Was not expecting much, still got disappointed... (mild spoileralert!)

Rating: 2/10 (5 April 2018)

As the title said i did not get my hopes up when i heard about the upcoming movie. Since i have suffered through the total raping of one of the dearest storys of all time, The Hobbit movies, i was on guard about such things.
Still the total destruction of the plot and the characters has taken me aback. Throughout the entire movie we (with my fiancÃ©e) sat there dumbfounded with an undiscribeable uncomfortable feeling... Why? Why did they change the trials? Why did they change the personality of the characters? For the love of God, why did they change Shoto's name?
At the very beginning, when Wade slid down from their trailer on that pipe like a sturdy firefighter in an Axe commercial, i knew this can't be good. From there the horror grew and created a chaotic, meaningless Hollywood goo. The characters became simple and dumb, sometimes entirely the oposite of the original (for instance Art3mis acting slutty and pushing?!?!?!). The importance of the gates vanished, and so did the original role of Og... I could go on forever about the details of the disappointment, but the main thing is: there was no valid reason to change all of it.
After seeing the movie i heard that Ernest Cline helped "adapting" the book to the screen and my first thought was that after his second book (Armada) they should have known that Ready player one was a furtunate gift of god, and that he (Cline) shouldn't be allowed near this amazing story again. Seriously: they should take this masterpeice from him like a child from an abusive father, and never ever let him get his claws on it again... ever... god I'm angry!
To be fair: yes the CGI rocks, there were a few good action scenes, and easter eggs about the 80's (and surprizingly the 90's???), but i really can't imagine anyone who did not read the book, understanding the movie, and i deffinately can't imagine anyone who read the book, enjoying this tragic pile of excrement.