"Ready Player One" Movie

[gleninjersey 2,139]

I thoroughly enjoyed the book.  Just saw the movie and was some what disappointed.  It just felt empty to me.  Anyone read the book and see the movie?

 

[voyager9 3,433]

The book was pretty entertaining. Will see the movie at some point though probably not until it’s available for streaming. 

[leadunderpressure 52]

Book was great fun. Movie - not so much. Not even close story to the book other than at a really high level.

Very cool special effects though.

[gleninjersey 2,139]

I wonder if I hadn't read the book if I would have enjoyed the movie more?  My wife and 12 year old daughter both said they enjoyed it (neither read the book).

[voyager9 3,433]

Saw it yesterday. It was pretty good.  It definitely deviates from the book but overall is pretty true to it. Granted, I ready the book years ago so I don’t remember the details. 

[Donobieus 15]

Not for nothing.  But if the movie mirrored the book there would be some quite boring parts.  No one wants to watch a marathon game of Joust or a perfect Pac Man game.  Changes had to be made to keep the audience enthralled.  That being said, the book is ALWAYS better than the movie.  I believe the only one to come close was Peter Jackson with LOTR.  He did an amazing job of keeping as close to the books as possible IMO.....

[raz-0 1,259]

On 4/9/2018 at 9:21 AM, Donobieus said:

Not for nothing.  But if the movie mirrored the book there would be some quite boring parts.  No one wants to watch a marathon game of Joust or a perfect Pac Man game.  Changes had to be made to keep the audience enthralled.  That being said, the book is ALWAYS better than the movie.  I believe the only one to come close was Peter Jackson with LOTR.  He did an amazing job of keeping as close to the books as possible IMO.....

My short list of as good as or better movies. 

The Princess Bride = as good as. Narratively it is very similar, just book format humor has been swapped with movie friendly humor.  Movie might peak a bit higher on the humor scale and the humor is more accessible to a wider audience. 

LOTR = better than the books. Pretty much cut out all the painfully boring parts. 

Fight club = better than the book. Mostly the movie is like if the book got edited again but very well, and a lot of the stuff just works better in the medium of film. 

JAWS = it just works better visually. 

Three days of the condor = The book is kind of a turd. The rights were bought before the books was finished, and it was clearly the story was fleshed out by a MUCH, MUCH better writer than the book had. Also, still really relevant to this day. 

A clockwork orange = better than the book. The book is a hard read and not really as visceral.