Free Guy

What I liked: I liked Guy. That is in fact the point but I like how happy, carefree, and wholesome he is in what is essentially Grand Theft Auto. I like what the NPCs decide to focus on as they achieve consciousness. I liked the ridiculous YouTubers getting all philosophical about Guy and how he radically changed game play. I liked that so much of the game economy was about silly skins, just like a real game, and how that completely confused the NPCs. I liked the fight between Dude and Guy and its resolution, it managed to stay very on theme. The item cameos were fun, like seeing the Portal gun, or the Fortnite piñata. I liked guy finding the med kit and building up an inventory. 

What I didn't: I am not be a lawyer but I am suspicious that there maybe more efficient ways of obtaining evidence of copyright violation than playing 12 hours of a computer game every day. With that in mind I think the evidence points to the heroine enjoying the game far more than she lets on. On the topic of legality, it seems pretty tenuous to make a deal when you could easily just have someone arrested for trespassing and publicly discredit their claims like by suggesting they planted evidence while they were trespassing. I am also suspicious that the deal they made was not legally binding. It seems like both parties would have ample grounds and incentive to renig. I also am not a computer expert but if the MMO that the entire world is playing is running off a single set of 4 servers with no redundancy built in, the people running the game are also not computer experts. I mean the lag time would be absolutely terrible. It also seems like even for an eccentric billionaire swinging an axe around in an office building would raise some serious red flags in security.  

Who should watch this? Anyone who has ever wondered what it would be like to live in Grand Theft Auto. Anyone who wonders what Ready Player One would look like from the other side. 

Would I watch it again? It was fun to see. I may go back and look for more easter eggs.