Ender’s Game was
just a waste of my time, but I will give the movie one thing… it had my
attention all the way through. It kept me glued as the movie unfolded, and I
was expectant of something grand to happen. In the end, it did (well, in one
way), but it wasn’t as grand as I expected.
Ender’s Game is
a sci-fi action thriller based on the novel of the same name by Orson Scott
Card. Hollywood had been waiting to adapt this movie since the book was
published in 1985, but due to Scott Card’s reluctance to let go of artistic
privileges, Hollywood had to wait. Finally, Card wrote a script, which was then
developed by screenwriter and director Gavin Hood. The screenplay here is a
fusion between the books Ender’s Game and Ender’s Shadow.
All this
build-up I’m writing is just to let you know that after about 28 years of work
and waiting, the result, to me, was just pointless. I guess that’s to say I
won’t like the book either, since it’s an adaptation. If this is how things
went in the book, then I most definitely won’t be buying it in the near future
to see how it really happened.
As far as acting
goes, Ender’s Game made the best use of Harrison Ford. I was drawn to
see the movie because he was in it, and I enjoyed his role in the movie more
than I did the movie itself. The directing was also something to pat Hood on
the back for, and I did enjoy the battles and the way Ender came up with
strategies to face the opponent.
In the end, the
idea that Ender was a deep thinker who could understand his opponents well
enough to take them down wasn’t well conveyed. I just saw him as a curious kid,
which is basically how every kid turns out.
The movie is set
in the future, where a young Ender is recruited by the international military
to help fight against an alien race, the Formics, who attacked Earth in a
previous invasion and lost. It’s believed that the Formics will launch another
attack, so Earth is training the best of the best to defend itself.
In conclusion, I think the movie is good for the eyes, but the story wasn’t as deep as it should have been, making the ending a bit of a letdown.
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