Game mountain

Rating: 7/10 (30 July 2018)

Which is what "Spiel Berg" means translated from German into English. I guess there is a joke in there concerning the movie too. But back to this one and a first confession: I have not read the book, so my review but more importantly my rating are "free" from any knowledge or background of that. Of course I am aware of many of the references in the movie, being a gamer myself, but also a massive fan of movies.
Even so, I could not spot all of them and I'm pretty sure many out there have the same "problem". So if you want all of them, you probably have to watch the movie again. It might not fit in well with some of the story elements (very cliche), but it will help to keep an eye out for the references. Although for some you may want to google and find out when they come up (blink and you'll miss them).
The movie itself is well made, but you knew that with Spielberg on the helm. Even if you were surprised him doing a movie like that, it still makes sense. Life is a game then ... or may become one. There is surely a lesson there somewhere ;o)