Great movie - and I read the book

Rating: 9/10 (30 October 2013)

Even though some of the sub-plots from the book are missing from the movie, it does capture the true essence of the story. My 11 year-old son and I both read the book. We saw the movie at a sneak preview in IMAX and we both really liked it. It does include most of the key events from Ender's journey, the acting and effects are wonderful. Yes, the ending is a bit different, but possibly setting up for the next one... Much like the Harry Potter movies, there are bits missing in order to make a reasonable movie time limit. However, the movie does stand on its own and both of my sons (the other is 8 years-old) thoroughly enjoyed it.