READY PLAYER ONE (2018) | MOVIE REACTION | FIRST TIME WATCHING
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"I understood that reference" the movie
omg thats the perfect comment for this movie lmao
Basically sums the whole thing up lol
An insulting postmodern monstrosity of a film. Baudrillard is screaming I TOLD YOU SO from his grave.
References are fun, until they get them wrong. Why the hell did they put in the Holy Hand Grenade and NOT count to 3?
@@raptorwithwings I think you mean
"1...2...5!"
"3 sir!"
"3!"
“Mr. Halliday, your not an avatar are you?”
Halliday: “No”
Wade: “Is Halliday really dead?”
Halliday: “Yes.”
Wade: “Then what are you?”
That gets me every time because it’s a direct Ghost in the Shell reference. It’s a copy of Halliday’s mind left to live in the Oasis. He’s a Ghost in the Machine.
At the time ( very early 80's) , my future wife, my sister and her husband ( my best friend ) rented a home with 3 bedrooms and living together we made one into a game room. We played Adventure so many times we lost count. That and Centipede along with Joust and Space invaders. My wife passed away in 2009, my sister and her husband (my best friend) have given up gaming a while ago. I'm into it still (now 69) as a first person shooter with Halo, Call to Duty, Tomb Raider and many more with my 5 speaker Gaming Chair, 48 inch Bravia , X-box 360 and an X-Box One. The best I can get to full immersion. But I smiled with the memory of Adventure and the many hours of joy we all had back then.That Easter egg is real had we but known.
One of the interesting facts was the actor that played Wade has driven a dilorian or however you spell it and knew you couldn't see going in reverse and had opened the door for that scene for the first challange.
2:46 This room is full of Star Trek references. You can see this man was a Trekkie. 🖖🥰
The book didn't have The Shining, so you don't have to worry about that.
Also, the author Ernie Cline is a huge fan of the movie Excalibur. The screening I went to had Cline in attendance. Afterwards, when he was signing my book, I asked him if that chant for the force field around the fortress (the Charm of Making from Excalibur) was Spielberg's idea or his. Cline got excited and said it was his and I was the first to ask him about it. He also asked if I also noticed it on the movie marquee in the beginning race and the poster in young Halliday's room at the end. He was really happy to meet another Excalibur fan.
dude! when i saw this at the theater and the guy said the charm of Making I started to clap because i loved it to death. Then iI noticed that everybody was just awkwordly looking at me. I think I was the only one in the room who got that Excalibur reference
I wonder how many people got the Excalibur reference.
The book is significantly different than the movie. I would say that they could have made the book into 3 full movies with each key being it's own thing. Great reaction!
I would have loved to seen it as a limited (7 part) series. I know people always say the book and movies are different, but in this case they 98% are. I read/listen to the book a few times every year and was absolutely disappointed with the movie.
The book was amazing and although I enjoyed the movie, I much preferred the book, especially the early exchanges between Parzival and Art3mis, which I felt was more authentic than the movie's sickly sweet Spielberg introduction of character's initial meeting. Just my opinion. The author's other book was also really cool. Called Armada, and had a similar feel to it as RP1.
@@sspsfivefivefive Armada feels like a love letter to the movie "The Last Starfighter".
@@yourlifeisagreatstory - I would love to see a Hyperlink edition of the book, with all the videos and music!
@@EShelby2127 theres a wikia page which contains all the references in order, i believe i came across it before.
also theres also an audiobook version (which is my favourite way to expereince the rp1 and armada books) and with that version a couple people have made a new version which includes some of the references, but not most of them called RP1SFX (it splits into two different creators halfway through).
But yeah... creating a hyperlinked doc would be a bit of work, although you could probably do it automatically for most of the references or just select the text and search google but i get it.
i'd love a series, the books story is wayy better than the movie, which although i enjoy, doesn't really make much sense story wise.
I think the simplest way i can describe the difference between the book and the film is that in the film Halliday worships nerd culture and the users of the Oasis and specifically the gunters just outfitted themselves in generalized references to nerd stuff and used that knowledge to try to find Halliday's easter egg. In the book Halliday is obsessed with one specific decade: the 80s. So any gunter had to have extensive knowledge of that one decade down to the most niche little known things that happened in nerd culture at that time and you had to know which of these things in that decade factored into Halliday's personal life. In the film you had to know the culture and surface level things about Halliday, in the book you needed extensive biographical knowledge of Halliday's life and you needed extensive historical knowledge of the 80s. Don't worry the book doesnt make it too dense lol
I am so happy they included THE SERENITY in this movie and it even made the youtube cut for your reaction! It's a good day!
My biggest cheer when I saw it first time round
It's just "Serenity".
I yelled "FireFly!!!😃" when I saw this movie in theaters.
Browncoats unite!
@@1515cci BrownCoat for life!😉
Some things you probably missed;
5:45 - Stuff in H's workshop: Lonestar's Winnebago from Spaceballs, an EVA pod from 2001: A Space Odyssey, a Battlestar Galactica Viper from the 1978 show, and a Buck Rogers Starfighter from the 1979 show.
15:20 - Aliens Pulse Rifle.
27:32 - The Sacred Charm of Making, from the movie Excalibur (1981).
31:30 - Characters from the Halo games.
31:30 - Todd McFarlane's comic character Spawn.
32:20 - Highly updated Mechagodzilla, not any of the classic ones.
32:38 - Serenity from the show Firefly, and the movie Serenity.
32:51 - Mobile Suit Gundam is a hugely popular anime in Japan and elsewhere.
34:22 - The Glave from Krull (1983)
34:52 - A 1978 Battlestar Galactica blaster.
41:52 - Robby the Robot, just standing in the background.
And of course the Atari 2600 games shown in the movie were all real, including Adventure and the Easter egg. They may look really primitive now, but at the time they were mind-blowing, especially considering that a year or two before, video games effectively didn't exist and the only thing you could do with a TV was watch it. The Atari 2600 paved the way for what the video game industry would become.
Huh? That badass Mecha-G was much closer to the original than the 2021 movie one.
@@riveraharper8166 I agree, however it's still not any of the classic versions, I was disappointed because most every other reference was an exact match to the original OK, Serenity had an updated appearance in the form of more lights and more greeblies, but otherwise looked the same. I mean, the Gundam, the ships in H's shop, the Iron Giant, the BG Blaster, etc, all were perfect replicas of the originals.
Maybe it was a copyright issue, but I would have liked to have seen an exact replica of one of the three original Mechagodzillas, rather than a re-imagining of it.
@@lurkerrekrul Well yeah. Okay.
However I liked it so much when he started to blast with his finger missiles. :)
That damn 2021 missed that.
@@riveraharper8166 I definitely agree that the American version of Mechagodzilla sucked.
@@lurkerrekrul If we agree on that that's enough for me. :)
I love how when he used the Zemeckis cube, you could hear the Back to the Future theme in the background.
There are a lot of references to Steven Spielberg projects. He was also good friends with Stanley Kubrick, who directed The Shining. The whole sequence was a dedication to his friend. On a different note, there is a parody of The Shining on The Simpsons. Mr. Burns owns the lodge and when the blood leaves the elevator, Mr. Burns says, "That's odd. The blood usually gets off on the second floor."
Plus the movie AI Artificial Intelligence started with Stanley Kubrick, and he gave it to Spielberg before he passed away.
This reaction was so worth it just for the revisit of The Shining and it lived up to the anticipation.
Yep. I can tell why it won her Steven Spielberg poll on Patreon.
Now I REALLY wanna see her watch Twister (1996).
It’s interesting how I-R0k is the only main character you don’t see in the real world. 40:20 I think it’s supposed to be implied that he found a way to transfer his consciousness into the game. 40:58 I love how he called his clan “the high five” when most of the game he was trying to get a high five from people.
Having grown up in the 70's/80's I am always blown away by how many pop-culture references the author was able to squeeze into one film. Every time I watch, I see something new that takes me back to those days.
Into one film? Did you not read the book?
@@DaveMcIroy Oh yes, I’m a big fan of the book…even more than the film.
@@RabidTribble, it's hard to understand why you even like the movie if you read the book.
90% was thrown out, some things make no sense. Surely the budget of 175 million was a bit tight and the inexperienced director Steven Spielberg didn't help and the fact that the guy who helped the script was only the guy who wrote the book had no idea of why the book was so good.
Actually it's harder to make to movie so bad with all these factors than making it good.
@@DaveMcIroy The book and the movie are very different products with different audiences, so I was able to separate and enjoy them for what they were. Hollywood RARELY moves from books to film in a way that satisfies fans, but I thought the movie was able to stand on its own.
Personally, I would love to see the material revisited as a mini-series or an HBO-style series so a more faithful telling of the story could be possible, but I was still happy with the film.
Excellent reaction, Addie. I'm so glad that you enjoyed Ready Player One (2018), even though you had to relive your trauma of watching The Shining (1980), back in October. I think that's the reason why it won your Steven Spielberg poll on Patreon. My dad & I saw the movie in theaters on Easter Sunday 2018 and we both enjoyed it. That scene with Chucky was the funniest IMO. I also love how Parzival drives a DeLorean from Back to the Future (1985).
If I was playing in the OASIS, I would drive Speed Racer's Mach 6 (with my own decals).
For me a light cycle from Tron.
This movie was so underrated. I loved it and I love your reaction to it!!! Great Job!!!
Great reaction to a fun movie! My favorite pop culture reference is that the spell to activate (and deactivate) the shield around the castle is the Charm of Making from the movie Excalibur.
And the Holy Hand Granade from Monty Python's Holy Grail... 2 movies I saw almost together at the time
Yes! Absolutely loved that. Excalibur is my all time fave.
The book is one of my favorite books of all time. The movie is great but there is so much more detail in the book it's like watching ten seasons of a TV show lol would love your review of the book once you finish it 😊
I agree, I think the book is 100x better than the movie and in my opinion is because it goes a lot more in depth but a 2 hour movie can only fit in so much so I understand
I usually roll my eyes every time some one pops up saying how much better the book was for whatever adaptation is in question. In this case though, it's so so much better!!!
The book is quite different to the film is some ways. Mainly because filming the tasks as written would probably be incredibly boring. The film is class. As a gamer of over 40 years, I LOVED it. And all the 80s references were fun to watch, having lived through them 😂
It would also have meant getting the rights to an absolute ton of different 80s movies, shows, and games for all the references. The tasks are very different but both work well in their own right. The book is definitely a good read, and the second book is good too. I enjoyed Ernest Cline's book Armada too. Had a real The Last Starfighter feel.
@@gregtalley1601 Totally. The rights to get all the references would have probably been astronomical. The film works perfectly and is a fine adaptation for sure 🙂
The digital recreation of The Shining hotel is incredible. They even duplicated the film grain.
Probably the only good thing in this movie.
@@DaveMcIroy Jesus man are you just bombing every comment here to drop a troll reply? We get it... you have poor taste in film. Get over it.
@@DaveMcIroy Then why are you here?
@@cyberingcatgirls7069, are you having a stroke?
@@DaveMcIroy Your trolling is weak and your strikes are telegraphed. Return to the trolljo and do fifty troll-ups.
Thank you Addie, for a great reaction! I can tell you that the book is even better than the movie, and not only that, the audio book, narrated by Wil Wheaton is also fantastic.
Loved the Audio book!
The actor who plays the main villain is Talos the skrull from Captain Marvel and Spider-Man: Far From Home, and Orson Krennic from Rogue One
And The Dark Knight Rises.
Loved this film so much, and so many nostalgic moments that reminds me of my younger days! The way things are going these days, that world might not be as far away as we all think.
My friend sent me this book on my kindle and told me to read it because I lived through all the references and am still stuck in the 80s haha. I started reading the book at like 9pm thinking I would read a couple chapters and move on for the night. Turns out I accidentally forgot to sleep and I finished the book and realized it was 5am. Only book I’ve ever read in a night. Favorite book ever. While I think the book is better the movie lived up to the hype
I loved this movie. I grew up with the advent of video games. Pong was my first gaming system. So seeing all the references from Pong up to modern games was a treat for me. Not just the games but all the movies and everything.
I will say that the part that got me the most was Haliday's smile when Parzival refused to sign the contract. That, "Oh good", and that look on his face breaks my heart.
Nice reaction, Addie! This is a fun movie to watch with lots of people. There’s something for every age group when it comes to the multitude of Easter eggs.
Oh I love this movie. It has everything I could ask for... great effects, action, Van Halen, cool settings and as much pop culture as can be crammed into a film!
The movie is crap.
Great reaction. I love this movie, love the book. I had a full-on nerdgasm when I saw this in the theater and heard them speak the Charm of Making from my all time favorite movie Excalibur. It's the "spell" they use to activate/deactivate the orb in RP1. Excalibur isn't as well known as the other pop culture references in this book/movie and I felt so validated as a fan when I heard the Charm. The author Ernest Cline must have been a fan of the film too.
A lot of the references in this film were changed from the book. I don't recall if the Excalibur reference was in it.
@@tjl9458 It was. I listened to the audiobook read by Wil Weaton
All I have to say is wow, you really enjoyed this movie even with missing like 75% of the references placed in the movie. I did especially like everything you did recognize. It really means you are paying attention to the movie you are watching. I've seen so many UA-camrs that react to movies and then ask a silly question because they missed things being explained to them like 5 minutes ago.
I tend to cut them some slack because their job is not to simply WATCH the movie but to react and comment on it.
Note that I said *_SOME_* slack. If they get lost they should stop recording, roll back and re-watch things until they catch up, then resume recording.
COME ON!?!? The Glaive from ‘Krull’!? Somebody was out of their MIND when they wrote this!!
And I’m reaping the benefits. . . 😆😆😆😆
Love you for reacting to this. I was beginning to accept the fact that UA-camrs didn't care about this movie 😂
Awesome reaction Addie! So much happening in this nonstop movie! The shining does bring back scary flashbacks!😮 Glad you enjoyed this movie and I look forward to seeing your next movie reaction! Luv ya Addie ❤💛
20:54 This was a pretty solid movie overall, but this particular reference endears it to me. Love that they used the amazingly ominous score...chills.
Love the movie, but the book is one of my top 3 of all time and it doesn't have too much in common with the movie. Would love to know what you think of it once you're done reading!
15:57 Exactly like Robert Zemeckis! The musical sting, as he activates the cube is from Back to the Future and he even drives the Delorean!
thank you for sharing your reaction. this was such a fun movie and glad that you enjoyed experiencing it for yourself 🙂
also i love the back to the future sting when he uses the Zemekis cube
RP1 is an incredible book and when the movie finally came out several years later it seemed impossible that they could incorporate as much of the book as they did. I kind of wish they could have done some things differently but I think it came out pretty good. Seemed fitting that it came out on Easter weekend.
H's reveal felt too rushed and a few key things that happened in the book were missing, but I think they were trying to avoid getting too dark to make it more appealing to a broader audience.
@@susanzenonian5085 In fairness, we could 100% do without the whole "Stalker Parzival" arc in the movie. xD
Yeah it was quite a bit different than the book but overall, I would say it was good.
Great reaction Addie like always love this movie so many references and Easter Eggs, there are 138 Easter Eggs in total in it its must be a record. Keep up the awsome work.
OMG yes! The reaction I didn't know I needed from Miss Addie ❤😍
The book is tons of fun. The structure of the book is the same but pretty much every detail is almost entirely different. It makes sense for the medium because the details in the film are more cinematic than what works in the book on the page. Also they had to clear all the references in the film.
"Surprise, It's Columbus!" is still the best city slogan of all time, right up there with "Say Nice Things About Detroit".
Oh yay ive been hoping for this reaction Addie... it was so much fun
@AddieCounts So happy you picked this movie because I love it. A lot of it has to do with old video games from the 80's and yeah I'm old enough to remember the big Easter Egg.
Halloday's childhood room could've been my room, or any one of my friends' rooms. It's scary how familiar it feels, every time I see it.
The cube can reverse time but it was used. It’s a one time use item
The magic spell "Anál nathrach, orth' bháis's bethad, do chél dénmha" was from the best King Arthur movie Excalibur.
Addie that was so much fun, ty for your reaction.
one of my favorite movies of all time
The guy who plays Sorento also played Talos in Captain Marvel and Secret Invasion.
The Iron Giant's thumbs up and death in the lava was reference to the Terminator 2 ending. This movie has so many Easter eggs it's hard to catch everything.
Now I would like to rewatch this movie. Thanks Addie. 🎮
As soon as I saw the alert and which movie it was I couldn’t wait to see your reaction to when they go for the second key. 😅
Awesome flick with lots of pop culture references. Thanks for the reaction!
The spell that was chanted for the orb was from the movie... Excalibur
Yeah for those like me who grew up in the 80s this movie is chock full of references to the 80s. It is a love story to that time frame and the pop culture of that time.
Seeing Halliday at the end makes me think that if he was such a big brained, sci-fi fan then he may have found a way to cheat death by downloading/copying his brain patterns to the system. Just like in Ghost in the Shell. Which explains that ambiguous answer before he said his goodbye. It also was a bittersweet moment because he accomplished what he wanted: a free world with unlimited possibilities.
the most unrealistic thing about this movie is that in 5 years no one tried going backwards at the start of the race
it would have been discovered in the first or second race. Feels like that part was written by someone that has never played a computer game. It is completely different in the book
I'm reminded of the Mike Tyson Easter egg / cheat thing which went undiscovered for, I think, decades - the bearded dude in the crowd nodding = you should punch.
So I wish the way to win involved turning at random points during the race which were "given away" each time by something happening in the crowd.
Hi Addie!🙂Great reactions to this immersive film!!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
the phrase to bring down the shield is from the 1981 movie Excalibur. Most reactors don't seem to realize even this is an 80's reference.
The way he got the first key in the book was so much more fun.
Your film choices are top tier
Only two things make me cry in this movie: MechaGodzilla starts the tears but Gundam makes them flow.
girl you are glowing keep doing what you love to do because you are amazing
I enjoyed this film in the theater and Steven did a good job in bringing back the old classic characters as avatars. People like this one for that reason despite its story. Nice reaction.
So glad I got to see this in theaters
The 70’s, 80s and 90’s it was my era. This film just makes my heart fly, I’m a kid, a teenager, and 20 something again! 🥹
Addie. Very good reaction. Thank u for sharing
I used to play Adventure a lot back in the day (it was one of about a dozen games I owned for my Atari 2600... they were expensive back then). After a while, just winning was kind of boring, so I came up with my own win critera: get every single item except for the bat and the chalice inside of the easter egg room (where the creator's name is), then release the bat holding the chalice so it would fly into the door of the castle and win the game. So I saw the solution coming before the characters in the movie did, which is a good thing, it means the logic of the movie world is solid. :)
So many little touches in this movie that I loved. I think one of my favorites (because it's so old/obscure) is the line art drawing of the demon face from the original S1: The Tomb of Horrors that they had painted on the back of their van.
As an 80's child and a gamer, this movie showcases pretty much my entire persona :P
This is a great movie! Love it! I am so happy you liked it too! So many homages to great movies in this one!
This movie is a meta smorgasbord. So many references crammed into one movie. But for starters you have Artemis' sweet ride which is the bike used in the anime Akira. You have the Delorean from Back to The Future, the T-Rex from Jurassic Park and King Kong just for kicks and giggles. Not to mention the Iron Giant. Which is definitely worth a view. 😂
The incantation to activate the Orb of Osuvox is taken from the "1981" movie Excalibur. It was the Spell that Morgana Le Fay used to trap Merlin the Enchanter.
The glaive thrown by Artemis is from the classic sci-fi/fantasy film Krull.
The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch from the Monty Python Comedy Troupe movie Monty Python and The Holy Grail. 😂
There are 138 meta references and easter eggs in this movie. Have fun cataloguing them all. 😂
Hearing Addie eagerly and excitedly say "put it in" is everything i want to experience with her in reality. 😘
woooow i just realize Rick is f'ng Cid from FF XVI
Great reaction. The Iron Giant dying is a Terminator 2 reference 😉
Not too many people in this day and age, and almost no reactors, have seen the 1981 movie Excalibur, so the Charm of Making chant (“Anal nathrach…”) used throughout the movie has become a VERY obscure reference.
There's actually 2 books now and i loved them both, also my Ready Player Two book is signed by Ernest Cline
So, so many video game refernces. Thanks for the reaction, Addie!
I read the book first, before the movie was made and loved it so much. I was born in 1977, so I grew up very much in the 80's when a lot of the references are, which was really fun. As movie adaptations go, this one was really well done. They changed and added some things, but in a way that preserved the style and feel while just making it more cinematic that would work better in a movie medium.
The Halliday that Wade was talking to in Oasis was a program using all his memories stored in the Journals to simulate him. Basically Halliday made himself immortal for as long as the building storing his memories existed in Oasis.
One of the things I love about this movie was the nostalgia. Back in the day before consoles came to be I was one of those teens getting yelled at by my parents for spending all my hard earned money one quarter at a time in the arcade. Galaga, pacman, joust, spy hunter and so many more.
This is a great movie! You have to watch it multiple times to catch all the refreneces and character cameos.
The book Ready Player Two explains Halliday still being in the Oasis
Steven Spielberg's best blockbuster film since The Adventures of TinTin (2011) and War Of The Worlds (2005). Great reaction! 👍🏿
I'd argue it's his best crowd-pleaser since "Last Crusade" (yes, I even prefer it over "Jurassic Park," which I've always considered a bit overrated).
Ready Player One is a really fun movie but the book is an absolutely incredible worldbuilding and nostalgia experience. Highly recommend the audiobook as it's read by Wil Wheaton :D
As someone who read the book, I will never forgive this movie for being this movie.
I wish I was the writer of the book, the minute he got told that Steven Spielberg himself was going to direct it!
for people above 40yr .... this movie is a treasure throve of throwbacks and easter eggs and 80's refrncs.
You'll enjoy the book too. It is really good and a lot of fun.
So many things to spot in this movie...and always worth watching again and again😎
Seeing as how someone can literally experience life in a digital world, i'd guess that Halliday was a "copy" of his brain pattern and placed into the creation he loved. Not to rule or control, but just to be among his creation and see how much people love being there.
Retro Nostalgia: The Movie. Based on Retro Nostalgia: The Novel
This movie has so many references to movies, games, tv series, it's insane.
Most of the references are from Spielberg’s career even in the movie’s ost
Fun movie Another good one is Alita battle Angel
Couldn't agree more! Alita is outstanding!
Also the henchwoman is Ghost from Ant-Man and the Wasp
29:59 If they directly show something in a movie, they will use it in the movie. Look up "Chekhov’s Gun".
This is in contrast to "Deus Ex Machina" in which suddenly a plot device appears with no explanation.
34:21 You have to watch the movie "Krull" to understand that weapon. I mean the movie is filled with easter eggs but that one doesn't stick out so much.
The book is amazing. I much prefer it to the film, but there are a lot of 80s pop & video game references. Hopefully you enjoy it as much as I did.
The strange words the guy spoke is called The Charm of Making. It's from the movie Excalibur. It's good; you should watch it.
Favorite inclusion in this film is definitely the "Charm Of Making" from Excalibur.