Being a huge fan of the book, you may be disappointed.Other than the overall concept, the movie does everything it can to not follow the book, it may as well be called an entirely different title. It completely rips the book apart and partially sewing it back together here and there. So, if you are like me and was very excited to see how great the book could be as a movie- expect to get your hopes destroyed. I could not enjoy it as i felt let down and it really did not need changing and the movie lost it's way.

My husband who has not read the book, enjoyed the film. He loved the gaming references and the graphics. I agree these were good.

For me, i felt it lacked substance and yes there were some great gaming references but it did not live and breath the 80's like it should have and the plot i think was a little tame, childish and rushed.

I wanted to like this so much so i would say do no read the book if you want to enjoy the movie.