Don't listen to the negative reviews! This movie takes you back to everything great.

Rating: 10/10 (10 April 2018)

I never read the book but, I also never go in expecting the movie to be just like the book. I go in knowing full well the limitations of time and technology that goes into making a movie. Nowadays though, that has been a big blur as technology has caught up quite a lot.
So with that in mind go see this movie and it will take you back to your first video game experience and your awe and wonder of how technology has come up in the world. From Pong to today's hyper real gaming systems. It will also take you back to the first great movie that put you at the edge of your seat waiting to see what comes next. This movie certainly put me on edge more than once. Also remember the first time ET met Elliot and you said to yourself, Aliens are cool and friendly. Or the time the DeLorean from Back to the Future first sped up to 88 MPH and you thought wow!!! how cool. Or remember the great on-line game you played and you met all kinds of cool friends from all over the world, and you actually met some of them and have been friends since then.
This movie is that and a whole lot more. This is really all new stuff with a bunch of old stuff mixed into one. The references are too numerous to mention or count but you will have a blast each time you recognize one of them.
Go see this movie for the pure fun of it. The pure enjoyment you will get from seeing all your favorite movie and game references. Go see it with lots of friends or family because you will be talking about it for a long time to come. I predict this movie will make the top 10 all time movie greats! but, if not I don't care because it will be engraved in my memory as one of them.