I used to work with a guy who raved about this book. I figured I'll read the book eventually but came across the movie first. Unfortunately, the movie makes me want to skip the book. I won't, but that's just how the movie made me feel about Ready Player One. I saw somebody say that the movie relies on nostalgia to engage the viewer and then offers pretty much nothing else. I totally agree. The visuals and sounds definitely bring an older person back to the 80s and 90s but other than that this movie really offers nothing. I'm not even sure it was slightly enjoyable. I guess it tends to be the case that books are generally much better than movies. Books can be as long as they want. Movies, not so much, and maybe that hurts this movie. It is still kind of long though and just feels sort of empty. Visually, it's very nice. Story wise it just feels like something is missing.