What a terrible movie!
It substitutes plot and character development with pop culture and video game references.
Throw in the plot of "Tron," steal "Willie Wonka's" ending, and that's it.
The sight of old video game characters is supposed to impress me?
Didn't "Pixels" just do this? Didn't "Wreck-It Ralph" just do this?
And how many 'teen rebels vs. dystopian society' movies have been made so far? A dozen?
The low point is "We're not gonna' take it" playing over the scene where the people rise up against the evil corporation. This song has been used in Clearasil commercials.
There is nothing new in this movie.
The "Guardians of the Galaxy" films also had pop culture references, but take them away and you still have two really good movies. Take the pop culture references from this film and you'd have nothing!
This is clearly Spielberg's worst film. There is nothing new or inventive. You'd be better off getting Life magazine's special '80s issue and flipping through the pictures. You'd get the same effect.
I never liked the holodeck episodes of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" because it was never real. It was like reading a book about a guy reading a book. How is that interesting? ST:TNG holodeck episodes were watching imaginary characters experiencing an imaginary adventure. Who cares? This movie is the same thing.
