An Adventure With A Lot To Say

Rating: 8/10 (30 March 2018)

Yes it wasn't 100% faithful to the book, but boy it was quite an adventure that had much to say about our current times. You should know the plot by now, if you don't, watch the trailer. I went into it thinking it was going to be another questionable book movie, but I was pleasantly surprised to see how much it had to say bout our society and humanity. Other than the obvious one of our interest in video games because of our disappointing lives. But more than that it discusses things like the use of micro-transactions that ruin peoples financial situations, why we cherish friends or significant others even though we only know them on the internet and have never met them, and many other things. So this is classic sci-fi in the sense that it has something to say about our current society and culture.
And about the inaccuracies to the book, there weren't to many, and I won't elaborate so I wont spoil anything, but honestly the inaccuracies didn't really take away from the film like many other times in book adaptations or remakes. The special effects were obviously beautiful and I was visually dazzled the entire time. The problem with most CGI orgies like Marvel movies and many others, is they lack the story to make it great, and thankfully this film did not fall into this category. It retains spectacular visuals while still maintaining a good story to keep you at least mildly engaged. I came for the visual effects, and left with a surprising feeling that it was much more than that. Some of the humor in it was hit and miss, some I laughed at, and some I rolled my eyes and felt it was lame, but again it doesn't take away from the experience.
Would definitely recommend it, even to purists who read the book.