Amazon 7 #1 November 2, 2013 Did not SUCK... That is all Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jgoose71 0 #2 November 2, 2013 I just got through reading the book. It was a Hugo Award winner and also did not suck. I hope the movie does it justice "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 220 #3 November 2, 2013 jgoose71 I just got through reading the book. It was a Hugo Award winner and also did not suck. I hope the movie does it justice The movie incorporated a lot of Ender's Shadow in it - I would have liked it to be longer an d more of the political moves from Peter and his sister.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bialicki 1 #4 November 2, 2013 Amazon Did not SUCK...That is all This is super good to know! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #5 November 2, 2013 AmazonDid not SUCK... Agreed, but I was still hoping for more. The film seemed to soft pedal the book's major theme of bullying, which in one way is understandable since so much of that happens inside the kid's own head and this film is more about the visuals. I understand why certain things ended up being where they were in the film, but the end is very clunky. I was hoping that moment would happen a lot earlier and maybe the entire last 25% of the film offer a lot more introspection. As it is, that only happens for maybe the last 5-7 minutes? Seems unbalanced.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 220 #6 November 2, 2013 quade***Did not SUCK... Agreed, but I was still hoping for more. The film seemed to soft pedal the book's major theme of bullying, which in one way is understandable since so much of that happens inside the kid's own head and this film is more about the visuals. I understand why certain things ended up being where they were in the film, but the end is very clunky. I was hoping that moment would happen a lot earlier and maybe the entire last 25% of the film offer a lot more introspection. As it is, that only happens for maybe the last 5-7 minutes? Seems unbalanced. I would have liked to see the Elia and Beans relationship explained more. Also, Bean on the initial Launchi Shuttle and the lack of the broken arm scene were disappointingly left out.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #7 November 4, 2013 turtlespeed ***I just got through reading the book. It was a Hugo Award winner and also did not suck. I hope the movie does it justice The movie incorporated a lot of Ender's Shadow in it - I would have liked it to be longer an d more of the political moves from Peter and his sister. All of them need to grow up a bit more toward being young adults... before Peters role comes more to light. I would not be surprised to see a sequel as all of Enders team moves to their home regions and humanity gets back to business as usual. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #8 November 4, 2013 Looks like it didn't make its "sequel" trigger numbers. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/enders-game-opens-strong-but-652869 Yes, that's precisely how Hollywood works. They know on Monday if it's "worth it" to continue the effort.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
