Review of Ready Player One (2018) by Mendietta — 29 Mar 2018

Not all adaptations are true to the original text as books and movies are different beasts, however you do expect the core of the book to intact, and the characters done justice. Unfortunately Spielberg has not done that, the story is diluted and weak, the characters paper thin with no depth. For all the special effects (which are great) and the cinematography (fantastic), it does not help hold the film to greatness. It's a shame since they spent alot of time and energy getting the rights for so many IPs into this film and if you had a remote and a copy of the film, you could pause it and check out every single easter egg and name every single character they have squeezed in, but that would mean watching this again, which is simply not happening.

Stick to the book. It's fantastic, and really captures what it means to gamers to be part of the game.