 Hey guys, Ryan here from Movie Nerds. I'm Scoot. And we just checked out the most awesome movie of all time, Ready Player One. It stars Ty Sheridan as he goes back, not so much back, but it's back for us. It's so much nostalgia. I know, too much. But he heads into the Oasis, a virtual reality world where you can be basically whoever you want, whatever you want, and basically whatever character you want from anything. Your sky's the limit. Your imagination's the limit, really. How do they do it? I'm going to let you know right after this. So Ready Player One, this is a story about our main character Wade Watts, played by Ty Sheridan. Yes. Up and coming, up and coming. Up and coming. He's our own man. The issue becomes when he starts forgetting Spielberg's name. Yes, yes. So Ty Sheridan plays Wade Watts. He's a kind of nerdy kid living in the stacks in Columbus, Ohio in the year 2045. The future is not the greatest. No. So everyone's decided to live in this virtual world called the Oasis. Yeah. Basically the imagination's the limit. And this is basically the framing of a very similar kind of story to Willy Wonka in that there isn't a... Yeah. So much so. That's exactly where my mind went to. My brain went to, too. Basically an adventure film where they need to unlock the secrets in this virtual world to basically get control of the virtual world. They're being chased down by old mate Ben Mendelssohn and his team from IOI. They really want to also get control of the Oasis. Yeah. But ultimately this is just... This is kind of just our launching pad into this great world of just anything you could possibly imagine. Literally name it and it's in this movie. We were going to do a video of all the Easter eggs from this film. And I started listing them at the start of the film. And then it just got ballistic. There is too. And there's no way you cannot keep... I have to see this movie about 10 times. Good luck, YouTube, on putting out a comprehensive video on this because... Yeah. If there's a guy on YouTube that does it, we're not worthy. It's going to be long but it's always up. That's true. It's true. There's probably about 15,000 references to games, movies, board games, books. If you like something from the 80s or 90s, 9 times out of 10, it's going to be in this movie. And I don't know what the licensing factor is, but Christ. It is only Spielberg who's going to be able to pull this off really. No one else has that kind of power. This is very similar to Roger Rabbit in that he's able to use his powers to get as much as he wants in this movie. And what I really liked is that he doesn't really spend any time saying, oh, look, here's the pulse arrival from aliens or it's just kind of there. It's for you to pick out, but they don't really call it out, which is kind of nice because it's... I mean, it'd be really easy to say, hey, look what this cool licensing thing we got. That's right. Yeah. And if you know what the movie was, you get the reference and that's what it is. That's as far as it gets put on the table. But I like to think that Spielberg went into every one of these conferences to try and get the license for these things and told them about the Reese's Pieces M&M story from E.T. And it was just like, look, we had M&Ms. We wanted M&Ms for E.T. But they said no. And now Reese's Pieces is the most memorable thing from E.T. outside of the alien. So they all just jumped at the chance. That's what I imagine he did. Yeah. But once again, it's Spielberg. How could you say no to it? Exactly. And I think we've got a... It's a really cool, compelling story. I think everyone's going to have a lot of fun with it. Let's talk about the cast. Cast? Ty Sheridan? He doesn't bring anything new to the table. I agree. So as long as his acting isn't terrible, that you kind of pick him out like a Hayden Christensen, then you've done your job. That's all you need to do. And I think what's great about this is that they... Obviously, these actors played the virtual selves as well in the VR world. That's right. So there's a lot of it that's kind of hidden amongst their avatars and slick hair and all this fancy stuff. So it does its job compelling that a lot of the real-life stuff is just him and virtual goggles. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So it's kind of similar to the Magics every time they're slapped in a chair, right? Ben Middleson stood out for me. Yeah, he had a much more bigger role because he's villainous in both the real world and the oasis. That's right. He got to do a lot more. So the other kind of supporting characters are Mark Rylance, who plays the creator of the oasis. And it's a really interesting role for him, right? Because you've seen him in Bridge of Spies. And this is more kind of what he did with the BFG in Skullberg. And he kind of plays it weird. He's kind of got this kind of real weird vibe to him. Not that creepy way, but yeah, very quirky. Yeah, yeah. And then Simon Pegg pays off Cider, who doesn't really get a lot of screen time, but I quite enjoyed him for the past year. It was different for Simon Pegg. Correct, yeah. It was, by no means, a comedic role. No. And for Simon Pegg, something totally different and a bit more of a dramatic role almost. There was no comedy tone to him whatsoever, which I thought was fine. No, it played a very serious part to the kind of story and ultimately a very human element to the story. And in a world where it's very, you know, 80% virtual, that's a really important part. Definitely. And the other part is that, you know, the film was 80-20, maybe live action to virtual. Yeah. But the stuff that was live action felt very Skullberg, you know. So much. The five leads kind of on an adventure together. It just happens to be they end up in a virtual world. And even the look of it, you know, there was a scene where it was placed in a bedroom and it just felt like I was in Elliot's bedroom from E.T. And it's the same, you know, Skullberg. Exactly. I just had that 80s, you know, orange hue. Correct. And I wasn't in a love set. Yeah. Sorry, sir. Yeah. But it is really nice to see kind of Skullberg back in, you know, audience mode. Yeah, 100% so. 100% You know, it's very much, this is very much an adventure film for us, the moviegoers. Yeah. It's a fan service. If you love Skullberg of any generation, especially the 80s, it's a fan service to you and the fans of Skullberg. Yeah. And you owe it to yourself to check this out, really. This is, this is, this is everything you could possibly want from this kind of movie, really. It's just kind of all the kickbacks to your favorite kind of Skullberg movies, I think. Absolutely. If that's what you're into, you're going to have a good time. And that's one thing I actually found funny, essentially about this film, that even though we had so much nostalgia in it, there wasn't really any throwbacks to any other Skullberg films. No. There was no Jaws. There was no E.T. The T-Rex from Dress Park got a little shout out. Yeah, it could have been just a T-Rex. Yeah, I know. Like, there was no, like, specific roar or anything. Yeah, yeah. And then, I mean, obviously the DeLorean plays a fairly big part. That's our main character's vehicle of choice. Just so no one throws any, I don't understand this. Yeah. Bilbo produced it. I'm going to direct it. Maybe it's a bit more lenient with the stuff he produced. That's right. But yeah, he was very adamant and fair call. It would feel weird referencing your own work, right? Yeah. I was like, how cool am I? I've got this in. Yeah, yeah, yeah, true. Good point. That was the point. My favorite part has to be probably there's a scene in the movie where they head into an actual real life movie that we've all seen. And it takes the nostalgia to another level. Yeah. It's rather than characters being, like you said, rather than characters being thrown in your face, you're actually there and you're... You're spending time, right? Yeah. The film is filled with like a lot of little things here and there. But this is, you're spending a good 5, 10 minutes of this film set in this world that once you see it, you'll know it, obviously. But it's a very well known thing. It's so like the second you're there, you're just like... Yeah. Was this shot with the parts of the movie that they use? Well, like obviously the Avatar character is a CG, right? But it's all the... Everything else, the backgrounds, the locations, they seem like they're straight from the regional reference material. Yeah. Very cool, very clever. However they did it. What was your favorite part? I quite like the third acts. I thought that was how it all kind of came together. You've seen in the trailer there's a massive big kind of battle. Yeah. And that was kind of just... It was absolute reference overload. There's stuff left, right and center, but there's still a real clear... It wasn't just a mess of things. That's right. This story and its clue purpose to it. So I appreciated that because it would be really easy to kind of get lost in just throwing out nostalgia and references and all this stuff. That's right. But Spielberg really kind of keeps it very level-headed and kind of makes sure that it's to drive the story forward. Set it beautifully. Can't say it any better than that. That's how I try. So should people check this out? Definitely. This is going to be one that you're going to have a really good time with. It's coming out much. This could have been very easily been a summer movie and maybe this summer is very busy. You've got Avengers coming out. Everyone's going to see Avengers. But personally, push that aside. Go check out this. 100%. If you love the 80s, love the 90s. If you love Spielberg, if you love anything, film. If you just love films, this is a movie you have to check out. Yeah, adventure movies. Anything that you kind of grew up liking as a kid, you're going to see something of it in this picture. Perfect. So I'm Ryan. I'm Scoot. Make sure you hit that subscribe button. Comment below and let us know what you thought of the movie. And until next time, in case we don't see you, we'll see you guys at the movies. Bye.