Having been away on holidays I went to see Ready Player One without knowing anything at all about the movie. There was one thing which totally surprised me about the movie. At the end as the credits played was shocked to see "Directed by Steven Spielberg" flash on the screen. I really couldn't believe I'd just watched a movie by Spielberg.

Ready Player One is the story of life in the 2040's where people tend to shun the struggles of real life in favour of playing a virtual game the Oasis. Anyway the creator of the game as left some easter eggs in the game which need solving to gain access to a great fortune. Most of the movie is played out in the virtual world and Parzival is the online persona of Wade. He makes allegiances with various players including Art3mis. In common with lots of movies of this type you never really get much empathy with any of the characters. The plot is secondary to the visual effects, but they don't really have much impact as you don't really care less who triumphs in the game.

To be honest still haven't really gotten over the shock of Spielberg directing this. There is one thing for sure ... You can no longer rely on his name being involved with good movies.