I finally got around to renting this movie, as a big fan of the book. The movie didn't capture much of the book although the acting was great and it was a fun film. I figured the band Rush would get cut - as they are the "Rodney Dangerfeld" of rock. But no arcade games at all? Just a few references to older Atari 2600 games you fleetingly see. I thought the arcade games would have been impossible to remove - but they were. The quests were correspondingly chopped down ie only the one "gate". Marc Rylance as Anorak/Halliday was the best - but the younger actors (and the bad guys) did a good job. Solid entertainment - but a little disappointing for book fans. It probably would require a TV season of shows to do it justice.
Review of Ready Player One
