A film made by people who have no love or knowledge of the material

Rating: 4/10 (15 August 2018)

This film is garbage. I remember seeing the trailer and thought it looked quite cringey. A work colleague mentioned he'd read the book and it was quite good. So I gave the book a go and really enjoyed it. While it was a little cringey in places it was a good book. So I then quite looked forward to film. This film takes the overarching theme and throws all that's good out of the window. I was so disappointed to find so many great moments from the book totally abandoned. Such a wasted opportunity. What we end up with is a super generic, weak attempt. The film felt rushed and totally lacking of substance. Every now and then they throw something in that happens in the book totally out of context just so it has something from the book. The end was terrible. It throws in concepts that totally ruin the world and physics of real world/vr interaction. Seems like it's made by someone who has never played a computer game. How did Ernest Cline agree to this!?