Too much like the book?

Rating: 8/10 (30 October 2013)

The book was written a long time ago. It's great, a real classic but it has a thoughtful vibe that probably suited the time more than it does now. If you read that book, and you no doubt enjoyed it you will feel that book in this movie in terms of tone, etc. That will be something great to experience and it's fun looking at how it was interpreted. (apart from mazer's terrible accent). Problem is you know the plot so... limited appeal. But if you're new to the whole thing you might well find this movie a bit ploddy in places, a bit old fashioned.... A bit... clunky. Yes the cgi is modern and yes the basic plot is still up there, but the enemy... nothing you haven't seen before now. But at the end of all that it's still almost brilliant, and well worth seeing. Just realise its inspiration is the cold war and back then Atari still made video games. Don't judge it and just enjoy the story, and you'll have a great time.