Straight off, I have not read the books - let that be known.

That out of the way, "Ready Player One" lives and breathes by it's references.

The plot by itself is interesting, it tells of a future - and the troubles it brings - that does not seem so unimaginable but the way it is told is a bit uninspired. There's no cases of particularly good acting, and only a few bad one. But, all in all it's a decent movie.

If you're not that familiar with 80's pop-culture - tho there are some more recent references scattered throughout as well - I would probably skip this one for as I stated, this movie really does live and breathe by its references, if you don't get them you lose a lot of it's charm.