Ready Player One

 Ready Player One

-       2045: people want to escape reality

-       People r weirdly obsessed with the creator of Oasis

-       Family spends all their money on the game 

-       All upbeat music (80s)

-       Halliday dresses like an 80s person

-       Parzival (pure fool): hero of a medieval cycle of legends about the holy grail 

-      Returning to the Grail Castle

-       Again, Parsifal suddenly finds himself on the grounds of the Grail Castle, this time, however, with twenty long years of earned experience and humility. Again, he finds himself in the midst of the great feast and celebration where maidens brought out the Holy Grail for all to partake.

-       This time, however, Parsifal asks the question, “Whom does the Grail serve?” The simple act of asking the question immediately heals the Grail King and the entire Castle erupts in celebration! What is the answer to the question? “You, My Lord, the Grail King.” And what exactly does this answer mean? Very simply, we serve something far greater than ourselves. Carl Jung, the great psychologist, would say that by asking this question, one comes to the realization that the Ego now comes into service of the Self.

-       The goal of life is not merely to attain personal happiness. Rather, it is to serve the Grail – that is, to live a life not of ego but of our most authentic nature, our souls. As Robert A. Johnson so eloquently sums it up,

-       One can not pursue happiness; if he does he obscures it. If he will proceed with the human task of life, the relocation of the center of gravity of the personality to something greater outside itself,  happiness will be the outcome.”

 

 

-       Charlie and the chocolate factory vibes 

-       Weird eye contact with camera-------do they know theres a camera???

-       Back to the future music ???????---------same scorer

 

 

History of Fornite

-       First revealed by Epic Games in 2011; considered a combination of Minecraft and Left 4 Dead

-       4 players work together to scavenge resources to build fortifications, traps, weapons, and other objects to survive monster attacks 

-       Has won multiple gaming awards and 

-       In its first 10 months, it amassed an audience of 125 million players and netted 1.2 billion dollars in revenue.

 

 

 

-       hero in the medieval cycle of legends surrounding the Holy Grail; foreshadows the ending of the movie; within the medieval stories, Parzival alongside other Grail hunters discover the grail; they discover that the meaning of the Grail is to serve something greater than ourselves; when the film concludes, Parzival wins the game, inherits the OASIS or the “grail”, and changes the rules of the game for the better of society, shutting it down two days of the week so that individuals can spend more time in the real world; they also stop the wicked corporation IOI from gaining control; create a better virtual and non-virtual world 

 

-       Similar themes to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory---similar references; both film’s “heros” come from poverty; both Charlie and Wade Watts gain the key’s to the castle; wade gets the OASIS and Charlie gets the chocolate factory, both by following the rules 

 

-       THEMES IN BOTH: Escapism; both wade and Charlie are poor and friendless; find their calling in magical worlds; both characters learn that escapism is not as great as real connection; its not all about winning; life is about compassion, love, friendship, etc. those who treat people kindly will be rewarded.