If you have seen this movie it is because the references to the 80s- 90s and the Gamer culture of the trailer fell in love. And that is precisely what the film does: it launches which reference reference after reference to generate nostalgia in the viewer but lacks the necessary substance to go beyond videogame kinematics random views on YouTube.
When the references to the eighties take the protagonism, the film shines. There is a recreation of a certain classic scenario that generates a chute of fantastic nostalgia... but that is, a chute that ends up evaporating. The story and the characters do not have the necessary force for themselves to generate interest. They are even annoying when what they say or do attempts to distract from the almost endless torrent of winks and characters that can be found in the backgrounds. It is the opposite of what happens in "Stranger Things" and "Break Ralph!", Where history is served from nostalgia to boost and connect more with well-defined characters.
What is it going Ready Player One?
Ready Player One is going from a genius of computer science or something, very geek from pop and megalomaniac culture, which creates something like a Steam video game platform but more Tocha that calls oasis with virtual reality at the top.
And the world has gone to hell, because now people do all he does is play in it. Apparently, it is not necessary to work or anything. The food arrives flying with drones but nobody knows how they pay it. Surely with Sonic rings.
The fact is that the genius the palm, but a dumbledore type avatar is created (because he is the creator and should seem elderly and wise, clear) to announce that on the occasion of such an extraordinary event, he has hidden his eggs... Easter... some keys... three to be concrete... in his Super Tabo Virtual World, and the one who finds them all will inherit his ludic-virtual empire. Come on, like Charlie and the chocolate factory, but more cool and current. And in return he only asks all humanity to empolle his life and idolate him to find the p* asks. What comes to be, ask me please.*
And there our protagonist enters. As Spielberg is directed, it is impossible to anticipate that he is... oh, a teenager... oh, he is orphan... oh, his life is very unfortunate... Oh, but he has friends.
And nothing, his hobby is having wet dreams with the creator of oasis and finding the eggs of him. So it is focused on an avatar that seems taken from a cursory Final Fantasy or the cover of a box of graphic cards and plays and plays and plays, and one day knows a girl, of apparent female gender, with such a corny avatar as His who turns out he is super good playing and such. And he falls in love with her, but she passes from her. But when the prota finds the first key, then the thing changes and he already begins to molar a little and work as a team and such.
With it and more colleagues, and in addition to several breeds, so that everyone feels represented. Well, no, missing the Hispanic. But hey, at least there were two Asians and a very nice black girl.
But you know a thing, you should never fall in love with anyone's avatar, because the real person could be a cute girl with an antiesthetic spot on the strangely complex face. But calm that she does not have time for nonsense because you know... She has to avenge her father! Because he was killed by an evil corporation Yes, yes, seriously! And he is riding a rebellion! Take now.
Because you know, I forgot to tell you that there are bad in this movie. From a rival megacorporation of oasis that wants to seize him to destroy it and thus keep the whole market video game and earn a lot of pasta (we go, those of EA or something like that). And he is directed by the George Bush of the video games, which is also an uncle who does not like and above was a resentful fellow that worked with the genius that I mentioned above.
And also a lawyer goes out or something like that, who knows martial arts, who does and says little relevant but it is very good. But she is bad ... pity.
And I do not tell you anymore, it's not going to be deducing cleverly who stays with oasis.
The fact is that there is a mogollion of references to pop culture, or popular, as you want to call it. Naturally as many as licenses have been able to pay, of course. So to look for them, as if it were a letter soup, until the coconut explodes!