Well I finally read Ready Player One (which is amazing) and now I’m watching the movie and well, erm…….. oof.
Well I finally read Ready Player One (which is amazing) and now I’m watching the movie and well, erm…….. oof.
42 Answers
You must be logged in to post a comment.
Loading Please wait
I have not read the book.
I felt it was a bit a rip off from Sword Art Online (SOA). I mean the egg and how vital gaming has become in these post modern worlds.
Would you say the book was deeper? Was the movie fair to the story?
@Jay I loved Sword Art Online! I watched it AGES ago so I may not be remembering perfectly but I don’t feel like they are very similar, besides the gaming aspect. Ready Player One is all about pop culture references, and often lighthearted and even cheesy.
The book is definitely much deeper. It has many more lighthearted moments, and contrariwise it gets much darker at times. I don’t feel like the movie is very fair to the story at all. For a story that relies so heavily on pop culture references, the movie referenced completely different things… and that’s really just the start. The book just had a lot more depth.
I was hoping for more of a Willy Wonka vibe with the movie. It felt that way reading it.
@Casey exactly!!! That’s what I mean about lighthearted. Like in the very last challenge, how they’re all just laughing and having a good time?? The movie made everything so serious and action-y. The book was better balanced IMO.
@Jay I’m a fan of both SOA and Ready Player One. I think it’s inevitable you’ll find a lot of similarities with books that revolve around video games. They’re distinct enough though that Ready Player One is absolutely worth trying.
I actually loved the movie lol ??♀️
@Kelly And you are totally entitled to your opinion!!! I think if maybe I didn’t watch it RIGHT after reading it I wouldn’t be so upset. It’s a good movie in its own right, it just doesn’t feel true to the book to me.
I loved the book so much. I wish the movie was more accurate but I know Disney didn’t give the rights to their stuff. I did love the unexpected throwback to The Shining.
@Casey hahaha I loved the Easter eggs. They definitely weren’t the same but for me they had the same effect ?
The Shining part was really well done for sure!
The Shining is one of my favorite movies so when I saw that I was like WTF is going on??? But I liked it. Book and movie were totally different but I enjoyed both (book more though).
Girl same ?
@Celynda oh thank God I’m not alone
I loved the book so much I bought the movie on Vudu. I never buy movies. It was so disappointing
Yeah the movie is a giant let down
@Julie they just changed SO much
Disney didn’t allow the rights for their stuff, plus Marvel and Star Wars. Speilberg himself didn’t want references to his films as he was the director. I did like the reference to The Shining (Speilberg’s idea).
@Casey I don’t remember Marvel and Star Wars being super heavily referenced… there are way more things referenced in the book that they left out.
War Games? Blade Runner? Monty Python? Pac Man? Joust? They didn’t have to change EVERY challenge…
I get if they couldn’t get rights to stuff, but at that point I’d almost say don’t produce it. They even changed the dynamic and meeting of the characters which I felt more upset by than the change of the challenges
@Julie Yes, I agree with this! And I think minimizing Morrow’s character was a bad move.
My trick to love both the book and the movie is to treat them as separate ideas ?
And it’s kinda easy because the movie changes A LOT of details from the book
@Zaelys So many!!
I did love the book but I can understand the movie because some of the things written about in the book could be quite boring cinematically.
@Abby This is a good point.
Just did this the other day after finishing the book and I was like ….. the hell is this lol
I would rather see it as a school assignment with this ploy they have to work out from. So the author and director just had their own twist to it.
“Can I copy your homework?”
“Yeah of course, just change it up a bit”
I finally watched the movie quite recently, after having read the book years ago. I LOVED the book. I also really enjoyed the movie, but probably only because it had been so long since I had read the book. Also, it seemed so completely different from the book, I felt like they were too separate pieces of work entirely. So, I enjoyed it.
@Maggie I think the fact that they were so separate just annoyed me more?? Like they could’ve just changed all the names and a couple crucial details and it almost could’ve just been its own thing!
@Maggie same same
Yes. I feel. I should have turned the movie off.
I was most disappointed in not seeing the book come to life. I loved the book so much that I was excited to see it portrayed outside of my own head but that movie was not the book! It was a movie inspired by the book. I was expecting an experience similar to watching Harry Potter for the first time… yeah they had to leave stuff out but it still had the same emotions as reading the book.
I think of the book and movie as two separate works. The book was made for the true “nerds” and the movie was made for the masses. I saw the movie first and loved it. I read the book because of that and loved the book too.
That’s exactly why I didn’t intend to ever watch the movie but my husband wanted to and I actually ended up liking it lol
@Krystin That’s awesome!! I’m glad you ended up enjoying it. I think I watched it too soon after reading the book and with too high of expectations.
Ugh. The movie was so bad!
The movie was horrible.
Movie was balls
Ugh. What a disappointment that was.
I couldn’t finish the movie!
I felt the same