“That was when I realized, as terrifying and painful as reality can be, it’s also the only place where you can find true happiness. Because reality is real.” Wade Watts
This is an inevitable truth of reality as a movie based on virtual reality is sweeping the box office this Easter weekend as it looks to dethrone Black Panther. Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One stars Tye Sheridan as Persival, an avatar created for The Oasis as his human self, Wade Watts delves into the Virtual Reality world that has recently become the norm for everyone.
Overall, the film is packed with all kinds of retro montages as “they come to the Oasis for all they can do, but stay for all they can be”. The basic plot of the movie is to find a series of keys in order to find the easter egg at the end and take control of The Oasis.
Wade/Persival starts the mission with that one goal, thinking like everyone else, how cool it would be to own The Oasis, but he soon discovers something more important as a by chance encounter with Art3mis (played by Olivia Cooke) shows him that love is possible, but will it be enough to save the Oasis and the World from landing in the wrong hands.
At 2 hour 20 minute runtime, Ready Player One is a film of definite Steven Spielberg magic. Going into the theater, one won’t know what to expect out of the mastermind as the setting both in the real world and the Oasis causes people to be fully engulfed in the action going on. Not a lot of humor, but as I said prior, the retro easter eggs placed in the Oasis, will make people looking extra hard so they don’t miss what’s coming next.
Ready Player One came out in theaters March 30 and is currently playing in a theater near you. See it now, especially if you are a fan of virtual reality, because you won’t look at it the same way after.