Movie failed to be a set of cliffs notes

Rating: Null/10 (25 January 2019)

The movie was a total p.o.s. I tried to appreciate the movie as a stand alone source of entertainment... but i couldn't. I have read the book multiple times and it isn't the 80's referances that endeared it to me as much as it was the character growth and development, as well as the growth and development of the relationships between the characters. Dont get me wrong JDH isnt much older than I am in the book so all the ideas and references were familiar and had all the comforts of home.... but the movie was an insult to anyone who read the book. The movie left me empty like someone you had cared about and trusted your whole life had just abandoned you and left you without even a good bye letter. I really enjoyed reading armada as well, another Earnest Cline novel. Hey @earnestcline if you make Armada into a feature film please keep it out of Spielberg's reach and not let it become completely decimated as RPO was. Let Peter Jackson redo Ready Player One and do a two parter or a three parter maybe. And for God sake dont be intimidated by the pressures of Hollywood to give it makeover so everyone is flawless. Make it raw.. make it right. So disappointed.