What I needed

Rating: 10/10 (3 April 2018)

I did not read the book. The contents of the book were described to me by a good friend. He said the novel would not be adequately realized in a 2+ hour feature film. He said it would be best as a mini-series, spanning 6-10 hours. I trust his judgment. But I watched this movie... and loved it. Regardless of how true the movie stayed to the book, Ernest Cline had a hand in the screenplay. Remember that. People will point out the absence of Spielberg-inspired tidbits to the story, pertinent to 80's pop culture. It doesn't matter. This flick is a "Zemeckis Cube" for an entire generation.