the book was actually hugely disappointing. it started off with such a good premise and idea (the near-future cyberpunk world, the "stacks", fat kid hero, the OASIS etc) and turned into into endless lists of nerd references. quite embarrassing. all i can think about is the south park member berries.

the movie can only be better because i assume it trims away all the crud. i haven't seen it. i won't go out of my way. but it seems like its a spielberg feel-good which are never BAD and usually look great, so i might check it out. one day.