Pointless cgi movie for kids

Rating: 1/10 (13 April 2018)

Apart from the many references to all the greatest movies made in the last 40 years and great rock songs from the 80'ies, this movie dont have a lot going on.
The main character Wade, is in the movie less than his Manga toon looking avatar in the Oasis (the VR world) where people spend most of their time. Appaerently they never work.
Wades story in the real world (the cliche-ridden dystopian future, where everyone is poor, but can some how still afford VR glasses and suits and tread mills and yet they live in slum) could have been interesting. But after less than 8 minutes Wade is is his avatar in Oasis. And for the rest of the very long movie Wade is only himself for a total of 30 minutes. Halway through the movie his aunt is killed. His last living relative. And yet Wade doesnt seem too bothered by it. He doesnt mourn her death for even a second. I guess that's rule number one in 21st century scifi movies: when somebody dies, nobody gives a shit. Like when Han Solo died in the afwul The Force Awakens.
Wade falls in love with another avatar, who also looks like a manga toon, even though the human girl Samantha who owns the avatar is way more hot. This very attractive girl has a huge birthmark on her face, that she for some reason tries to hide, like it's something hideous.
Some dead rich nerd who invented the Oasis offers a reward of his entire fortune to whoever can find three keys and an easteregg. Everytime he appaears in the Oasis, he looks like Gandalf from LOTR. And even though he died long ago, he appears very much alive in one of the final scenes of the movie. This makes no sense. You cannot talk and interact with a dead person.
The other characters are some black kids and some asian kids. I'm sick of annoying asian kids appearing in Hollywood movies, just to please an asian audience. And sell tickets in asian countries. Mostly because they cant act, they hav no personalities. And theyre forgotten very fast.
This movie is so dumb. Dont waste your money and time. No Spielberg is not back. This movie is not as fun as Spielberg was in the 80'ies.
Only good thing: not one movie reference refers to any of his old movies. At least he got that one right.