Shout by Chilkara
VIP109/10
I was totally engulfed in this film. Everything about it was well done. There was incredible character development, well-executed plot, and honestly an enjoyable world. There were multiple 'Inception' moments and SO many references to pop culture and the gaming world.
I thoroughly enjoyed the commentary on today's culture, and where we are going, taken to the extreme. It was neat to see the players who met online, meet in person and continue being friends, despite everyone being different in person. I really enjoyed that message as a gamer myself. Also funny to see commentary on corporate culture trying to take over any power available anywhere (in this case, a hobbyist gaming community.) Various good messages and insights on what the world has become/is becoming.
SUPER ENJOYABLE.
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The Oasis wasn't for a hobbyist gaming community, everyone was in there. They diluted the big ideas down to it being almost unrecognisable in the film. The Oasis was for everything. There was a school planet that was free to everyone and kids still had to go to school. That's where kids go to school, there are no physical schools. We'd pretty much run out of room which is why the Oasis expanded exponentially and encompassed all aspects of life . People worked in the Oasis. Some people lived in the Oasis pretty much coming out only to eat and drink because there was nowhere else to go. The reason the corporation wanted to find the egg was to get the Oasis (not even so much the money) and have absolute power over every aspect of peoples lives and monetise it. The corporation was legitimately evil in the book, they murdered the young kid.
They dumbed it down and basically just made it a game when it was so much more.
A good movie ruined by lame pop culture references and political agendas.
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@filmtoaster political agendas ahaha
Oh boy if one-line joke with one-line of of dialogue made the movie political. Than I'm really curious to see what you guys consider agendas free movies.
