myvallli
Also, Ender's Game, Gavin Hood directed it and made the script from the book. I can say many good things about the film, so and I can say negative, which after all didn't destroyed everything.
GOOD:
The movie doesn't want to follow strictly the book. This gives extra thrill and feeling.
Also, all the cast is doing great in their roles, although some places the direction could've been different for more emotion.
The sounds, the Visual Effects and the perspective were on really good level.
Also, they were and small good details, which are awesome.
NEGATIVE:
Some of the choices made for the movie, I think, were bad, and took some parts of the emotion and feeling.
I am giving examples:
1) Bean meeting Ender in the spaceship
2) There had to be more confindent clarification of the plans of the International Fleet and Graff. This would give us a little bit more emotional seeing of the situation.
3) The dialogs in the hall, where Ender comands (without knowing) the fleet. They were little bit... not well.Nevertheless the movie was good, with thrill, which of course had to be there!
grantss
Incredibly weak and contrived plot. From the start everything is dumbed-down to appeal to a younger audience. Anytime the heroes are kids, and they have more powers than the adults, you know who the target audience is....Plot seems like a ripoff of Starship Troopers, and a very weak one at that.Decent cast, and they can all do a lot better. Harrison Ford has seen better days and probably just needed the money, or any acting role. Viola Davis was probably trying to break out of being stereotyped in civil rights movie roles. Ada Butterfield was good in Hugo and Hailee Steinfeld was great in True Grit, but here they set their careers back several steps.Heaven alone knows why Ben Kingsley accepted his role. The money must have been REALLY good. His attempt at a New Zealand accent is quite unintentionally funny though, as, instead, he sounds South African. I should know...
lemon_magic
I'll start out by admitting that I started Card's novel, but gave up after the first 100 pages or so because I just couldn't get into it. Nothing against OSC - I thought his novelization of "The Abyss" was wonderful - but the ideas and dialog left me cold. Having admitted that, I will also admit to finding my reaction to this movie adaptation puzzling - based on the visuals and Asa Butterfield's amazing acting job as Ender Wiggins, I should have loved it. But my enthusiasm for "Ender's Game" was not unbounded, and I blame that on the same problems with the plot that I found in the novel, and on the fact that it was obvious that the film makers could only fit in a "sketch" of the full story into the movie.For instance, I was never convinced that a pastime that was essentially "Zero Gee Laser Tag" would have all that much to do with massive star fleet battles. Yes, it was fun to watch, and yes, I could see Ender's tactics in the game foreshadowing his tactics in the final invasion - but it seemed like a contrivance. (Ender's interaction with the tablet game as a precursor to the true intent of the Formics was far more convincing). And the whole "newbie enters the Military academy" trope has been done to death already. And also, the plot twist about the final training exercise - while it did shake things up, it was essentially "a dirty bit o' cheating" in my opinion, and left me completely unsatisfied. Just as Petra's role in the big battle was completely contrived - it was obvious that a voice command and an automated aiming system could have done her role far better. (Nothing against the actress, who was quite likable and sympathetic). Probably the movie should have been expanded to two parts to let the plot development "breathe" and expand, but given what it cost to make and the flops of many of its expensive, high-tech contemporaries, I am sure the studio didn't dare. So it is what it is, and my reaction is what it is. Worth watching if you really liked the visuals in bombs like "Valerian", "Jupiter Rising", or "John Carter" enough to overlook the writing problems. Harmless enough even if you didn't.
irishkasaushkina
The end of the twenty-first century. Humanity is preparing for the second invasion of insect-like extraterrestrial invaders. Ender Wiggin an outsider with a brilliant mind and a difficult character, sent to a military school, where Colonel Graff will make him a savior of mankind, and Ender himself - torn between innate aggression and pacifism. The film is based on the plot of Ender's Game. Author of Orson Scott Card. The film was addressed to the younger generation. The role of Ender Wiggin, an outsider with a brilliant mind and an uneasy character, went to Ace Butterfield, who was remembered for the film The Timekeeper. In my opinion, he coped brilliantly with his role. Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley and Viola Davis actors who played the role of commanders and mentors. Compared with the book, the role of Harrison Ford is much deeper than it was shown in the film. I really liked the movie. Sci-Fi, future, newcomers. This movie makes you think.
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