Spoiler in the following link.
http://ansible.wikia.com/wiki/Stilson
The trailer seems to show a LOT of space battle. That worries me because IIRC, the were none in the book? I read it more than 20 years ago, so don't remember the details.
I'm expecting that, like many big budget movies nowadays, the gee-whiz action will be emphasized at the expense of plot and character development.
I'll probably see it in 3D too
If you're looking for a lot of space battles with ships and stuff, you'll probably be a little disappointed.
To be clear, I don't think I would classify anything that I'm about to talk about as a spoiler. It's just the background/explanation of some of the places in the book. Anyway, the school that the kids are sent to is split into two separate divisions: battle school and command school, and each school has its own unique "event." Battle school pretty much has laser tag in zero gravity, and command school has a space battle simulator. Although, the space battle simulator is more command oriented, so it's sort of like the Star Trek simulations (e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobayashi_Maru).
So, the reason why you may be disappointed is that command school is probably only half of the movie, and the space battles are part of a game. Now, I think they made the game look a heck of a lot cooler looking than it sounds in the book. In the book, I recall it looking like Space Invaders.
Is it true thatI heard that and it made me as it changes the whole dynamic of who Ender is.in the movie Ender knows he is killing the Buggers?
I have a hard time believing the reviews anymore. Reviewers must be getting paid to give a nod to expensive movies. World War Z got a decent review, about the same as Enders game, but was horrible and not even based on the book.
love the book but the previews don't really excite me. harrison ford feels like a miscast to me also. i think he's awesome so I hope he proves me wrong. heard he was good in 42
Anyone that is interested in seeing this should read the first two books in the Ender series. They are very good IMHO:
Ender's Game
Speaker for the Dead
Edit: disclaimer, I'm not Mormon
what the hell is ender's game and why am i only hearing about it now?
book about an introverted sociopath kid who is completely hammered on by everyone. resonates with the basement set.saving the human race by playing starcraft
I hope not.... Honestly, I can't imagine that they would mangle the story like that.
There have been talks of a movie for quite awhile and if I remember right a lot of studios weren't open to the idea because of the violence. I only remember 2 people dying, but I guess the idea of children killing is a bit hard for Hollywood. I remember Fight Club being criticized for being excessively violent as well. I guess the message was the violent part... I am just disappointed Tyler wasn't met making a sun dial out of his penis like in the book. =(
The Speaker books were good, but nowhere near the same kind of epic that Ender's Game was. It was almost like going from space sci-fi to something Jules Verne might write.
Ender's Shadow however is freaking fantastic; might even be better than Ender's Game. Check that one out, if you haven't read it.
The Speaker books were good, but nowhere near the same kind of epic that Ender's Game was. It was almost like going from space sci-fi to something Jules Verne might write.
Ender's Shadow however is freaking fantastic; might even be better than Ender's Game. Check that one out, if you haven't read it.
I saw that IGN posted their review for Ender's Game earlier today, and it looks like a few others have come out as well. It's currently sitting at a 60% on Rotten Tomatoes.
IGN's review seemed pretty hopeful as they gave it a 7/10 where the complaints were some of the child actors weren't great (big surprise there ), and how the movie lost some of the intricacy of the book (another big surprise ).
I'll still probably see it since I really like the book.
Does the bully from the beginning die? I know Ender seriously injured him and I think he ends up in a coma, but I don't remember if he ends up dying. I know that Ender kills Bonzo during the bathroom brawl.