This is what I believe was wrong about the "Ender's Game" movie, in relation to the book.

Rating: 6/10 (29 May 2014)

The movie "Ender's Game" is a good movie if you have not read the book, but if you have, you are likely to be unsatisfied. It lacks sufficient detail and there are many parts that are made-up. A major difference is that the Buggers are referred to as Formics. In the beginning of the movie, his launch group includes Bean, who, in fact, does not appear until Ender receives his own army (Dragon). Also, when Ender is transferred, Alai says an entire sentence aloud and then gives the full meaning, instead of whispering "Salaam." as though it is forbidden, and kissing Ender's cheek. Dink Meeker, originally in Rat Army, is in Salamander in the movie. As a matter of fact, Rat Army is not included at all! In Salamander's first battle, Ender launches a surprise attack, instead of staying by the gate. The mind game was also a disappointment. In the book, Ender pays the game over and over again. However, in the movie, he plays twice and then kills the giant. He then goes into a world that is not Fairyland as it is in the book. In this land he comes across Valentine and they go into a ruined castle. In the castle there is a snake, which he strangles, and then, in a mirror, he sees Peter, his vicious older brother. Soon after, Ender receives his own army, including Dink. They win every battle and they all graduate. Ender goes to Command School where he meets Mazer Rackham, an older hero with a terrifying array of facial tattoos that the book failed to mention. In the Command School, he plays a simulator. Once he is adept, he receives a group of soldiers, who are old friends, to command on the simulator. All of his soldiers (plus him) are in the same room, and the simulator is not filled with multicolored dots, but instead shows the enemy and Ender's ships in full color detail and is controlled with Ender's hands, not a joystick. During his last battle, he clears away all of the Formics, but then realizes that there are many many more, and decides to take out the entire planet, instead of just taking out the planet as he does in the book. Suddenly, Ender realizes that the Formics were trying to talk to him using the mind game, and he goes out and finds a castle similar to the one in the game. In the castle is a little cocoon, but when he touches said cocoon, a Formic is heard. It then appears from behind some rubble, touching Ender's neck with a sharp pincer/claw before allowing him to pick up the cocoon. Throughout the movie, Ender sends his sister letters, and the movie ends with a letter to her, saying that, instead of the two of them traveling the world, that Ender would be away for a long time, trying to find a home for the queen. After watching "Ender's Game", I was not satisfied, because although it was a good movie, it simply was not the book which I love.