A visual treat and thoroughly enjoyable especially if you're a gamer.

Rating: 10/10 (3 April 2018)

Where do I even start with this visually stunning film? Spielberg once again proves his worth as one of the true heavyweights of film making.
Set in the future, a virtual world known as OASIS has a fierce competition running to see who can find the easter egg hidden which was left behind by the worlds creator, James Halliday. Anyone interested in taking on this challenge first needs to find three keys which themselves are hidden and can only be found by uncovering the riddles left by Halliday.
The main enemies are a company called I.o.I which I'm guessing is a reference to Laugh out Loud? This company has thousands of people employed in the quest to try and figure out the riddles and get the Easter egg for their greedy CEO.
It's a relatively straight forward plot that's done up like a dogs dinner with a plethora of truly amazing visuals, references to just about anything pop culture/video game themed and fast paced action scenes (the car race towards the beginning of the film is PURE EPIC!).
I can't comment at all on the book as I haven't read it, but from what I've heard it's fairly different to the movie, which doesn't at all surprise me considering how different Spielberg made Jurassic Park to it's respective novel.
Without rambling too much, Ready Player One is visually a treat for the eyeballs and anyone who's a gamer will enjoy this movie. It's a film that really throws a tribute out to the gaming industry giving a thanks for helping us escape reality when we need it the most. I had no idea Spielberg was so interested in the gaming industry.
Definitely worth checking out especially if you've got kids who spend alot of their spare time playing video games, take them to see this, they'll love it!