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OMGOSH....."Ready Player One". Stephen Spielberg 2018 science fiction. (Original Post) a kennedy May 2023 OP
I saw it at the theater with my son captain queeg May 2023 #1
Liked the book better than the movie. sinkingfeeling May 2023 #2
As the target demographic (Gen X geek male) I loved the book AZSkiffyGeek May 2023 #3
Loved the book MuseRider May 2023 #4
Never read the book, absolutely loving this movie, I'm still watching it..... a kennedy May 2023 #5
Read the book several years ago TlalocW May 2023 #6
Damn right, the music was great......I LOVED THE MOVIE. I cried too. a kennedy May 2023 #7

captain queeg

(11,780 posts)
1. I saw it at the theater with my son
Fri May 26, 2023, 04:08 PM
May 2023

He’d read the book (and gave it to me to read…I didn’t finish it). It was very entertaining.

AZSkiffyGeek

(12,743 posts)
3. As the target demographic (Gen X geek male) I loved the book
Fri May 26, 2023, 04:12 PM
May 2023

Lots of fun reading essentially my nerdy childhood. But after I read the author's second novel, Armada, I realized he was a bit of a one-trick pony, andthe more I thought about it I started seeing the story was thin and the plot holes covered with pop culture references.
I actually enjoyed the movie more than I expected because it didn't dive into the weird nerdsplaining that the book does, and it looks absolutely gorgeous. But it seems to be a "love it or hate it" flick.

MuseRider

(34,653 posts)
4. Loved the book
Fri May 26, 2023, 04:17 PM
May 2023

not so much the movie.

That often happens but it does not mean the movie is bad.

a kennedy

(33,535 posts)
5. Never read the book, absolutely loving this movie, I'm still watching it.....
Fri May 26, 2023, 04:29 PM
May 2023

DVR’d it........

TlalocW

(15,636 posts)
6. Read the book several years ago
Fri May 26, 2023, 07:04 PM
May 2023

Went in with high hopes for the movie - mainly that Spielberg could put his daddy-issues on the back-burner for once - and enjoyed it. I don't understand why people bagged on it. It was good popcorn movie. Plenty of nostalgia for us old fogeys.

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