D for Disappointment

Rating: 6/10 (30 April 2019)

Alas or luckily, I missed the opportunity to read the source material before watching the movie, but thanks to this movie I will never touch the book or anything related to this franchise if it becomes one. And all boils down to the ending. The ending which boldly, with broad stroak, crosses out everything, literally everything it was "teaching" the protagonist and the audience.
Yes, it is a long nostalgia trip with critical overdose of Easter eggs. It looks good, it is mostly well acted, it has a nice concept of virtual space, and it has some genuinely good emotional moments. But the ending kills this all. The ending is so brutally backwards, so patronising, so technophobic and fairy-tale-logic-filled, I can only sigh, and slap a mark of disappointment on the flick.
Alas, poor Yorick, but your princess is in another castle.