How could Ernest Cline green light this?

Rating: 3/10 (1 April 2018)

I went to see this movie with my boyfriend. I had read the book and he hadn't.
Let me start with saying to all those people who say that people who've read the books are whining that my boyfriend didn't like the movie whatsoever. Yes there are a couple of cool scenes. Yes there are some funny jokes. Yes the CGI looks amazing.
But oh my lord what happened?
What happened to all the smart dialogue and puzzle solving? What happened to the cool and funny references? And oh my god what happened to the plot?
I'm aware that it can be difficult to transfer a book to a movie but come on. Nothing besides the characters names were similar to the book. The plot is very Hollywood and stiff.
It's nothing you haven't seen before. Hollywood unfortunately got the best of this one.