Good for what it was, bad when comparing to the book.

Rating: 6/10 (18 April 2018)

I found that in comparison to the book this movie was about 20% correct. I guess I've come to expect more perfection out of Spielberg movies as he usually does very solid work. That being said outside the book this was a 7* movie by itself but it could have been and 8* or 9* had it the book more closely.
On closer review all 3 Keys and gates were almost entirely wrong, though they pretty much nailed the last 1 on 1 scene.
The stacks in the real world were correct and done very accurately but he was never caught until he wished it. In fact it was only after finding the original key near his online school (in the book) that he actually earned sponsorship (real world money) to move away and plan his whole invasion of IOI.
In the Oasis he had no money to start, and he couldn't travel anywhere, which is part of the reason he found the copper key in the first place. there was absolutely no drag race.
Without doing a side by side book to movie for it's entirety let just say it was and wasn't the same story. They took enough away that it wasn't the same but the characters, main plot line, and ending were pretty exact. do yourself a favor and read this book! Especially if you have watched the movie first you will appreciate one of the best sci-fi/fiction books to be put out in quite some time.