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I was provided a gift card for the movies and I used it to see Ready Player One. I was also given a Ready Player One prize pack for myself and one to give away… to you!!! Opinions are my own. I’ve been so excited to see Ready Player One. I received the book in the February Loot Crate in 2015 themed Play. It wasn’t until a couple of months ago that I actually got around to reading the book. Once I did I was all in. Not only did I read the book but I also listened to the audiobook read by Wil Wheaton. I loved the books.

What did I think of the movie, though?

As an action adventure movie that is a good family movie I would say this definitely on point. the movie and the books diverge in many ways. Not bad ways but they just diverge. Many characters in the movie have larger roles then they had in the book. Key action points that a character in the book does become action points for another character in the movie. One character from the book who is a bit of a throw-away character has a much larger role in the movie and is played well and for great comedic effect by T. J. Miller. He certainly brings the character of I-R0k to life in an interesting way. Ben Mendelson plays the IOI head Sixer, Nolan Sorrento, to his creepy best. The casting choices were excellent including casting for Aech, they really got that character right.

I understand why they beefed up certain roles and changed so much of the book. While the book plays out like a movie in my head it does get bogged down in minutiae that you can do in a book that doesn’t translate well into a movie. Also, there are things in the book that might not have worked like watching a character play a video game like Joust or Pac-Man. I did wish that they were able to get the rights to either Wargames or Blade Runner in order to do those scenes but the way they incorporated a movie as one of the challenges was good, too.

The challenges in the movie are entirely different and the notion of there being a key and then a gate is done away with. The keys are what remain for the movie and again that is to move the action along. It was a long movie but it goes by so quickly. I did need to stop comparing it to the book in my head many times. I can’t decide if it would have been better to see the movie before reading the book or done it the way I did it. But, it was definitely worth the watch!

Well, I have a great prize pack to offer you. Not only will you get the essential Ready Payer One swag but also the book and Fandango passes to see the movie! Here is what is in the prize pack!

• t-shirt
• button pins
• book
• tote bag
• water bottle
• screen wipes
• Fandango code carrier valid for up to 2 tickets to see READY PLAYER ONE in theaters

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More info about the Ready Player One Movie:

AN ADVENTURE TOO BIG FOR THE REAL WORLD

From filmmaker Steven Spielberg comes the action adventure “Ready Player One,” based on Ernest Cline’s bestseller of the same name, which has become a worldwide phenomenon.

In the year 2045, the real world is a harsh place. The only time Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) truly feels alive is when he escapes to the OASIS, an immersive virtual universe where most of humanity spend their days. In the OASIS, you can go anywhere, do anything, be anyone—the only limits are your own imagination. The OASIS was created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday (Mark Rylance), who left his immense fortune and total control of the OASIS to the winner of a three-part contest he designed to find a worthy heir. When Wade conquers the first challenge of the reality-bending treasure hunt, he and his friends—known as the High Five—are hurled into a fantastical universe of discovery and danger to save the OASIS and their world.

Three-time Oscar winner Spielberg (“Schindler’s List” [director & picture], and “Saving Private Ryan” [director]) directed the film from a screenplay by Zak Penn and Ernest Cline. It is based on the novel by Cline, which has spent more than 100 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller List, recently climbing to the #1 spot, as well as reaching #1 on Amazon’s Most Read Fiction chart. “Ready Player One” was produced by Donald De Line, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Spielberg and Dan Farah. Adam Somner, Daniel Lupi, Chris deFaria and Bruce Berman served as executive producers.

“Ready Player One” stars Tye Sheridan (“X-Men: Apocalypse,” “Mud”), Olivia Cooke (“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,” “Bates Motel”), Ben Mendelsohn (“Rogue One – A Star Wars Story,” “Bloodline”), Lena Waithe (“Master of None”), T.J. Miller (“Deadpool”), Philip Zhao, Win Morisaki, Hannah John-Kamen (“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”), with Simon Pegg (the “Star Trek” and “Mission: Impossible” movies) and Oscar winner Mark Rylance (“Bridge of Spies,” “Dunkirk”).

Behind the scenes, Spielberg collaborated with Oscar-winning director of photography Janusz Kaminski (“Schindler’s List,” “Saving Private Ryan”), Oscar-winning production designer Adam Stockhausen (“The Grand Budapest Hotel”), Oscar-winning editor Michael Kahn (“Saving Private Ryan,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark”) and editor Sarah Broshar (“The Post”), and Oscar-nominated costume designer Kasia Walicka Maimone (“Moonrise Kingdom”). The score is by Oscar-nominated composer Alan Silvestri (the “Back to the Future” films, “Forrest Gump”).

Warner Bros. Pictures and Amblin Entertainment present, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, an Amblin Production, a De Line Pictures Production, a Steven Spielberg Film, “Ready Player One.”

Opening on March 29, 2018, in 2D and 3D in select theatres and IMAX, the film will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures. This film has been rated PG-13.