The book is always better than the movie. Always.
(Leave a comment if you have an example where the movie is better)
That being said, I always like to read the book before I see the movie version, so I had been putting off watching Ready Player One even though the movie looks really good! It just so happened that when my boyfriend and I went to Texas back in June, my best friend Liz was getting rid of some books - this one included!
If you didn't know, Ready Player One is a sci-fi novel from 2011 and the debut-novel of author Ernest Cline. Set in the not-so-distant future of the 2040s, we find ourselves in a dystopian version of our world where everyone's only escape is a virtual-realty program called the OASIS. Users log on with visors (not unlike VR gear we see already) and then they can go on quests, go to school, you name it.
Aside from the similarities I see from reading, I really love the dorky protagonist, Wade Watts. Cline is able to perfectly capture Wade's dry sense of humor and wittiness. He actually reminds me of me when I was his age in a few ways because he's a nerdy high schooler and knows a lot of trivia about what he's obsessed with. In his case, that's 1980s pop culture. In my case, that's LOTR, Supernatural, and The Office knowledge.
I'm only a few chapters in, but I can tell I am going to really like this book, which is actually surprising. I've never been much of a sci-fi fan (except for Ender's Game), so to find one that I am really enjoying is such a treat. I can't wait to keep reading and then see the movie!
Have you read or seen Ready Player One? What did you like about it?