Ready Player One is pretty much all style, no substance. The graphics and set pieces are incredible while the actual story, themes, and world building are below average (I haven't read the book). Overall, it's a solid kid's movie but fails to elevate beyond that.

For positives - the animated scenes / set pieces were truly great (worth seeing for these alone) and in my opinion the heavy reliance on pop culture franchise references ended up being more endearing than groan-worthy (although it straddles the line at times). To be honest it was pretty fun trying see how many references we could identify.

On the negative side - pretty much everything else is subpar:
The storyline and world building suffer from massive and obvious holes (fatal for a sci-fi property)


My recommendation if you're looking for something with actual substance is to follow Superman's instructions from the movie and pick-up a copy of War & Peace.