that Ogden could have given anyone a better chance of winning if he chose to.
@@jamesmetoudi8979 Lord of the rings was good too.
What's the difference?
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I just finished the book and was like: Did a I read a different book??
I just LOVE how in the book the first challenge was accessible to everyone, despite their economical and social status, something that has been completely changed in the movie with the race. The keys and gates challenges of the book made way more sense than the movie adaptation, I hoped that they culd have kept some of it's meaning...
The book would have made a fucking awful movie. "Yea, let's recreate movie scenes and sit around playing a friggin video game to get the key". Also, it's good that they didn't recreate the book because the main character was morally apprehensive. The final few chapters where he spend the time in that hotel shaving his body hair and wearing a gimp suit were so hard to read because of how horrible he was as a person.
@@SpicyPotatoe I actually liked those chapters the most because it showed what your life could be like with in actual Oasis and what it would do to you mentally and physically
@@amwhik Nah fam
@Gglass Yes fam
@@SpicyPotatoe "The book would have made a fucking awful movie." - But it did!
What i don't like about the movie, is that he just gets the Coin from Ogden Morrow. In the Book he works hard for the coin and Og promised that he would never help them in game wich feels like Cheating.
Parzival receives the 2nd life quarter from Morrow because he knows about the uniqueness of the only reference in the entire archive to Karen Underwood, his deceased wife. I think that makes sense.
Another challange skipped
Yea but I found the extra life coin in the book by getting max score in pac man in and arcade located deep below the surface of a planet
A thing I didn’t like about the movie was that it took place in the span of like a week, when in the book it took months. Still loved the movie but
Og only helped them after he learned that the sixers had murdered a gunter, among others, which also feels like cheating.
Wade also sets his own restrictions when he moves to Cleveland and starts eating healthy and exercises regularly. If he didn’t reach his goal for the month he couldn’t log on. So then he gets kinda ripped which I thought was cool.
Cool, but completely useless to the story as a whole. Since he is already in good shape in the movie, we could also assume he already took care of himself the same way.
If they had Jonah hill playing wade he’d be able to pull off that transformation I think
Cleveland??? In the book Wade moves to Columbus, OH , which is where GSS and IOI are based
And bald
He doesn't have to reach a monthly goal. He has to burn off a specific amount of calories every day before he is allowed to log on.
I love that only after winning 500 billion dollars do the main character tell everyone to spend time in the real world. People are living in a fantasy world because real life is awful to the point that people are stacking trailers to save space but everyone needs to reflect on real life now that we’re unbelievably rich
completely true. After the movie I was like oh wow not everyone has billions of dollars and hot girlfriend to make out with on Tuesday and Thursday. Not too mention many of the planets inhabitants work and live through the oasis. I mean even governments and corporations do almost all of their work and business in the oasis.
@@ameritoast5174 the point being is that they need to clean earth up. You cant hide from reality, how did you all miss that point?
The movie did stay faithful with one subplot: they can't escape the real world and need to get back to it. Art3mis/Samantha pretty much wanted to use Halliday's wealth to solve current problems with the world which Parzival/Wade wrote off as a loss since the second chapter. At the last sentence of the novel, Wade didn't want to return to the OASIS signifying how much the whole experience changed him...
@@ethanwashoe5868 the book makes it fairly clear that reality is fucked, humanity is in decline, the point of no return for reversing climate change is long in the past. Humanity will survive but it's probably going to be after another mass extinction (so far as I know the second in recorded history, first being the Black Death). No amount of money will fix it.
@@ethanwashoe5868 the point being Steven Spielberg wants kids too stop playing fork knife as much
I watched the movie first and was relieved when I read the book and found that I didn't really spoil much. All of the challenges were different and I enjoyed it much more than the movie. The catalyst and the quarter were the biggest spoilers from the movie. Saw it coming a mile away while reading the book.
I am on the same boat. Right now at first gate. Book definitely makes a better story with less gaps so far. The story in book deserves it's own criticisms for plot conveniences but those don't take away from enjoyment of the parts that are done really well. In the movie, if you're in for the story, it's mostly a disappointment - visuals are nice however.
the extra life is way more satisfying since wade earned it and he didnt just get it from the curator
I loved the book read it before the movie, and I feel like both where done in totally different ways where it didn't matter I love wade needing to scavenge all the different legendary items in order to reach the gate
I think he also forgot about the part of the part where Wade is enrolled in the OPS (Oasis Public Schools) instead of being in real life school. Not only that but Shoto and Daito aren't brothers in the book they're just friends who are brothers in arms
They did mention Ludus a few times
I’m late but neither are Daito and Shoto actual brothers in the film(The two even had different nationalities…)
Halliday's Journal? More like Anorak's Almanac.
Ikr
if there was a thirty six hour version of this movie that showcases every single detail of the book, i would watch it ten times
KRYMauL YES
Ryley Cooper I’m with you on this. Ready Player One is my favorite book and to see them butcher the story made me sad (I get why they did it, and it was a good movie, but it was NOT Ready Player One)
@@ryleycooper5004 Oh yes! I would totally watch that!
For me I had to seperate these two, halfway through I just went with the mindset that the book and the movie were two seperate enterprises. So if you take it from a standpoint of the book not being a thing the movie was pretty good and visually awesome. Movies suffer restraints that books don't when it comes to detail and size. So imo book was better but the movie on its own is still pretty good.
I did that as well. I wish they could make a series out of it. Anime would be a great medium for it I think.
Little late to the party (2 years) but I try and do the same with any movie based on a book. Like theres the book, than and alternatively timeline, universe, whatever for the movie. Especially had to do this for the Xmen movies. Remind myself it is loosely based on certain characters and stories. Not an adaptation.
That’s probably the best opinion of this movie… in my opinion.
At the very least I wish they would've kept the year that Wade went into hiding, and his plot to break in and sabotage IOI. I loved that arch.
Then what is the girl doing in the movie? You know that in 2020, there not gonna let her just chill on the side.
And I'm only pointing this out to be helpful, its arc
I have read the book first (heard the audiobook about 20 times) and was soooooo excited to watch the movie but ... was sooo disappointed - they cut out a frame of the story, throw the core away and filled it with as much mainstream as possible to address a wider audience ... It is sad that they have wasted such a potential
Well, for someone who does not know the book it might be a great movie anyway
FrankyPete never read the book, watched the movie 6 times in a week and listen to almost exclusively 80s music now lol
Same but I still liked it I wasn't actually disappointed this is the only movie where I would accept the changes it made
The main thing I hated was that they tacked on the generic "joining the rebellion" plot thread. There are too many movies with that right now and this would have been MUCH better without it.
can confirm that the movie was good as someone who hadn't read the book, but then I read the book and now the movie sucks lmao
@@AP-sm2uq exactly! Same here. I loved the movie when I first watched it, then I read the book. I've rewatched the movie yesterday and now I think it's definitely mediocre besides the good looking visuals.
Very small detail: In the book, the coins shown on Halliday's eyes (when he died) were minted in 1984, but in the movie, they were minted in 1972
Orwell reference?
The 1972 part is probably a reference to the Magnavox Odyssey’s release
I thought the High School part was important. How the first challenge was set up in the book was great. Also the death of Daito was also important. The character development of Wade in the book was great. Wade and Art3mis should not have met face to Face until the very end. Og’s birthday party and him helping them at the end was awesome in the book and lack luster in the movie. The book is way better.
I am a huge fan of the book, particularly the audiobook version narrated by Wil Wheaton.
I was initially concerned at the changes I saw in the previews from book to movie, but I ended up really enjoying the movie version as well.
I look at them as two separate entities, really. The movie is, as movies from books should be, a version of the story that was tweaked to match the medium. I honestly could not have cared less about the "Easter Eggs" and References, it's cool visually, but I enjoyed how Spielberg and Cline(blanking on the other name here) took the original text and made it it's own thing.
Me fan of audiobook too. Done it four times, soon will be five. Not watched this vid yet, but movie disappointed in many ways:
Stupid first challenge, him meeting her so quickly, his loveyou coming way too soon, H sounding female, her being caught and put in the centre instead of him, the escape better in book, no death of team member, not needing three players to enter their keys at same time, closing it Tues and thurs, and more
Love the Audio Book too! Listened it about a thousand times in both English and German lol. Fun thing is, the german Narrator is David Nathan wich is the german syncho voice for Johny Depp, loved it!
The Movie focuses more on the challenges, the book focuses more on the riddles to find them. And each works on each medium.
Fed i agree. no movie is gonna be a perfect adaptation of a book in 2 and a half hours. it's fun and engaging. don't like the movie, fine. don't like the book, fine. both are good, like you said, for their medium
if you're on Facebook, look up The Basement: A Ready Player One fan page. it's my group where we discuss everything related to the book and movie also nerdy stuff
i mean to make the movie more like the book, from what ive heard of the book. You'd pretty much have to make it 2 movies and hope the first one doesn't get shit on or make it another hour long... plus its age is 13+ so helps with the younger audience to enjoy and kinda get some references and such.
papersly vg also trying to licence every property in the book would kill it as it wouldn't make a profit.
Very true. If the book was adapted faithfully word to word, it would be like 6 hours long.
Should've been a trilogy, each being a different key
YES.
Or just a netflix original, it has that kind of energy
Comrade Kowalski
That would’ve been a thousand times more enjoyable! I agree with you on that one dude!
Comrade Kowalski not with Netflix’s history of butchering stories
YES YES YES
Finally someone makes something about this I WAS SO MAD ABOUT THE PLOTLINE OF THE MOVIE
Difference between book and movie?
They are completely different. But movie is ok. Movie and book must be treated as separate pieces, that's all
When I was reading book I was thinking: oh, it must be impossible to make movie out of it, too difficult, but in movie they've handled the issue pretty well: they just took the core plot and made everything else almost irrelevant to book. And it is ok, seems like it was the only possible solution
TBH they should've tried to make it into a tv show with how this film portrayed the book... but the budget would be such a dodgy situation...
ofc, as with "dark tower".
dark tower movie was fail tho
TBH, I have the different cover of the book, made by Ernest Cline and it's a novel
Why do you think there was such a huge reference to the shining? The movie is shitty compared to the book
I wish they just gave it a different title. I was unable to enjoy the film because every decision the filmakers made was soooo poor.
I mean the only real thing they have in common are the character names lmao
and even then... Sho? Curator? F'Nale? Also, Arty was a Canadian citizen from Vancouver, which was an awesome detail, but nope now she's also basically just Wade's neighbor
At least they have the names in common. World War Z just had the title.
well... in resident evil we didn't even got the right title so...
Not even
Sadly that true
手 does not mean "longevity," it means "hand." You're probably thinking of 壽, which is pronounced similarly but with a different intonation. Also 壽 doesn't mean longevity either, it just means "age." 長壽 means longevity.
香蕉強 ？？？手？
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Damn, you beat me to it lol
Well if you think of the 3 celestial beings that Chinese families put in their house to represent prosperity, stature and longetivy - 福祿壽 - then yeah 壽 does refer to longevity.
That is if the character is put into this specific context.
You also forgot that the main guy is literally the
“Oh you’re a fan of (insert thing) name every (blah) then” meme.
I love how the book says “this is the true story, not just some off-brand movie” and look at the movie there so different
"dozens of books, cartoons, movies and miniseries have attempted to tell the story of everything that happened next, but every single one of them got it wrong" -wade watts, ready player one chapter 0000 page 9
I never understood how the movie version could rewind time in the oasis I mean it's an online game
it's probably more of an in game mechani where all of the actions that was made in the game would just go back to the state before the action happens in the area but of course the time still moves on, kinda like Kira's Bites the Dust in Jojo's All Star Battle game
I figured it was more like everything is set into the exact position that it was in a minute before. Like, all the windows are fixed, all expended ammo is returned, and all poses are as they were. Not actual time travel, just a rearranging. So, if you underwent it, you would still have the knowledge you had from the 'future'.
Movie: good story, amazing visuals
Book: amazing story, visuals only limited by your imagination
Bullshit
I'd argue:
Movie: mediocre story, amazing visuals.
Book: good story, amazing depth.
Book has a few plot conveniences that don't make sense but they are few and loose so they don't take away from enjoyment
What I don’t like is the lack of RUSH references
Preach
I see that profile pic. IT DOES
A modern-day warrior
Mean, mean stride
Today's Tom Sawyer
Mean, mean pride
Another difference is that in the book, both Halliday and Morrow met Kira/Karen Underwood during their time in high school. Instead of being American like in the film , she was a British exchange student from London who shared similar interests in pop culture with Morrow and Halliday.
If this ever gets remade in the future, they could easily make it a series of films or a streaming series. Then they could make it more like a balanced mix between the film and book.
I like the book much more
That goes without saying
Me too! I was looking forward to it, but it really didn’t make me happy as some of my favourite parts of the book (like the 2nd trail) weren’t even in the movie!!
You know. I thought the same, however there was a lot of overrated stuff in the book which I read first. 1) when wade describes the pop culture references he doesn’t sound like a fan, he sounds like he’s reading off a Wikipedia article. I love Ferris’s day off (can’t spell last name lol) but I don’t remember his school name. Something only “true” fans would understand. I often felt like I was made dumb just cause I didn’t know the full names of all the extras in Monty python. 2) wade talks about masturbation so so so much. Like an old guy wrote these books and a woman had to proof read it. When you have pages upon pages just dedicated talking about how horny a teenager is without furthering the plot in any way except “character arc”. 3) the pacing is shit. 4) the theme isn’t consistent. You’re obviously allowed to change themes however naturally is best (except for something along the lines of a close friend getting struck by a car and the protagonist getting told while at a fun party. When it contrasts and is abrupt for good reason it’s effective). It tries to blend but doesn’t well, and the story is way too dystopian for it too feel grounded and broke my suspension of disbelief.
I was upset they didn’t keep to the keys and challenges, but I understand visual media is much different to books
I mean I loved the book, but he goddamn shat in a toilet gaming chair hybrid. I remember when I read that, oh my face.
I haven't been this disappointed by a movie made from a book since Eragon.
Robert Megee still was an amazing movie
Good comparison - both were turds based on turds! :)
The movie was definitely enjoyable and Mr Spielberg did a good job navigating the various legal loopholes within. Definitely would’ve loved to see Parzival announce that he was gonna give Sorento a very public ass kicking like he did in the book, that moment sent chills up my spine!
I read the book multiple times
I was really shocked how much was different. I do like the book more but the movie is pretty alright on its own
same here. I love the book
Alike as shining they butchered the core elements from the book and made the 🎥 🍿 movie
8:23
what about wade permanently shaving his head?
lmao and he gets rid of his eyebrows
You forgot the part when Ernest i mean wade gets ripped and super hot
I like that part, it inspired me to get in shape and take better care of myself.
He also shaved his head and eyebrows soon after doing most of his exercise routines
I will never understand the hate towards the book and movie, I thoroughly enjoyed both. They made me (someone born 1999) feel nostalgic for something I never experienced along with (in my opinion) a good plot with fun action. Some of the moments were extremely cringe inducing, but that added to the appeal for me.
Just rewatched the movie and listened to the audio book by Will Wheaton. I was a bit confused by the differences there. This video was great, very spot on the differences. Thanks for the great video.
Art3mis' real world counterpart is Samantha Cook who, interestingly enough is played by actress Olivia Cooke
Seeing the DeLorean on the big screen and hearing Van Halen's "Jump" through the sound system was worth the ticket price ;)
I read the book as well, the movie barely lived up to my expectation
Jason Snow the book would never translate to the movie theatre, yes the book is so much better but I do understand why it was changed. Some scenes for better visuals, others just ruined the book.
@@wadewatts6606 I can understand not putting the Dnd part in bc it wouldnt translate well in this generation
Jason Snow I just hope people know there is a book and read it, lots of people I have spoken too doesn’t know it’s a movie from a book !!!
that race scene let me know what kind of movie it was goin to be which featured heavily in the promotional material
A book? Sick I really didn't know it. I wish I was born in that D&D and arcade era!
You forgot to mention how creepy and incely Parzival was in the book.
2 years later but thats mostly just in the second book
Yes.
You forgot to mention that anyone who uses the word "incel" is a complete and total bastard.
Not to mention when him and Artemis part ways for some time leading him to dark but evolving times.
Analysis: The book was better.
Always.
Yes
CORRECT
lmao no
I think they should remake the movie maybe in to 6 movies to add a lot of details
Great review!! Excellent work, especially adding artwork for the other Mecha. Only thing you forgot was the transportation around the Oasis. The gates weren't the only way around. Your could buy ships and fighters to travel around to the different planets and they were also involved in the final battle.
Other than that, great work. Maybe someday there will be a proper game of the book.
This video did an amazing job at showing of course the differences between the two versions of the story, but what I'm more happy about, why the changes were made for the movie and how it worked out for a movie adaptation.
It's way too common that people always say "the movie was worse than the book" and "the movie does a dis-service to the book and is a disgrace" because while there are times when the book is better than the movie, there are also MANY times where aspects that are in the book are either unneeded or would hinder the movie and its flow if they were implemented. Book fans often focus too hard on what they want to see from the book and don't realise or reason out why that choice was made and how much effort writers for the movies put into... well making it a better movie
Which comes to the biggest reason I like this video, is because it shows that both versions of the story while vastly different, works better for the medium they were created for. Yes there is more time and "depth" given for the characters in the book as well as the book has a lengthier story as a a whole, but many aspects in that story would drag down the momentum of the movie and it would be too much to put it all into a two and a half hour movie. The movie also has to create the world and keep the audiences attention, and it does an amazing job showing a world you would want to be immersed in, and keeping the visual choreography and the way the characters interact with the world going.
"Only limited by your imagination"
Well no, it's limited by the game's programming.
Also movie Sorrento was the head of IOI, not just the egg hunter department
unless you're Neo.
Well movie Sorrento was a total douchebag. And he once upon a time did work for Halliday. In the book people are not allowed to take part in the egg hunt if they or one of their relatives ever was an employee at Halliday's company.
Even though it took me three years after the movie was released to watch it, ready player one was awesome.
BackPack Boy the movie was real eased less than 2 years ago??
erm, Im struggeling to understand what you mean just because of the way you said it, but im just gonna say, sure?
If you liked the book better, always remember: you're old and the visuals and references from the book doesn't translate well for the film. Especially for young kids, which is the film's demographic despite all the 80's and 90's references. It's colorful and filled with pop culture that's still relevant to this day. The book always had more nerdy, obscure die-hard fan references that don't go well for the main public.
Nathã Lucas I barely got any of the book references ( I’m 15), but I still found the book far superior in every single way to the clusterfuck that was the RPO film
Bruh im 13 and i liked the book way better
You know all your gotta get in response is people telling you their age and how much the book is better. The movies really not that bad.
Exactly! I didn't get much of the references, especially the video games from the 80-90s, so the visualizing part was very hard for me. I agree that the book was better in depth and more well-structured, but I have to say I like the movie version more. It's actually the "wider-audience strategy" that introduced me to this book, and I'm grateful for Spielberg for re-creating a masterpiece.
I missed the reference of when wade meets h on her van and is super surprised instead of it being Artemis
I love that this adaptation played fast and loose with the source material. I mean, some of the best and most iconic films were loose adaptations of popular books, including Blade Runner, Rambo (First Blood), Total Recall, and so many others. It gave the films their own identity, and I'd say the same thing about Ready Player One.
Near the beginning of the book, Wade says that there have been many, many stories told and written about his life and they all got the story wrong. That's the way that I look at this movie. It is one of the stories told about Wade's life that got it wrong. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the movie on its own, but when compared to the book - it gets so many things wrong.
Great comment
Movie - Daito lives!
Book - Daito gets thrown off his apartment balcony by IOI and dies horribly.
Besides a few parts,I loved the book and LOVED THE MOVIE.
being here in 2020 reminded me of how much I loved the book and how I really need to re read it :)
Im glad this vid was made, I’ve explained to anyone I know that Wade was supposedly cubby in real life and how Daito gets thrown off a building
5 years later and this sadly seems very close
I got a ready player one on dvd commercial before this
What about Player Two?
ziljin unplugged
Literally everyone makes this joke, but Ernest Cline (the writer of the book) is working on a sequel to the book, currently titled ‘Ready Player Two’ (though that may be a working title)
That's probably the sequel or Artemis' view on the story
(Gives them the other wii remote to collect stars in Mario Galaxy)
I'm still laughing about how that's literally the 2 player option XD
Parzival wait you're serious
Liked and shared. This was a good one. I loved the book for what it is and the movie for what it is. I don't know that the movie is a good adaptation, but both can be enjoyed.
"Reality is worth living, go out and live it."
*2020 happens*
'Nevermind, I was wrong. Watch movies and play video games.'
Funny joke, but still...
"Sho, the Chinese character meaning longevity" more like hand
You're thinking of "shŏu".
His name comes from the character "shòu".
idk why they changed shoto to sho, considering shoto goes "hand-in-hand" with daito. iirc, Japanese samurai used daisho, which consists of a daito (long sword) and a shoto (short sword).
8:15 Also he loses weight during this period and becomes somewhat muscular.
short answer:
everything
long answer:
EEEVRYYTHIIING
Biggest difference :
Book : Rush is a Very important Band!
Movie : um, 2112 poster?
I don't like Rush. I just don't, but I sat down and listened to all of 2112 just because I was curious about it and they talked about it so much in the book.
And I love that Wade got a clue to the third gate because he played a chord on the guitar.
I've read the book, approximately 20+ times. Good job on comparing.
Wow! That must have taken a while. Is that a frequent thing with books or was this one special?
haven't read the book in couple months i loved it tho. it was dumb how wade restricted the oasis on Tuesday and Thursday b/c people in school
This might be an unpopular opinion but I actually really enjoyed both the movie and book, it was like having 2 different stories instead of the movie making a watered down version of the original.
You forgot about the part with the office room after the final gate where wade has to figure out the password to win the contest.
If ready player one was so good, why isn't there a ready player two?
Justin Y. Because player two's controller is always disconnected from the console.
do you have multiple accounts your everywhere at least take a break
orc at war 98 me?
no Justin Y. might because he everywhere
orc at war 98 k thx
I like how I was on a CineFix mini marathon, but then this video showed up, I'd hadnt seen the movie and didnt wanna feel out of the loop. So two and a half hours later, imma ready to see this video
I'm glad they were so different. It's the same world but each medium was new, to the reader/viewer
I think the only important thing the movie missed is introducing the reason why Wade is so good at 80s culture: The only entertainment Wade can afford on Oasis are those 80s movies and games, because they are free.
I do not remember that fact.
It was a typical boy finds the powerful artifact story, down to the evil nameless hordes of bad guys under the evil emperor. It was the reference and the two world thing that saved it really
10:48 is exactly how is almost I imagined all the characters send help XD.
easily the best and most comprehensive summary of the book v movie out there! thanks!
This sounds like a live-action dot hack sign without all the fighting and level grinding and monster slain and a cross between Sword Art Online. a live-action Sword Art Online or dot hack sign would be amazing
Hopefully Ready Player Two is as good.
They’re making a sequel?
@@mr.mister4425 book sequel
Unfortunately not.
@@nickbritten8132 Thanks man.
Wow, they keep getting names wrong. The planet is called Ludus, not Ludos, and it's the Orb of Osuvox, not Osulox. To be fair, though, they did call the orb the right name later.
This is one of those rare instances where I think the movie was better than the book. Book Wade was kind of a Marty Stu...never experienced true struggle, had no true character arc, and won too easily. He always had the right plan, which never went awry, and the time he "lost the girl" was a plot contrivance that was completely unearned and served mainly as a device to make Wade even more invincible. I had fun reading it, no doubt, but it felt empty at the end. Movie Wade struggled throughout, his relationship with Art3mis developed more organically, and there was true dramatic tension right up until the very end. The movie had lots of issues, as well, but I know I will watch it again and again, while I have no intention of reading this book a second time.
@jiggus figgus It's very rare. Re-read what I wrote. Carefully. I was referring to myself and how rare I think the movie is better than the book, not how often people in general have that view.
The parallels between this and 1984, Animal Farm, and Brave New World are staggering!
This should have been made into an 8 part series on Netflix to do the book justice.
Yeah it would have been totally great to watch an entire episode that was just Wade re-enacting a 1980s broderick movie. . . really interesting. . . .
Remember when Patrick Bateman takes off that lady's head and does unspeakable things with the neck hole?
... wait, which 'What's the Difference' is this?
caffeineadvocate
But Batman doesn't kill. Unless it's the DC Cinematic Universe...or the older comics...or Elseworld stories...
When I was first reading the book I was like "Tomb of horrors? Beside the school?"
The reference I wanted the most was the 2112 reference. Rush doesn't get as much love these days as they deserve.
Indeed they don’t, what a shame it is
I think this is a good movie IF you absolutely ignore the existance of the book, I'm an 80's junkie and I loved all the references and fun rides, it's perfect to watch on a sunday afternoon, eating junk food and just chill. 😁
"The book shows us a single character finding happiness in the real world, but the movie uses that lesson to implement change on a global level".
You clearly didn't read the book or missing the whole point of it. In the book, they plan to use the money to help everyone in the world. Not by turning off the Oasis two days a week, it wouldn't help at all, because Oasis is not a problem there. There is an energy crisis, climate change, hunger, poverty and disease. That's what they plan to fix. Book's protagonists want to help on a much bigger scale, than their childish movie counterparts.
The Oasis _is_ the problem though. Or at least, is severely exacerbating the problem.
By shutting down the Oasis twice weekly, Samantha and Wade are _forcing_ humanity to actually focus on the problems that they face rather than just ignoring them by disappearing into a better world.
Just throwing money at a problem won't help if there's no one around to fix it.
This just saved me from wasting my time on the movie. I would have been so mad because all the scenes I wanted to see are not in it. Smh
you are a idiot this mouvie is great with all its flaws
Nah, the character development is gone the first 80 or so pages are full to the brim with references, in the mlvie they just jump to the action, the impact of daito's death is gone and all the puzzle solving for the keys, the movie looking at it from an adaptation is pretty bad
Loved this movie. Hands down in the top ten favorites of all time.
You haven't seen any good movies then.
Thoroughly enjoyed the movie but I absolutely loved the book. Look forward to a sequel...for both. I’m a child of the 80s like Kline. So, all the video game, music, and pop culture references were straight out of my past. I read the book every so often and take that nostalgic trip down memory lane. Great review comparing the movie and book. Thanks.
I loved the book. As a teenager who was only ever alive in the 2000s, I got every 80s reference.
When I saw the trailer, I thought that it could do really well with the references via soundtrack and all that. I was really hoping they would do the Monty Python part.
After seeing this, I won't be watching it.
There will never be a film or show as good as the book. The only exceptions are Odd Thomas, the Series of Unfortunate Events show, Umbrella Academy, and V for Vendetta.
I liked the Ready Player One movie
Greg H. Same here
Read the book
@@mustbge0 If we watch the movie and read the book, we all have our own sour opinions in the end.
There were a lot of cringey moments in the book, but the film somehow got the plot even worse - lets just assume we all ignore whether you like or dislike the references for a moment. The film could have said a lot of poignant things about online relationships, but, nope, we have to introduce the love interest physically after an hour, just like every other movie. The film could have introduced a capable female gamer with H, and made some commentary about how she has to hide her gender online. H in the book is portrayed as pretty much the coolest and wisest person in the Gunter group but, nope, in the movie s/he never really gets to show off any intelligence aside from going off-screen to fix a bike because she's a "modder," and we're never told how this skill is done and why s/he's so impressive at it. The book has a rivalry ongoing not only between the Gunters and the Sixers (who call themselves by the derogatory name people online call them?) but also between the Gunters themselves - this is what allows a character like Art3mis to establish herself as a strong female character who can stand toe-to-toe with the big boys as a female gamer. But, nope, the movie tries to touch on it but then gives her a moment where she tells Wade/Parzival that he's special and she loves him pretty much for no good-given reason, and she's going to let him win. It could have highlighted hardcore gamer culture, which at the moment only really exists in Esports and Speedrunning. In the books, Parzival lucked into the location of the first key, yes, but he still had to earn it because it was locked behind a skill limit, and when we see the rest of the characters emulate his feat, it establishes them as equally capable to the main protagonist. It makes basic, BASIC mistakes where things are set up with no payoff, or things fall into the characters laps because of luck rather than them being dedicated, clever or skilled like in the books. Bad things are bad because bad, good things are good because good, and there's literally no room for subtlety, nuance or socio-political commentary in the middle.
Women being overly competent has been a cliche since the 80s. Nothing special about it. And there's been little proof that anyone really has to hide. Almost no girl does or has a huge name. In any MMO there are a lot. Some may in theory not want the attention. The point is very few girls do that.
You hit the nail on the head. There was no subtlety, nuance, complexity, nothing. I kept feeling like the movie was missing something and this was it.
What if we go backwards for once...
Like really it took people years to figure that out lol in this generation someone would've figured that out in just an hour
kinda what i thought just in general... like fuck this isnt suppose to be easy... what if there is a back entrance
Seriously, every friend group has that one guy who would start going backwards as a joke and then accidentally find the Easter egg
@@Waffleman00 In regular video games sure but not the oasis. Dying means losing everything. That means all of your money, gear, stuff. Doubt they would do random stuff when literally everything they have is on the line. In a world where your osasis stuff is basically your life I just don't see them join the ultimate race to do that.
Joseph Doherty : First off I highly doubt that if there was no secret floor it would kill you. From what we see in the movie there is no cost of entry for the game, all you need is a vehicle. So say either a group of new players or someone who's recently died decide to jokingly try the race knowing they have no chance of winning. One of them decides to drive backwards for laughs and accidentally finds the first key. Even if someone like that wouldn't find it, the Gunters definitely would, there are so many of them that one was bound to try something that obvious. There's a reason in the book that the locations were hidden on thousands of different planets. Finally you can probably store items like the book so you wouldn't lose everything.
@@Waffleman00 If the novel answer will be considered, dying in the OASIS is very much a bad thing. They WILL lose everything in the OASIS, including their experience and inventory. It doesn't matter if the cost of entry is low (25 cent for a lifetime with infinite respawn) it matters that dying in the OASIS means a long grind back to their previous status; OASIS reimburse itself from its cheap registration fee with monetizing travelling between sectors and worlds (a good chunk of their income comes from the fares they levy on travelers). If you're literally a peniless newbie in a planet say Ludus, good luck getting yourself out of there and earn points...
Honestly, The movie had such potential to be a trilogy, or have a sequel, or hell maybe even a solid 1 season show...
Like they could have made it a gate per movie, or a The first one ending on a cliffhanger to be resolved in the second.
And my second gripe: Book Wade had more balls than movie wade. Giving the IOI plot to Artemis in the movie was such a waste. Granted, it was a fun subplot, but in the book it was more tense and high stakes...
NOT TO MENTION THE BASEMENT!!!
everyone's been tearing the shit out of this movie for a while now, I personally didn't think it was that bad I guess I just wasn't expecting anything.
the best way to experience anything is to have no preconceived expectation before experiencing it.
*Book > Movie*
The Chinese character you used for 'sho' means 'hand' (pinyin shou), not longevity lolz.
😂 *Only 90s kids will get that Short Circuit reference* even though Short Circuit 2 is far Superior
It might be because I'm part of Gen Z, but I like the first one better. It was a highlight of my childhood
i was born in 84....it being an 80's movie, i remember it.
"Now you've really pissed me off!" Initiates rage mode
/r/gatekeeping
OSCAR!!!!! (while 'Holding out for a Hero' plays)
Loved the movie, it’s nice to have a film that’s purely fun and straight forward.
You forgot to mention that while Wade was in isolation, he lost a ton of weightht and gets ripped
I really liked this film! I loved Art3mis, she was hot!
I liked Aech, she was hilarious!
I enjoyed I-R0k, with his sense of humor.
Overall I really enjoyed this film with it's story, graphics, and characters!