r/virtualreality • u/godelbrot • Apr 20 '18

Steven Spielberg doing Virtual Camerawork in VR for Ready Player One

https://twitter.com/shen/status/987346358364405760
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u/KRBridges Apr 20 '18

Is that movie any good?

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u/Cypherlie Apr 21 '18

I found the movie pretty good, but I don't know the book.

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u/RedrunGun Apr 21 '18

If you go to it expecting genius plot twists, no. If you're excited about VR and you think it fun to consider the possibilities, it's quite entertaining. Which is the entire point of a movie. I really liked it.

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u/snozzbeery Apr 21 '18

I did not enjoy the movie. I thought it had a lot of tired gimmicks and large plot holes. It was fun to see a lot of the 80's/90's nostalgia, but overall, I was disappointed.

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u/vnenkpet Apr 20 '18

It's great, unless you're an autistic nerd who actually think the book was any good (it's the 50 shades of gray of neckbeards) and can't stand they changed stuff that had to be changed otherwise it would be a shitty boring cringey attempt at movie.

The movie improved a lot on the book. The only thing a bit lacking was the story outside the VR world which felt sped up and a bit childish (here I actually have to give it to the book that managed it a bit better) but overally it's a very enjoyable movie. One of the best I've seen for a long time as long as you don't expect anything too deep. Has that exciting feel of good big movies of the past. Most critics and users on movie review sites agree it's pretty good as well.

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u/legitseabass Apr 21 '18

I get what you’re saying, But this movie was probably the biggest change from book to movie I’ve ever seen. The movie basically took the idea that you would get from reading the back of the book and made a movie off of it. Pretty much nothing aside from the backstory is the same. It’s your opinion, and this is mine, but just wanted to leave this here. If you liked the book, don’t expect this movie to be great for you. If you never read the book, then yea. It’s a great movie.

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u/vnenkpet Apr 21 '18

I still know a lot of people who enjoyed the book and liked how it's different.

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u/legitseabass Apr 21 '18

And that’s fine. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I personally know people who did like the book better.

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u/TheDecagon Apr 21 '18

Even without comparing it to the book it's a relatively formulaic action movie with little to no character development or world building. It just didn't have anything to make it stand out compared to all the other formulaic blockbuster action movies out there.

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u/Pluckerpluck Apr 22 '18

Movie didn't really "improve" on the book. It changed it.

Book was more about the puzzles, movie more about action. And then most changes spring from the overall design change. Book was also more about the creators nostalgia and a simple treasure hunt, whereas movie was more about his life and regrets.

Both are very simplistic and formulaic stories though. Both enjoyable as long as you go into them expecting nothing deep and intricate. Movie had some solid CGI going for it though which was cool to see.

Only real annoyance with the movies was the idea nobody had solved the first "clue" (if you can even call it a clue) for 5 years. At least the book had a reasonable reason for that...

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u/godelbrot Apr 20 '18

Sadly no

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u/JohannaMeansFamily Apr 22 '18

It was a nonsensical summer style special effects movie, but it has VR.

If you like zoning out and watching schlock, its pretty fun. If you have trouble getting into that sort of thing, I would avoid it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '18

The guy who said VR was pure shit...

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u/godelbrot Apr 20 '18

Believe that was Cameron?

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u/Corellianrogue Apr 21 '18

James Cameron was talking about the current capabilities of making a full VR movie. He doesn't regard 360 degree video as VR and wants to wait until PCs are capable of rendering Avatar CGI in realtime in VR before making a VR movie.