While the core premise of a self-conscious AI emerging in a video game world certainly is interesting, the execution is beyond stupid.
There are so many themes and questions a story like this could have explored, but no, we get a Saturday cartoon level of story and character development.
Not to mention all of the technical BS that kept me facepalming... guys, you invite vets to help you make military movies; scientists to consult on scientific aspects in movies (sometimes, at least), etc. Why not consult someone who knows literally anything about how video games work? Or coding, or computers, or servers, or video game engines... i mean, this is at the very center of this story, and yet you got literally everything wrong about it.
Yes, ok, the VFX were fine, even impressive at times, and Ryan Reynolds certainly does a good job at playing his favourite character - Ryan Reynolds, but come the fk on, why does the story have to be so mind-numbingly stupid?
And the fact that the ratings of this movie are so high makes me wonder how far off are we from Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho running for the president.
There are so many themes and questions a story like this could have explored, but no, we get a Saturday cartoon level of story and character development.
Not to mention all of the technical BS that kept me facepalming... guys, you invite vets to help you make military movies; scientists to consult on scientific aspects in movies (sometimes, at least), etc. Why not consult someone who knows literally anything about how video games work? Or coding, or computers, or servers, or video game engines... i mean, this is at the very center of this story, and yet you got literally everything wrong about it.
Yes, ok, the VFX were fine, even impressive at times, and Ryan Reynolds certainly does a good job at playing his favourite character - Ryan Reynolds, but come the fk on, why does the story have to be so mind-numbingly stupid?
And the fact that the ratings of this movie are so high makes me wonder how far off are we from Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho running for the president.
