Disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (3 November 2013)

If you read the book you will be disappointed. They rushed through it skipping chapters, characters and crucial events. I read the book a long time ago and don't remember it so well and I thought it would be an advantage to me so I may encounter surprises in a plot. My memory holds much more than the movie. Well, the things they changed, didn't really influence the main story but, psychologically, it should be very influential on Ender's development. In movie they skipped so much I almost sorry I watched it... The book is so rich and intriguing and complicated... I would prefer if they would do trilogy: Battle school, Command School and The Battle and not rush through with everything in hour and a half.
Acting was O.K., nothing brilliant... I didn't like casting for Ender, Harrison Ford showed only one side, Ben Kingsley was best of them all. Dispassionately, I expected much from Bean but there was no space in movie to even understand who he was.
I will give credit for special effects - they were spectacular. The world itself that was painted on screen was amazing. The battle (though very short in screen time) was very well done and engaging. That's why I believe that for those who didn't read the book it will be good movie, not deep enough to grasp the whole notion of the story, but spectacular and entertaining movie.
I, myself, went back home and grabbed the book :)