I found myself hating this film as much for the references (which were supposed to be a selling point but weren't even really references, just nostalgic wallpaper to cover over the fact that the stakes in this film were almost irrelevant as I didn't really care what happened to the central characters because they were bland, generic garbage) as I did the pacing, made for millennials, a never ending, never breathing, break neck pace full of sound and fury et al .

I was also pretty mad at all of the stuff from my childhood 'used' like blunt instruments to try and illicit the feeling of a more quality product. The film makers thought to themselves that Ready Player One is a smoothie made out of lobster, wagyu beef, brie cheese and champagne, the finest foods there are, so it MUST taste good. No, it's crap and the simplicity of their thinking that having implicated good properties into this gunge somehow elevates it is embarrassing.

Great if you like playing 'spot that stolen property', not very entertaining and I just found myself infuriated and wanted it to end.