Strong history and nice acting.

Rating: 10/10 (3 November 2013)

Being a fan of the book I went to a movie a bit worried about how filming of Ender's world will be done. A lot of the book happens inside Ender's head - and that is complicated to film.
But I was pleasantly surprised as the changes that were made to a book didn't harm the story. The story in a movie still concentrates around Ender's transformation from child to commander. Changes that were imposed by the movie limit the time Ender has to learn - he is no longer as young as he was in a book. Some other choices were obvious - there is no Locke- Demostenes plot and this doesn't hurt the movie.
I really enjoyed Battleroom appearance and I think it is better than the one in the book :). The movie is nice to watch and I found some ideas that were added to the movie to be reasonable choices for completing the story.
There was however one thing that bothered me after I watched the movie - I wasn't sure how many of the choices and changes to Ender situation were reasonable because I read the book. I am not sure if the way the situations unfold in a movie provides strong enough justification for the resulting decisions in the Battleschool.
But I strongly recommend the movie and if you like it - read the book, you will like it even more.