What, a book?

Rating: 9/10 (5 April 2018)

I for one hadn´t read the book before watching the film a few days ago. Heck, I didn´t even know there was a book that the film is based on. And as all the infuriated folks here state it´s just based on a book, the basic idea is the same but it´s not even trying to be accurate, they are not even trying to advertise it as something related to a book. That said I´m glad I didn´t have any former knowledge of the plot and universe before entering the cinema; it seemed like a cool videogame-film and that it certainly was.
I was surprised that it happened mostly in the virtual world but I´m glad it did and that I saw it in 3D, a format that I usually despise a bit because the studios force it on every film. Visually it was really pleasing and an immersive experience. Sure the plot has minor gaps and the characters don´t develop that much during the story but I feel like it´s not that much about individuals rather than how different people come together in an online community. As a gamer and a citizen of the interwebs I can relate to the characters well and the whole story is an interesting ironic perspective to where the society may be heading to.
There´s a lot of pop-culture references that work well in the video format, some they could explain but I think that would work better in the book. Now that I´ve seen it I feel like I should read it as well, but still think of them as two different works of art as they are different medias.