Never Read the Book...

Rating: 2/10 (23 December 2018)

Here's a review from someone that didn't read the book and had no idea what to expect going in to the movie: Nope.
Although the nostalgia & useless trivia from the past decades had some of my attention, overall I winced every minute this movie went on.
So. Boring.
So. Predictable.
So. Awful.
The CGI was painstakingly bad. The acting worse. I didn't understand how anyone who came up with the screenplay thought having this group of VI friends that met in a world of billions of people all over earth happened to be in the exact 25 mile radius ( bad people too! What are the odds!)
Main female gives this speech about how you don't know what they look like in reality, you're expecting something completely different and she's gorgeous but has a birth mark on her face? OH NO! Tragic.
The best character was the 11 year old, and he barely got any screen time. Also: 5 years after his death and still no one figured out that first race? Mmmkay.
Those aren't even the worst of the plot holes.
Maybe if I read the book I'll feel even more depressed about the time wasted watching this.