Another of those movies you better skip

Rating: 4/10 (3 February 2014)

I did not read the book so I wont bother that the movie crushes through a story that may be much deeper and detailed than what is possible to realize in a short movie.
The major problem with the movie is that it basically deals with strategically not very convincing tiny training-battles in a simulated environment. There is no story - ZERO. Several small but well presented conflicts between scholars that essentially do not contribute to the story are the most you can get out of the movie.
My perception is that the movie should either be about the conflict between aliens and humans or focus on the conflicts of the protagonist. However, this movie delivers neither of these story lines. Instead it focuses on the training sessions and tries to make us believe that Ender is an incredibly gifted strategist. It is very hard to believe that. Personally I have the impression that the training sessions were the only part of the movie where it was possible to cramp in tons of action scenes to keep an undemanding and modest spectator excited.
If you are into CGI and effects, well there is a lot of well done scenes. My 4/10 is 3 for CGI and 1 for the fact that the end of the movie at least gave me hope for 10 minutes before it ended abruptly.
Overall the movie is boring and fails to develop any sort of compelling story line. It is mainly concerned to bombard with CGI effects to impress for the moment. Clearly, another movie that could have been inspiring and unique but finally turns out to be not more than another plot we have seen over and over again...except for the last 2 dialogues at the end it is a forgettable movie.