Ready Player One ... In Essence Only

Rating: 6/10 (30 March 2018)

If you stand the film out from the book, it's good, not brilliant, but good. Sadly the nostalgia of the 80's from the book is gone, that said the film trys, but ultimately fails to inject that spark in with a couple of songs and some 80 iconic visuals, but fails to spark the excitement from the book.
The film felt confused, so you felt no understanding of Wades struggle, and the much shortened and abridged key segments, frankly felt lazy, as did the whole Ogden Morrow aspect, vs. the book, the films is weak and gutless.
The film serves to two main aspects. first product placement, thick and fast is something to say about that (the first two within the first 90 seconds of the film) and a vast abundance of CGI.
The changes in characters personalities is vast, with I-Roks being the worst.
It's a shame this isn't really Ready Player One, but more a mere homage to the book.