This may come off as whiny and entitled but this film is Ready Player One, in name only. Everything that made the book compelling and interesting is replaced by focus group characters and carbon copy CGI set pieces that can be seen in a dime a dozen other movies. I know that Cline was involved in the screenplay but I really wonder how much control he had over the direction it took. 80s references are limited to the soundtrack and nothing else from the book. Video game references are nonexistent and if there are, are just vague nods to troupes and nothing like the challenges Parzival has to overcome in the book. Adaptions can be done well, but this is definitely one that had far too many corporate IOI (read: Hollywood) cooks spoiling the broth. Disappointing