A movie loosely based on the book

Rating: 7/10 (10 May 2018)

I didn't hear about the book until I saw the first trailer, so I bought it immediately after. I finished it in two weeks and loved it very much.
Eagerly awaiting this movie I tried to not look at the reviews, nor find out more about the movie so that my view is not affected. As with every book to movie adaptation, it cannot be followed to the dot, it has to be different, so I wasn't expecting a 100% adaptation.
The movie started great, I was blown away by the first Easter egg challenge, which got me really excited, but it was clear that the differences to the book will be greater than I thought. And I was right. Although the movie follows the book, a lot is different. The book is great, so why they changed literally all the key events? It's like going to arcade and putting a coin to play Pacman, but instead getting Dynablaster. You still have fun, but it's not the same. The movie did however a great justice to the 80s pop culture, feels like every scene has at least one Easter egg. This makes it exciting to watch, and re-watch.
It's a great movie to watch, but if I didn't read the book first, I would probably enjoyed it even more. But I'm still happy I read the book first;)