Sound effects make all the difference

Rating: 8/10 (18 April 2018)

This has been the second book to film adaptation I've seen in he past 12 months in which I've read the book and like the first one, this also held up very well.
Changing enough things to adapt it well for the big screen, if falling a bit short in some areas that didn't get the emphasis they deserved. Such as how dystopian the work really is now & how important that means the OASIS really is to most people. Or how much Art3mis really meant to Z, that seemed a bit rushed in the film.
The action sequences were good & the characters were done well. My only real problem with the film, which would have mad me give it a 9, was the sound effects. The Delorean time machine didn't have the classic BTTF engine sound, the Aliens pulse rifle didn't have its signature burst noise, Mechagodzilla didn't shriek as it was meant to. And I feel that just having the Gundam make the classic power up sound as the eyes flashed would have been a great touch.
Other than that a pretty solid film. There were some questions about how movements would actually be made in the OASIS vs real life, but it's all just little things which could have a few answers so no point in griping about that.