Mile-a-minute nostalgia sometimes caries the Film, but a fun ride overall.

Rating: 8/10 (30 March 2018)

If you've read the book, go in knowing that many, many, things have changed. The core of the story is still there, but the journey is different.
That being said, as an avid consumer of book>film movies Spielberg's choices make sense for once. Fan's of the book have to agree that watching Wade play pixel games like Joust and Tempest as major plot points would be difficult to make exciting. So why not have mile-a-minute nostalgia in a car race instead? Wait was that Akira's bike? A light cycle? Was that Duke Nukeum driving the Batmobile???
Other changes probably have to do with getting rights; It may have been hard to get the rights to replay Monty Python's Holy Grail frame by frame, but there's still a nice nod to it in the film.
If you're at all into video games, 80-90's pop culture, or that certain magic you get from Spielberg's "Hook" or "E.T" you'll have fun spotting the Easter eggs in the film. Sometimes the references carry the plot where it lacks in writing or slows in pace, but you know what? I didn't care. I was having fun watching the ultimate pop culture mash-up.
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