Excellent Sci Fi movie

Rating: 8/10 (29 March 2014)

I did not read the book. A friend did and watched movie with me, and said he was impressed by how similar it was to the book, albeit missing a lot of details which is fully understandable given the time constraints.
I was interested the whole time. So the pacing is good. Dialog is pretty good. CGI graphics very well done. Acting better than normal in sci-fi movies, I can't fault it. Actor who played Ender was very good.
I recommend this to anyone especially sci-fi fans.
I could think of two complaints. One, the movie could explain some details better because I was left with questions I was told the book answered. Questions I thought were important
The other complaint is, some of the plot seemed similar enough to Star Ship Troopers which led to a feeling of been there done that. It's not a fault of the movie, but made me wonder which came first? Card or Heinlein with some of the movie's ideas. Having elite humans, so to speak, fighting a war reminded me of the Forever War, but only a bit.