We recently viewed
Ready Player One. Let me preface this review by stating that I first read the book.
Holy MF sh*t. This movie is a steaming pile of "movie
based on the book". Aside from names of characters (at least those who are in the book), there is very little that ties the book and movie together. There are countless story f-ups just to f it up - Parzival & Art3mis and Wade & Samantha don't meet like that, why change the first key challenge like that?, where the hell are the gates after getting each key?, who the f is I-r0k?, Daito... (read the book), and the list can go on. The movie is just bad and Steven Spielberg should feel bad for butchering such a great book except that, you know, he got gobs of money from this thing so he won't feel bad. I got the book for Christmas and I'm not a super fast reader, but I finished it a couple of weeks ago and I
HIGHLY suggest you read the book if you already saw the movie. Wish I could unsee the movie. One haptic star.
The book is great. Right up my alley being 80's, fantasy, sci-fi, arcade games, etc... I remember playing Joust, Adventure, Pac-Man, and the like when I was younger. The details and visuals in my head were much better than Spielberg laid out in the movie and the twists and turns not in the movie tie the whole story together so much better. Read it if your interests are similar to mine. 4.5 haptic stars.