As a fan of the book, I was disappointed with Ready Player One. Although it was an exciting movie and visually very slick, it took almost all of the “heart” of the book out of it and inserted it with action. Instead of building up the story, it dropped you in right away to the hunt and the action. Every place it could have slowed things down or focused more on the story, instead of the action, it chose to have another chase scene. I enjoyed seeing Mark Rylance as the eccentric Halliday. The cast was excellent with a special shout-out to Lena Waithe (from “Master of None”). If I hadn’t read the book or were more into the sci-fi aspects of this story, I’m sure the rating for this movie would have been higher, but this just ended up being a disappointment for me.

Grade: C-