Ender's game
I have not written anything in a loooong long time, and this was almost three motnths ago, but here goes.
I watched the Ender's game movie and then read the book. I should have done this the other way around, which is the way most people do, but I had no time to read the book before watching it.
All in all, I found the movie really good. The effects were amazing and the characters were themselves and everything was really tied together nicely. The music was great, and it added to the camerawork to create a beautiful movie. I did find several of the characters really annoying at first, though. Ender was WAY too whiny for my taste, and he would cry at the slightest provocation and do things I couldn't understand... Bonzo Madrid was the most annoying thing ever (and there was something odd about the actor that was bothering me until I had an OMGHANNAMONTANA moment and then could not for the life of me take him seriously for the rest of the movie) until he wasn't and he was just another one of the poor kids who got sucked into that world... Petra was also a problem for me, because the character kept falling flat. She is this strong girl and then cowers before Bonzo and hen doesn't and then can only watch as Ender's pummeled, and then she's great again in Command school in order to finally run after Ender with the oxygen tank but ultimately do nothing to go with him to meet the queen. So she's flat and then not and I found that really annoying hehehehe.
And then I read the book. And Ender's crying made sense. And Petra's main character/side character made sense (well not made sense but was justified). And Bonzo made sense. And then Valentine and Peter... Why wouldn't they go into that in the movie? I find their love/hate relationship sooooooooo catching and frustrating and smart, it's amazing! (And I also have to admit I have a soft spot for Abigail Bresslin, so yay Valentine!).
In the end, as always, the book goes deeper into the problems these kids have to face (as they're all so small when they enroll and all), and what kind of tyranny develops because of that, both in the adults who (mis)guide them, as also amongst the children themselves.
And the movie? Well, it has some breathtaking camerawork, effects and music. It's a great adaptation from the novel (with the inclusion of the tablets and videogame graphics and technology that looks more modern than the arcade-type images I had from the book), and it's a really good story that tells of the same topics we discuss today. It's also (obviously) more action-packed, but done so that it's not annoyingly so.
I watched the Ender's game movie and then read the book. I should have done this the other way around, which is the way most people do, but I had no time to read the book before watching it.
All in all, I found the movie really good. The effects were amazing and the characters were themselves and everything was really tied together nicely. The music was great, and it added to the camerawork to create a beautiful movie. I did find several of the characters really annoying at first, though. Ender was WAY too whiny for my taste, and he would cry at the slightest provocation and do things I couldn't understand... Bonzo Madrid was the most annoying thing ever (and there was something odd about the actor that was bothering me until I had an OMGHANNAMONTANA moment and then could not for the life of me take him seriously for the rest of the movie) until he wasn't and he was just another one of the poor kids who got sucked into that world... Petra was also a problem for me, because the character kept falling flat. She is this strong girl and then cowers before Bonzo and hen doesn't and then can only watch as Ender's pummeled, and then she's great again in Command school in order to finally run after Ender with the oxygen tank but ultimately do nothing to go with him to meet the queen. So she's flat and then not and I found that really annoying hehehehe.
And then I read the book. And Ender's crying made sense. And Petra's main character/side character made sense (well not made sense but was justified). And Bonzo made sense. And then Valentine and Peter... Why wouldn't they go into that in the movie? I find their love/hate relationship sooooooooo catching and frustrating and smart, it's amazing! (And I also have to admit I have a soft spot for Abigail Bresslin, so yay Valentine!).
In the end, as always, the book goes deeper into the problems these kids have to face (as they're all so small when they enroll and all), and what kind of tyranny develops because of that, both in the adults who (mis)guide them, as also amongst the children themselves.
And the movie? Well, it has some breathtaking camerawork, effects and music. It's a great adaptation from the novel (with the inclusion of the tablets and videogame graphics and technology that looks more modern than the arcade-type images I had from the book), and it's a really good story that tells of the same topics we discuss today. It's also (obviously) more action-packed, but done so that it's not annoyingly so.