Thoughts on: Ender's Game
How you view Ender's Game depends largely on whether you've read the book or not. As someone who's read it, it's difficult to imagine how the movie would come across to someone who hasn't, so this review might be a little biased. I can sum up my thoughts in 2 points: The movie was as faithful to the book as a movie can be. The book is about the slow mental evolution of Ender, coupled with the methodical destruction of his emotional psyche at the hands of his teachers. The keyword here is "slow". This left the movie with 2 options: either have 50% of the movie be montages, or accelerate everything by extreme proportions. Both options suck, but the former sucks more, so they went with the latter. This completely removed the impact of Ender's transformation over time, and left no room for even a single character to be fleshed out. When none of your characters carry any weight, all you're left with is the spectacle of the zero-gravity