Another potential classic wasted

Rating: 7/10 (15 April 2018)

I never knew steven spielberg though i watched most of his movies and i was amazed to know that he directed saving private ryan (one of the classic war movies). The first question that came to mind then was , what is so different about both movies ( other than the genre) ?
first thing on the top of my head was: A purpose.
I felt that mostly everything in Ready player one had no purpose or message and it was just another show of visuals or action scenes( which were splendid by the way)
There was no meaning to the format of the tournament. No meaning to kira's character. No meaning to the rebellion. and much much more. I kept waiting for a moral or transformation but all i found was a bad ending and dissapointment.
the movie had absolutely no character development and below average dialogue. It makes me sad that a book rated 4.3/5 became such a movie.
This movie could have been a classic like the dark knight trilogy in the superhero movies, Godfather in the mafia/organized crime movies e.t.c
" A creator who hates his own creations"