Dir: Steven Spielberg
A milquetoast main character that lacks charisma, blatant cliches, and lazy direction, Ready Player One is fan culture fodder that is painfully unoriginal. Ben Mendelsohn and supporting cast do their best with little to do; and one interesting, original sequence involving The Shining shows potential, but the third act is lazy: many jokes flop, the acting is beyond terrible, and too many coincidences led me to believe the film would be written-off as one long dream sequence. References to beloved properties feel tacked-on, uninspired, reminding me of better films with compelling characters/plot lines. It flounders what Super 8 accomplishes effortlessly (6/10).
