Fun to watch but I have some issues. (6.5 Can't go half stars)

Rating: 7/10 (28 April 2018)

Don't go believing all of the over dramatic book fans who are pissed that "it's not accurate" or "that never happened!!" Movie adaptations need to make changes to make it more appealing and cut time. These are the same people who don't like the Harry Potter movies strictly because they didn't use the book as a script!! Trust me when I say, that this movie is fun to watch, but it does have its flaws.
For one thing, the acting is a bit stale. Ben Mendelsohn is just great at playing the villain I guess and Tye Sheridan is sooooooooo boring as our lead character! Outside of that, the rest of the cast is mostly B movie actors that wanted to be brought into the limelight of a breakthrough film. This is the movie's biggest problem.
The effects are decent, albeit a little cheesy. I don't hate them, but they do seem a bit uncanny. The Oasis is where you spend most of the film, and I get the Video Game-esqu feeling they were going for, but the avatars of our main characters seem to be the most creepy. Seeing as other avatars are based off of real video game characters, (you will see a whole squad of Halo players, Tracer, some WoW characters that all look ok) our main characters have avatars that look weirdly dispropotionate in the face and body structure.
The story is simple enough and fits a Video Game feel. Our main character Wade Watts aka Parzival (his Oasis avatar) starts to look for three keys hidden in The Oasis by its creator to achieve riches and control over The Oasis. Kinda like a big, virtual Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. But of course, the evil corporate big wigs want control of The Oasis to stuff it with ads and turn into 2018 YouTube!!! Seems cookie cutter, but I was ok with it.
The nostalgia references were really cool, and despite being so numerous and somewhat out of place in some scenes, did kinda help me enjoy the movie. Only thing that pissed me off was the Iron Giant didn't go Battle Mode and shoot his giant chest cannon death ray!! That was a let down!!
All-in-all, fun to watch, but watch with caution, as it may not be as amazing as you think. But if go in with average expectations, you will be entertained, I guarantee it!!