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Rating: 6/10 (1 November 2013)

Ender's Game: The Movie
I have read the book before the movie.
The movie was disappointing.
If you have never read the book the movie may appear shallow. The movie is not a bad movie, it just isn't a terribly great movie either. The movie was shallow as it only highlighted the very best key-points out of the whole book and left you wondering what was going on The character development was sorely lacking. The battle-room fights were not very long There is very little character and team development with only small bits of dialogue. No team relationship except allegiance. The lack of character development, felt like a hit and run on to the next key point which is sad considering the book was so good. The battle scenes in the book were a long drawn out scenario with the command room near the end. The movie is close to 2 hours so for the sake of storyline I can see why the trimmed it. Asa was okay as Ender. At the beginning of the movie the narrator says that valentine was too emotional, Peter was too prone to violence and that Ender needed to master an even balance between both. Ender leaned heavily on the Valentine side and very little on Peter. Ender doesn't kill Bonzo directly, it was indirect with Ender sad about the event. Overall the key points were well scripted. The storyline is interesting but not intriguing. If you're not an Ender's game fan, it may be too shallow and fast paced to really get involved. The key-points of the story again are interesting but not enough to really care about any of the characters. If you're an Ender's Game fan watch it; but don't go in with high expectations.