Ready Player One (2018)

 

Based on a book that I have not read, Ready Player One is about a virtual reality world called the OASIS and the people who compete to control it. It’s the year 2045 and the world is a mess. It is such a mess that people escape into the OASIS spending most of their lives there. One of these players is Wade Watters who plays as a character named Parzival. Wade is one of many Gunters who are trying to get the Easter Eggs that the late James Halliday hid in the OASIS. The person who finds all the keys will own the OASIS. Also out to get the keys in the evil IOI who wants the OASIS for themselves. Wade gradually gains a group of allies and together they beat IOI. The movie is great and the cultural references are spot on. I have been told that they took great liberties with the text of the book, but since I have never read the book I enjoyed the movie for what it was.