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Review: Ready Player One

Yes, I’m that guy. Im the kind of guy that reads a book after they’ve made a movie about it. Im not ashamed of it; i just like movies better. I saw Angels and Demons and then i started reading Dan Brown, much to the ire of many of my friends. Didn’t really care back then, don’t really care right now. And it is sort of my opinion that sometimes movies get them better than the books. Movies make real the fantastic and unreal worlds and characters in the books. For those of us who cant really imagine the specifics of the books, movies make it easier for us. The only problem is since a movie can only be of a certain time limit, it tends to gloss over some of the finer details. But thats a small price to pay for everything that a movie could be.

I explained too much again didn’t i?

So, recently “Ready Player One”, a book by Ernest Cline was made into a movie. Not that big of a deal, books get made into movies all the time. The big deal is that Steven Spielberg is directing it. All of Steven Spielberg’s movies have been visual wonders, all of them except ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom the Crystal Skull’. I guess Shia LaBeouf JUST couldn’t  DO IT, huh? Ugh, I’m so bad at puns.

After the trailer dropped for “Ready Player One” and seeing the DeLorean Time Machine, Freddy Krueger, and The Batmobile in a 3 minute window, i was positively drooling.So…..i bought the book.

I know it doesn’t seem like it, but i intended this to be a review for Ready Player One( the book) by Ernest Cline.

The premise of the book is kinda of your run of the mill dystopian future setting. Fossil fuels are depleted, there are energy wars being fought all over the world, and futuristic technology has taken over the fancies of the entire population. The protagonist of our story is Wade Watts, a teenager living in this version of the future with only his movies and video games to keep him company.

The Oasis, a virtual reality video game that has some of the advanced technology ever made. Every single person alive in this dystopian future is a player in Oasis, including Wade.

The book revolves around an Easter Egg hunt, designed by the creator of Oasis, which will give the person who finds it half a trillion dollars and controlling interest of Oasis. So, Wade, along with every Gunter(Egg Hunter) in the Oasis sets of to find it, naturally. There are evil Conglomerates added in for good measure. None of this seems all that special, buts its in the details that Ernest Cline proves that he is the biggest geek of us all. There are more 80’s and 90’s pop culture refereeces stuffed into this book, than i can possibly count, thankfully i don’t have to. There are 349 pop culture references stuffed into this book, along with another 50 or so Historical, Philosophical and Literary references.

I didn’t get a lot of these, but the ones i did get made me genuinely smile to myself, sorta like when you get a funny text during class, and you smile like an idiot in an attempt to stifle your laughter.

Ernest Cline has managed to paint a picture of the most interesting dystopian future i could’ve ever imagined, and managed to fit a plot into it. if you’re interested in a well laid out story, this book isn’t for you. if you’re interested in geeking out over the 80’s and 90’s, well then this is definitely the book for you.

One of the most noticeable differences between the book and the movie(based on the trailer) is that Steven Spielberg has dumped all the extremely geeky references, like; Tennis for two was the first video game ever made  in  exchange for mainstream references like King Kong and the Iron Giant.

Since this is the first book review I’ve written, I’m not in the best position to rate the book. But this is a wonderful book, and a must read for anyone who loved the trailer for Ready Player One. Or if you’re having exams and need a way to waste time, this will do the job just fine.

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War Dogs : Review War Dogs is one of those movies which might not be a blockbuster financially, but is still much better than recent movies by big studios( which featured two fully grown men fighting in capes). War Dogs follows the story of two 20 something men, as they enter the world of international arms dealing. Both Jonah Hill and Miles Teller give exceptional performance's and the noteworthy story(based on true events) and pacing,makes it a visual treat. Bradley Cooper plays a minor role in the movie,but lacks his signature charm that we've come to expect from him. The editing is something that has to be mentioned above all, because that is really what made this movie. Do I recommend it for a night at the theatre? Yes. My rating: a solid 8/10

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Jason Bourne: Review

Jason Bourne marked the return of Matt Damon as rogue black ops agent Jason Bourne. After the disaster that was “ The Bourne Legacy” (no offence to Jeremy Renner, he’s done wonders as Hawkeye), “ Jason Bourne” had more expectations. But unfortunately, it failed to deliver. The whole movie was shot as if it was on shaky cam the whole time. It lacked all the high octane,precision action scenes that we had come to expect from the first the three movies of the series. But,to be honest, it was fun to see Matt Damon in an action role once again,and despite the shaky cam, there were some interesting camera work at play. Do I recommend it for a night at the theatre? No. Do I recommend it for the DVD version? Yes. My rating :5/10

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Throwback to Avicii's concert at the Bahrain GP

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James Bond. The most famous spy of all time. But does anybody know of the past of James Bond.?? James Bond is supposed to be the alter ego of the writer,Ian Fleming. James Bond was the life that Fleming wanted to live. Ian Fleming wanted to have adventures, meet woman, have life changing scenarios and James Bond was his way of doing so. When Fleming wrote the first Bond book, Casino Royale it was received with so much negative reviews that at first he was disheartened by this. Casino Royale was too much on sex and snobbery and it just wasn't made for that era. As time passed by Fleming became stuck as to what to do with the Bond character and in a moment of desperation, he signed over the rights for Casino Royale and it was made in Hollywood, just that instead of James Bond, the character was called Jimmy Bond. If you want to know more about the story of James Bond, watch the film "Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of James Bond"