Summit Entertainment, OddLot Entertainment, Chartoff Productions,

Harrison Ford, Abigail Breslin, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Moises Arias, Aramis Knight

Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield) is the most promising of a bunch of teen warriors who are being trained to fight using the latest in video game equipment. Sent off the planet to a training facility the commander Colonel Graff(Harrison Ford) is banking on Ender to develop the skills to defeat the alien race that the humans barely defeated before, but who seem to be planning another invasion by the Formics who seem much better prepared this time. Ender could be humanity’s last resort, and either he’ll be ready in time to fight, or it will probably be the end of earth.

I have been waiting for Ender’s Game for a long, long time. Some time ago my sons clued me in on Scott Card’s excellent series of novels which start with Ender’s Game. I read all the books in the series, and they were all very interesting and unique science fiction books. Ender’s Game is a true sci-fi film which follows the book fairly well. Naturally some of the richness of the books has to be left behind to fit the story in the time frame. Additionally I got to see this on a true IMAX screen, one of the old ones that is enormous. The clarity of the film in true IMAX is unbelievable. I was mesmerized by the beauty of this movie. It was not a great role for Harrison Ford. He actually played it very well, but his character is so wishy-washy. He waffles between a hard nosed heartless monster and a kindly grandfather type person. It is a hard line to follow because these are just kids, but the future of the human race depends on them. Yet you can’t push them too hard because of their youthfulness. The adventure is great in this film with some excellent battle scenes, some of the best I’ve seen since the quiddich matches in the early Harry Potter films, or those in Tron. The story develops fast, and if you haven’t read the book, then the twist ending catches your breath. I would recommend you catch this film right away before you hear the ending. Not only do I recommend this movie, but I even recommend the books as well. This is the best science fiction I’ve heard in a long time.

EdG – EdsReview Dot Com – A Movie Review Blog

 

 

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