Ready Player One Film Review

Finished watching Ready Player One, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tye Sheridan, Lena Waithe, Mark Rylance, Olivia Cooke and Ben Mendelsohn. The film opens in 2045 as Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) logs into the virtual reality of the OASIS as his avatar Parzival where he mets with his best friend Aech (Lena Waithe), as the two ready to partake in a race that takes place in a virtual New York with the hope to unlock one of the keys that James Holliday (Mark Rylance), the co-creator of the OASIS hid when he passed away which will lead the victor to becoming the new owner of the OASIS. While in the race Wade meets the famous Art3mis (Olivia Cooke) who he quickly becomes friends with after saving her from a misjudged jump in the race. Later on after taking another look at the race course Wade decides to take a different route which gets him to the finish line but not with out being noticed by Nolan Sorrento (Ben Mendelsohn) the CEO of a company that wants to absorb the OASIS as one of their assets for its profitable possibilities and has a large team of researchers and players know dubbed Sixers to help achieve his goal by any means. Overall this was an amazing film as it’s able to transition between the scene within the OASIS to that of the real world work extremely well thanks to how the different shots of both worlds are edited together. The film's soundtrack is amazing as not only does it fit within the film's pop culture undertone but the tone of the whole film and helps to make key plot moments feel more impactful thanks to the choice of music. There is also a great amount of character development and interactions throughout the film thanks to how each character is able to grow over the course of the film along with their relationships with one enough help to make some situations feel more impactful with how each character reacts differently to some situations. 9/10.