Ready Player One: 5 Major Things The Book Did Better
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- Опубліковано 7 лип 2024
- Ready Player One went through many changes when being adapted from a novel to a blockbuster film. But were all the changes worth it? Sam highlights 5 major things the book did better than the film!
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How do you think the book compares to the movie?
I think that the book did better although the movie did better than I thought.
I have only one complain in your reasons. You said IOI wants the OASIS for ads......ok. What if they could get trillions of dollars and the whole game in their hands to keep making profits? Would that maybe create more money than the ads ?!? Oh wait, they do get all these stuff IF they win the game. Big companies commit terrible crimes even for some hundreds of thousands..here we talk about non stop trillions.
I enjoyed the book far better. But I get that they had to change things for the masses and also to keep the running time within reason.
Love the book and the movie. The movie captures the spirit of the book, can crunches down what could almost be a trilogy or HBO miniseries into something that can be seen in a single sitting.
As with any book to movie adaptation, a lot had to be thinned out to make things fit in the time available. Hours of playing a video game, for example, would not had made for a good movie. Likewise, showing large chunks of other movies, assuming WB could have gotten the rights to use them.
In cleaning things up for a more child friendly movie vs the book... Wade's Aunt only took him in for the extra food stamps, which she didn't share with him. He supported himself by scrounging, recycling, and fixing up whatever he could for sale, barter, or hire. Aunt and boyfriend would take things from him to sell for drug money if he wasn't careful. Their trailer in the stacks had two other families in it with them.
Changes made that not mentioned in this video... (spoilers)
Clue leads to key location, with rules to be followed to getting to the key. The key comes with a clue to the location of a gate. Opening and entering a gate brings another challenge. Pass that challenge to get the next clue.
After using the cataclast bomb, IOI had Sixers a safe distance away they could send in to try to win.
IOI used hacked terminals, so each Sixer in the game was actually a team of IOI employees, in addition to the researchers feeding them information.
Art3mis in the book lives with her parents, until warned by Wade to run for her life. She was never captured by IOI
Wade infiltrated IOI, learned that IOI had killed Daito, got evidence of that murder, the bombing of the stacks, and the plan to kill Ache, Sho, and Art3mis. He also set things into motion to bring down the shield.
Sorry, in the book Art3mis is the girl in the fridge. A motivator for the hero, but not as prominent as in the movie.
And those are just some of the big points. If you liked the movie, I recommend you read the book. If you haven't seen the movie yet, go see it.
I like both, but I prefer the book because of all the 80's pop references. Like Halliday, and Ernest Cline, I grew up in the 80's and remember the time fondly.
The only thing I didn't like about the book was the horrendous amount of world building that the author felt necessary to put in there. Honestly, I thought he was setting up for a trilogy of books with the first one revolving around finding the Copper Key and clearing the first gate.
My favorite thing about the movie was Wade driving the Delorian: it was described in detail in the book but was never used other than to bring Parzival to the Distracted Globe, and I was giddy when watching Parzival and Art3mis hanging out the gull-wing doors firing various weapons.
Least favorite was the romantic b-plot: in the book their relationship was purely cerebral, and they never met in person until the very end and leaves the reader hoping it works out between them, while in the movie Wade and Samantha were working together and living in the same shanty and at the end are shacking up together.
The ending of the book was better. Wade meeting Artemis in Og`s garden for the first time was really sweet and a great closure.
Lajk Lajk I liked the movie ending, but I want to see Ogden’s house
@@coleeckerman1390 Watch "The fellowship of the ring"
00:43 that was the whole point of the book, it was made for gamers and geeks.
No disrespect to the presenter, but *you* didn't relate to the references. That doesn't mean no one did! I'm 50, I grew up living and breathing this stuff.
It saves on effort.
agreed, I too am 50, and have played most of the games mentioned in the book, and of course seen all the movies. The only references that didn't work for me were all the RUSH references. Just wasn't into them.
Back in January before I read the book, I couldn't have told you anything about Rush. 4 months later and I have every studio album, countless t-shirts, and rate them as one of my favourite bands of all time. I just can't believe I lived my whole life and never knew what I was missing! All because I sought out that 2112 album :)
Yeah, like seriously. I loved the entire book to death and sometimes I couldn't actually put it down. I Pretty much got every reference that they made except for some of the television shows mentioned throughout the book :T
I dont know why every reviwer says that the book was ok or was crap, i quite enjoyed the book. The movie tries to cover too much in such a litle amount of time, i think it just tried too hard to thrown i as many easter eggs as possible. The movie is good, but like anyone who reads the original material of a movie could tell ya, the books is almost always better.
i beg to differ, i rather enjoyed the movie than the book, as the movie is a light hearted adventure Spielberg style with most of the thing that are good about Ready Player One book are made better.
I agree it is a condensed version of the book, but Spielberg changes made the movie work and entertaining.
One thing that ruined it for me was already in the beginning when the gate to the car race was found by "a random gunter who no one remembers". It both destroys the thrill of Wade connecting the clues himself, but also that any people who made any progress in the hunt in the book got famous. Also that no one in like six years tried to back their car. Gamers are known for testing every single little thing to discover easter eggs or quicker routes for speedrunning. The possiblity of billions of people not once trying to back up at the start of the race for six years is pretty minimal.
My friend also brought up the the race secret as a complaint. As a gamer myself, yes I look what happens if you go the other way, or look for shortcuts, side areas, etc. For the sake of supporting the movie, we can just assume that anybody else just didn't do it right. The turned their car around, the got out and walked, or just went too slow to trigger the door coded for "Just go backwards. Backwards, as fast as we can."
I thoroughly enjoyed the book, but I really didn't like Wade as a main character. The story itself was good enough to make up for that though
Everyone seems to hate the book after the movie came out, before all I heard was positive stuff, now it's cool to hate it
I saw the movie first, and really enjoyed it. But when I read the book, I was blown away. I was a teenager in the 80's so I could completely relate to the story, from Hallidays point of view.
Long story short, I'm listening to the book on audible, and I'm addicted to it.
I miss Ultraman.
merkin3k my sash says ultraman
I definitely preferred the book. Partly because I understood the majority of the references and mainly reason number 5. The movie was definitely a watered down version to appeal to casual fans and in the process lost it's gritty and authentic feel.
It was also a modernised version appealing to newer gamers. Ironically, some older people may not "get" all those newer references ;p
I've just finished the book and I too liked it's gritty and authentic feel. I knew only very few of the game references, none of the music and most of the movie ones, but not getting references didn't bother me. I'd not heard of the film, or the book until a few days ago. I think the main thing in the book is who controls the internet and if that isn't in the movie, then the movie is a sham.
The tone shifted to a Spielberg blockbuster, it was never going to have the darker stakes/desperation of the book.
the final battle was also better in the book a 4v1 battle against mecha godzillion make the beast seem that much more fearsome.
Didn't realize how many spelling errors there were in my initial comment until I reread it when I got the notification that someone liked my comment. That's what happens when you don't proof read your comments before posting them.
The book was an homage to geeks in general and 80’s nostalgia specifically. It was a love letter to that era. The audience for the book was for people who either grew up in the 80’s or are gamers and love the history. The movie ignored what made the book warm, familiar and magical. The love Halliday had for all things 80’s, the reason why 80’s lore was such a big part of the world, why Wade was the one to win the contest were all missing. In the movie, there was nothing special about him. In the book, he was a treasure trove of 80’s trivia, and an old school gamer. Heck, in the movie, they never even explain what “Ready Player One” even references. I loved the book and found the movie a cold, CGI mess. What a disappointment.
Spot on!
Agree 100%
I waited 2 1/2 years for this movie, and I was thoroughly disappointed. Literally my favorite book of all time, so if they'd made it like 12 hours long and exactly like the book I would've still seen it
But also, the book was written much better than this video gives it credit for
I prefer the movie, didn't like the book
Me and the GF love the book, the movie just has good visuals, apart from that it's just an OK popcorn flick.
the book has allot of depth that the movie just didn't show..
The Main difference between the Book and the Movie is that the Book is about Wade while the Movie is really about Halliday.
You obviously don’t read much
the wrong person was chosen to review this in the video clip. her expression and words indicate that she didnt like it to begin with. Why the hell would I listen to a hater bash something I liked (Im talking about the book. The movie was too cookiecutter happy for me).?
Did we watch the same video? At which point did she bash the book? Do you mean the slight critique she gave at one point or two? So now any critique is bashing? Come on.
I for once found her review pretty good. It's the first one in which someone finally saw the parallel with our own times in which net neutrality is dismantled and corporate control over everything reaches the new high. This is sorely missed from the movie made by, surprise, surprise, a greedy corporation.
I found the movie to be like Sorento himself, pretending to be hip and cool by using all those references that mean completely nothing to him. The movie is a husk made for the purpose of making money. No depth, no message or laughable message at best.
You would have to be both a gamer and a sci-fi fan to understand and love both the book and the movie. This girl is obviously neither. But hey, that's alright by me. I'm just as clueless about movies like Steel Magnolias, Beaches, and Fried Green Tomatoes (All chick flicks by the way).
@@veilen 00:43
Ok.. only 50 seconds in.. and I can already tell you're not the intended audience. Ready Player One, although not a Pulitzer prize winner, was a well written fun romp. References were far from obscure (again, given the right audience) . Not sure where this video will go.. but lets go...
Ok, stopped at 1:53. I can't... you're so wrong. Wasn't 'apocalyptic' , just dystopian. Of course they had internet, that's how the bloody Oasis worked!!!!! The world wasn't utterly destroyed, just severely wrecked. I'm not sure if you really read the book, or just made an opinion of the book and read that into it. I wish I could watch the rest of this video to see where you go, but I don't want to be angry at some random internet person today.
Hey! I care about those “obscure video game references”! I still play Black Tiger to this day. Wade in the movie has shoes because it’s not the apocalypse in a sense which you are thinking of, it is a gradual decline in life’s quality, but I believe there are shoes still left for people.
They made I-rok an impactful character in the movie rather than the book but how come we didnt see him in real life as TJ Miller
Hey Lady, if u dont undrstand the references, is not our fault, the book was great.
you know i am surprised that she never mentioned the party scene to wher wade and artemies were dancing to rebel yell with ogden morrow being his birthday and artemis swimming in the anti gravity like a mermaid
I loved the movie and I loved the book. They are very different, but also the same. I can appreciate both, equally.
Same here I love both and I find it weird that a lot hate the book or the move
Movie
For the film, the VR headsets actually look more like they are a VR/AR combo that has inside out tracking (and there are companies working on that right now).
Daniel S
Yep, they are.
I wonder how many extras, when hired, were told to bring their VR headsets with them for filming.
Just go out and buy a $10 set is probably what they did ;p
I thought the movie held up fine as an adaption of the book. I even felt somethings were even better, like some of the challenges. The hole mimicking an entire movie would've been cringy af. 7/10 for me, I do agree with Daito surviving being a little lame.
I definately agree with you
Scott, how do you feel about Art3mis being expanded into the bigger roll?
I was a little disappointed with how they put everyone in the same city and added the weird super evil chick in IOI. Also its kind of hard to process that they're all beautiful and want to work together when the book was very direct in saying it was absolutely not the case. You could say it was hollywood and yeah theyll be beautiful but they could have picked people less attractive.. Idk. Obviously for copyright reasons they couldn't use everything they wanted in the book though. Would rather it was more on point to the book but they threw out Kline's original script for being too similar so.
The race scene on the bridge to Chinatown was very accurate. From the bridge, the 6 line train, the stores and bike paths when you exit the bridge, and the parks nearby.
Only thing that was off was how there wasn't any traffic on the bridge lol.
There were a couple of things the movie did better-Wade wasn’t so much of a Mary Sue and Artemis actually got to significant things to advance the plot. Also, the movie draws out Halliday’s story more clearly. I really feel that Halliday is the heart of the story in the book but a lot of readers seem to miss that, so I was grateful the movie pulled it out and focused on it. But you are right, all the things you mentioned are better in the book. Spielberg glossed over the darker elements, which eliminated the high stakes, which then made it difficult to care that much about the protagonists. I don’t mind the changes to the contest itself, although I think many of the challenges could have been made cinematic without changing them completely. What disappoints me is that you come away feeling very “meh” about the High Five. The Halliday stuff was moving, and I liked the increased involvement of Artemis but...for the most part, it was all so rushed that there was no way to invest in who they were, or what they meant to each other, or what it meant to them to be Gunters, let alone how meaningful their success was. It wasn’t a terrible movie, but given that it was Spielberg I expected better.
Loved the book ngl, it was my favourite book for years, the movie I was less impressed with tbh
It missed out Wade's great monologue explaining his worldview and education, although I can see why they'd avoid scaring the American movie audience but it detracted from Wade's character and made him two dimensional.
The book was fun and fast paced. So was the film. As long as you don't over-analyze them you get what they were intended to be: simple entertainment.
Spot on with point 5! I didn't like how much that Wade did in the book was switched to Art3mis in the movie. It ended up making Wade's character not as strong or clever. Like sneaking into IOS. He really had to plan that Trojan Horse move, & he did it knowing the risks, & that the others would not have backed it. It would be like Hermione triumph over Lord Voldemort & the Death Eaters, & Harry watches in awe at her mad skills in HP. Or Peeta brings down the Hunger Games system, & eliminate Coin in HG, while Katniss watches from the sideline, cheering him on. It made Wade less of a hero in the movie, & more of a sidekick.
I agree the book is alot better!!! So many parts were changed!!
FINALLY I LOVE THE BOOK FAR BETTER!
One other reason I liked the book better was that it introduced me to Rush and the 2112 Album. About the only thing I didn’t know about because I was a bigger Queen’s fan back in the 80’s XD
The movie was absolute trash when compared to the book, and the whole thing about it being like a big fan fiction is total bogus because it was made for people who are gamers/needs/geeks
I don’t watch Ready Player One, Teen Titans, or Avengers so that I can experience real world problems, if I wanted to experience drama I might as well continue going through life. I watch movies to watch crazy ideas being brought to the screen. So instead of questioning why a character did something or how convenience it was that something good happened to that character. I just get immersed in all the fun. I don’t question why the corporate in the movie was so determined to get the egg, I just saw it as a man who will do anything to help his company.
I read the book before watching the movie and I actually liked the book way more then the movie
Abe Ramirez Exactly i was very dissapointed with the movie :(
Yeah, the movie would be good if you hadn't read the book before. They are just sooo different.
you break down the book and movie better than anyone else on the tube thanks
This one is the best Differences-Video I've seen about this. The same issues bothered me, too (and more lol) The Shining-Idea was brilliant, in my oppinion, even though I loved the book and didn't thought it was boring or crap. Just the romance was SO annoying and even more so in the movie.
Thank you for putting in the original book-lines!!! I would watch en even longer video with more changes explained
The video was good and I agreed with most of the points made but I think the point of the book went over the reviewers head. The book was meant to be one big reference and love letter to the 80s and geek culture. Not only that but the creator of the in universe contest Halliday deliberately made the contest one big reference to the 80s because he grew up in that decade and was mostly obsessed with it and escaping reality he had no love for most of the real world and built the oasis to escape. The Contest was so ingrained in the 80s and Halliday’s favorite things that it not only brought 80s style back but it also forced people to study old tv shows,movies,games, etc so they could find clues for the hunt.
Sorrento's Motivation for the take over of the Oasis is to Win the competition so he can push the RED button and end the Oasis. Sorrento's sister died after getting addicted to the Oasis, She like many got hooked on taking stims to keep awake longer so they can stay logged in and search for the egg.
this is stupid. every critic and reviewer says Ready Player One is a piece of garbage with Easter eggs. it has a moving plot and relatable characters. I give it a 10/10.
The movie was sad to say, a huge dissapointment, because there were to many changes, in accordance with the book, specificaly the ending was changed to much, and the owerall plot
This is why movie critics don't make films. All the changes made sense and worked within the context of the film. I'm not going to watch Wad play pacman to get a life.
true that
would you not watch those movie scenes where the character plays chess , and its so interesting. ..
After FACEBOOK's launch of the Metaverse concept, what do you think about Ready Player One?
i like them both and would read and watch again both again...the book had more details abouts wade's life. the movie's special effects and battles were amazing. over all i think they both did well
1:58 Mr car I don't feel so good
The story as told in the book and as told in the movie are two different story's and that OK, I enjoyed both greatly
Again, the game spot hosts are just uneducated about the subjest like they just read the review of the book and havent actually read it themselves creating loads of issues in their vids
She is literally reading excerpts from the book in this video that she selected herself using her own digital copy of the book and talking about things that the book did better than the film
not just this video the past ready player one reviews have so many mistakes it makes me wander can i trust the other GameSpot universe videos like all of the new avengers videos you guys are making trying to workout the plots which beside for the movies i have no other education on the marvel universe and i am trusting you to educate me.
GameSpot Universe Your logic is just to sound. Remember this is UA-cam comments and you're arguing with a fanboy. 😂
Just say Zack Snyder should have directed Ready Player One, and DC films are better than Marvel! 😂😂
Cool. I wish they kept the 4 robots and Ultraman instead of just Iron Giant
Good job on your observations. I read the book then immediately watched the movie and - was disappointed with both the movie AND the significant differences Spielberg made. Such a great - albeit wasted - opportunity.
I enjoyed the book but utterly loved the movie(with some bias to the movie for not murdering my favourite character) but there was definitely areas the movie could have improved on by simply applying more attention to detail when making the book into a movie, but that’s just me
I love both of them anyway! You just have to think of them as alternative worlds.
I'd agree with most of this. I really liked both book and movie but for different reasons. I feel the book had better story and character development but the movie was just really fun and great to see so many loved characters in one place.
I also would have loved to see Wade's base and differential would have loved to see the Wade, Sam, Shoto giant robots ,,Diato's giant robot was won by a quest in which was bequeathed to Wade, so Wade had two giant robots
I prefer the book, it's better and get to know better the characters than the movie
yeah. Book vs. Movie. I enjoyed them both. I like to reference "Dune" or "The Hunt for Red October" where the movies were different from the books .. but 2+ hr. movies vs. 300+ page books. You didn't mention, in RP1, that towards the end, it's Wade that infiltrates IOI at Great personal risk. And that he and Samantha don't meet each other in person till the very end. The movie had a Japanese and Chinese (American) actor to cater to those demographics. And in the book, Xo or sho does get thrown off a building .. but this leads into Wades intricate way to get captured and infiltrate IOI. 2 different Mediums .... I enjoyed them both !
I could name a few things the movie did better than the book.
Movie was entertaining. Though, like is always said. the book as better. In this case to many things were changed. I understand the need to empower certain people, groups, or races. Hollywood is taking it to extreme and wrecking many good stories. You can switch things around to make the right message and maintain the story.
The book is always better.
The villain changes are more relevant to modern gaming problems like micro transactions. So many modern games are being tarnished and The Oasis being the ultimate dream game, it would be a travesty if it happened to that, which is why Wade was able to raise an army so easily. We see how much it affects their income and lives as well, so it’s important for the real world too. People would become corporate slaves and lose everything. I like how the book is closer to net neutrality, but the movie is just as fine/relevant. It’s actually cool that we got both in a way.
I have to disagree. I actually enjoyed the movie more than the book.
Don't get me wrong, I love the book and it is amazing. You all should read it.
What's kinda disappointing with the movie however is they failed to convey some of the greatest fantasies I had while reading the book.
Imagine that we only got Mechagodzilla vs Gundam when there should be Voltron, Ultraman and other amazing robot series created.
Yes there maybe scenes in the movie where they got amazing tech and stuffs but we should all know that almost all the transactions done to purchase are done in the OASIS (when Wade purchased the X1 using his OASIS account, plus pizzas being delivered via drone).
There is also the VR outdoor experience. You can actually forgive them for not making any logical sense if the players are playing this outside and are "running" for real. That's what I also thought the first time I watched it but thinking deeper about it it made me realize a poetic artistry by using visuals. The movie showed the passion and how engrossed each people in the world on this virtual reality. In short it doesn't need to make sense, you just need to appreciate how the Avatars relate to their users.
As for the apocalypse and shortage of gas, the movie hinted on it by showing very little cars running and more cars being dumped because there is no longer any use for them without gas so how is that?
For the extra life. Damn it should be obvious that it would bore the general viewers to death just by watching a kid play pacman. So to make people relate to Halliday better. You should also consider the time constraint. It's a movie for fuck sake. You have to consider the budget too! The movie actually did a very great job of getting us hooked to the challenges each of the players have to face to get the Keys.
And I think they pretty much conveyed in the movie how Gunters hated IOI.
Overall I will give Ready Player One 9/10 rating.
I loved both soo... Yeah
Okay the second fact makes sense
I can not compare the movie with the book because I have never read it but I disagree with all the people that say that the movie was generally dissapointing. The audiovisual was amazing, the idea of the movie/book is generally hype and the developement of the characters and the plot was at least smooth and straight with no cuts and flashes to the future/past and fastforwards etc etc. The only one problem in the movie are the people that play outside with the oasis. I could understand that having lets say a controller in hand could solve the problem of the movements and you could just use the headset only to see/hear, but if we see them running (the famous spartans) ON A STREET / parallel in the game too then someone will get run over a car, collide with each other and fall on walls.
Thanos Papanikolaou
The headsets have AR tech so that they know their surroundings
I personally didn’t read the book but I still feel like the movie could’ve done a better job now that you said that but it is still good movie is a great video by the way
There is some issues with your vid
6:07
Hanna Mendie i already own it
You could have easily elaborated and titled this 50 major things the book did better.
The book was SO much better
Meh. Lost credibility at 0:40 discussing how lame she thought the book was. Next.
Sorry Sam, the book wasn't meant for your generation. The movie attempted to mainstream it with mixed success. Remember that the next time you say no one cares about those obscure references.
The challenges. You forgot the challenges
What's not to like about the movie? I see it with expectation on more like seeing avengers movie rather than let say lord of the ring, it's fun, funny, exciting, and like you say non life threatening to the main characters.. I mean, I would love to see what the book tells but with the overwhelmingly abundant pop culture icons (that is not including disney properties unfortunately), i would be lying if I disappointed by it. It brings joy to me to see those easter eggs cameos in the backgrounds like spotting blanka, lara croft, beetle juice, etc and able to identify them, also when few of them are in the spotlight like GunFckinDam, iron giant, the shinning parts, how could you not excited? My only guess on why spielberg didnt make the movie more "rough" like the book is probably to cater wider audiences thats why theres reference like minecraft
Ad N
Yea I’d say their goal with the movie was more societal exposure than telling an impactful story.
why the fuck would you have someone that didn’t even like the book compare the two??
256 levels without losing a life?! WTF?!
I wish the challenges were the same
Wouldnt be fun to watch a 15 minute Joust match
I listened to it as a audiobook and have been for 3years now. There's something about listening to Ernist Cline I would recommend that evry one listens to it not read.
If the movie was rated R then maybe it would be as dark as the book was. But it had to be appealing to kids so that’s why it was made more lighter.
I fell asleep during this video.
SSAAAMMMMM!!!!
Whats with that jacket?
she kinda reminds me of Thor's Darcy...Kat Dennings...
Book was good, movie was good.
Like always there were slight changes but overall story was the same.
Haha she probably read the book once because ppl still drove and it's not as post apocalyptic as she says it is. I'm sure someone worth listening to was available for this segment. Better luck next time, hun. Oh god I'm writing this as I'm watching and I just can't anymore. I've only read this twice and I understand it better
The book was awesome, the movie, much less so but still entertaining. The person doing the above vid is obviously way too young to understand the book fully. I LOVED the book, as I saw every movie, played every game, and had my hands on every computer mentioned in the book... it was deja vu for me. The book... was awesome!
In what world would "good jeans" have a hole on it.
should be 5000 things the book did better
hi
0:47 Speak for yourself
THE BOOK IS MY LIFE
Only 5?
I disagree with everything you said except for the Net Neutrality thing. Probably because I got to see the movie twice first before reading the book.
It's the Prisoner of Azkaban all over again.
... only 5?
For the first time ever...the book was better
It's samantha
book > movie
This book and movie was created for Videogame nerds and geeks! I thought both book and movie was FANTASTIC!!!!! you cant judge this movie if you don't have a once of video game love smh
*Why is this video game movie so controversial* reasons would be the Director behind the camera is a genius. Using a game based movie which is by far so different from the book. to target game lovers which in today's world is what all teens do. Instead of watching somebody play a game. Why not watch a movie of somebody play a game in a virtual reality world. #Genius... Well played ma dude
This is the wrong person to share their thoughts about this movie/book. The nostalgia of that era is lost on her and comes across in her review as bias. I'm not a huge fan of the movie but I did really enjoy it knowing that the considerable changes had to be made to make it a more cinematic experience.
Old dirty Chuck Taylor's....such nice sneakers
The Book was definitely better
There he goes again, stephen ruining your favorite book.
Really disappointed in the movie. Especially how American movies ALWAYS, with like no exception, need to have (a) a car chase, (b) a martial arts scene - because obviously everyone know MA, and (c) final resolution using GUNS. Yes, GUNS. As if everything evolved, we have the oasis, flying killer drones.. but people still shoot guns like in the 1930s. So cliche.
There are also more focus on the love scene. And the ending, where in the book they end up in Canada, that part is totally missing.
I would love to read the book a 3rd time.
The book was definitely better. The movie had some really nice action scenes, but the deeper issues were entirely lost and disneyfied.
No the feul crisis was poorly done in the book there are already people now who would be fine if feul ran out by ether making ng thier own or doing without. They would form small cmumunities to survive. Have you never seen anything done by doomsday preppers
i read the book...and unlike Jaws..and sadly, more like Jurassic Park..Spielberg really makes the story tamer, duller and kinda DUMB for the movie audience. Both RPO and JP books are rich and just more exciting as a whole..they're COMPLETE and detailed stories.
The movies....not so much. i even feel at times that i was watching a YA adaptation while watching RPO the movie...Divergent, Hungry Games, Twilight, etc...and this is supposed to be a STEVEN SPIELBERG FILM.
i read the book..and really like it, even though i'm NOT a video game or VR guy... but unlike the movie..the book actually got me to understand and be IMMERSED into the world Ernest Cline creates and really enjoying the ride, while at the same time really getting what's going on..and the stakes of it all.
another adaptation by Spielberg i just thought of that let me down...Tintin...comic book series i grew up with... twas okay..not bad at all...but overall, it's just not as engaging as it SHOULD be. for a Tintin movie..AND a Spielberg action-adventure movie...
i hope, Spielberg doesn't do any more book adaptation, unless it's something like Schindler's List or anything serious like it. Let's see more E.T.s or Raiders of the Lost Arks-TYPE of movies... speaking of which..i don't think I WANT to see another Indiana Jones movie with a 70 something year old Harrison Ford in the title role.... oh well....
book was great, movie i wouldnt even watch. they nerfed the real world aspect because its too accurate as to the Big Tech corporations blood thirsty nature.