Mediocre

Rating: 5/10 (13 March 2020)

I recently watched the movie "Ender's Game", based on the book by Orson Scott Card. I read the book before watching the movie, and the movie does a pretty good job capturing all the details from the book. I have to say I enjoyed the book more than the movie. Though the movie did capture as many details from the book as possible their casting didn't quite fit the descriptions from the book. Given that the movie is approximately one hour and forty five minutes, they did a good job of fitting as much as possible into a small time frame but it makes the movie a bit hard to keep up with. It moves too fast and should be given more time to focus on each scene a little bit more and make it more enjoyable to watch. The movie didn't live up to the book. There was no distinct climax or buildup. This was also affected by how fast the film was moving. It didn't give us enough time to fully process what was happening and build suspense. The movie could've also had a bit more foreshadowing. Everything was kind of a blur. The supposed climax was too late in the movie and it was very anticlimactic. I didn't realize that it was the climax until it was over. A little disappointing. Overall I'd give the film a rating of 5 out of 10.