Just take it as is...

Rating: 8/10 (10 December 2018)

The book was pretty awesome. The movie was entertaining and certainly worth watching. They are two separate entities that will never mesh, so don't bother with the comparisons.
I laughed pretty hard at some of the other harsh reviews. These people have no touch with growing up in the eighties so they don't get it AT ALL. The 80's totally rock and the Millenials will just have to wait for their own movie.