Not great compared to the book but still a good film

Rating: 7/10 (19 March 2018)

So I just went and saw the film Ready Player One.
Having read the book, I hoped that a film might be made of it as it seemed like like an excellent story.
Then fairly recently I saw the advertisement for ready player one, which I recognised by the stacks and thought that it seemed similar to the the book.
lo and behold it was in fact a film based on the book.
Unfortunately I must emphasize that it was a film based on the book rather than a film of the book because a lot of things were chopped out, things that I belive are the raw make-up of the story.
I don't want to spoil the film for others so to be blunt I believe the film is only a shadow of the book both in story and in meaning.
I would still see the film as it is fun and interesting but if you were the kind of person that finds a story ruined to be very disappointing I wouldn't necessarily recommend seeing the film however if you have not read the book or do not mind a story change then the film is definitely worth a watch.
If the movie of the Last Airbender was a zero and Harry Potter was a 10, I would place this as an 8 on the scale of book to movie conversion.
Unfortunately everything seems rushed despite large chunks of the story being omitted, a mini Love Story that locks at self-employed before the films even halfway through, a plot line that removes tragedies and replaces them with overly convenient situations simplified for the masses to be able to understand.
The book worked well because it had a lot of meaning that a geek or someone technical could understand and take pleasure in understanding but the film was spoon feeding.