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LotR was about as faithful as you can probably get for a book to movie adaptation. But thats a pretty serious commitment from both a studio and an audience.
Ender's Game
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LOTR was also around 70 million per hour of film shown in theaters , total estimated cost across all three films.
Buggers was never used and it annoyed me how EVERYONE called him Ender. It's been a dozen years since I've read it, but I don't recall his siblings and parents calling him Ender. Overall though, I liked it. Definitely should've been an hour longer though.
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Agreed with most of the others here, it was halfway decent, but needed to be longer. Since LotR was mentioned above, we all know it is possible to turn a longer book into a decent movie, but it so rarely happens. This movie didn't suck, and I enjoyed it for the most part, but with another hour of development it could have been much better.
The prequel trilogy that is currently getting written would make a pretty good series of movies if they could make all three. Definitely a much wider appeal than any of the sequels. Though they'd have to retcon one of the mediums quite a bit since the movie changed a lot of the backstory.
I don't think that's right. They didn't have communication with Ender until he entered Command School and started using the telepathy type device to communicate with the distant fleet. And then I think the communication was 1-way. They got an impression of Ender and used it to fashion a semblance of the Giant's Game for him to recognize.
I read the book again after seeing the movie. The best thing I can say about the movie is I did enjoy seeing certain things like the battle room outside of my head and on the big screen. Overall it just went too quickly and it was too...happy?
The book was rather dark and Ender was much more alone / separated from everyone rather than getting all buddy buddy real quick.
While I didn't enjoy the Locke and Demonstheses(?) portions of the book when I was younger, I can actually understand what they are doing now and it was alright. I think that the movie could have benefited from the Earth / Political side of things through Peter / Valentine.
The book was rather dark and Ender was much more alone / separated from everyone rather than getting all buddy buddy real quick.
While I didn't enjoy the Locke and Demonstheses(?) portions of the book when I was younger, I can actually understand what they are doing now and it was alright. I think that the movie could have benefited from the Earth / Political side of things through Peter / Valentine.
The other thing that I did not appreciate was that there didn't seem to be a big reveal at the end with the battles not being a simulation. The book was not obvious (to me anyway) when I originally read it. I had a buddy that hadn't read the book and he was like "yeah, I knew that wasn't a simulation".
Did anyone else notice the piece of food on Harrison Fords face when Bonzo is getting surgery? Kinda distracting once you notice it lol.
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That was part of the book I never truly latched on to, and I can totally see how it was an easy decision to skip that sub plot entirely for the film, which was a good decision. That being said, I agree that seeing the battle school on the screen was great. They did a fantastic job materializing it.
My girlfriend enjoyed the "twist" in the movie, having not read the books. She kind of had a feeling she said, but still liked the way they did the "reveal". I enjoyed the movie a lot.
Just finished reading Speaker today for the 2nd time (the first time about 15 years ago) I think I enjoyed it more as a 30 year old than I did as a teenager.
Just finished reading Speaker today for the 2nd time (the first time about 15 years ago) I think I enjoyed it more as a 30 year old than I did as a teenager.
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I'd be worried about the teenager that actually enjoyed Speaker for the Dead.
I like the book, it might be the best of the entire series, as it deals with some actual science fiction themes and the ethical and moral complications surrounding them -- and while it takes a biased view (how could it not, being a novel), I think the bias is self-aware and not unfair. But it's such a slow, heavy read when you come out of Enders Game. The series starts to go off the rails after Speaker -- but that's just how Card series are.
No real fear of a hollywood sequel to Enders Game. You could make the Speaker movie, and it would probably be a good movie -- but who would pay to see it? Buncha Portugese biologists yelling at each other for being assholes with a white dude going, "woah -- woah" is 3/4 of the book.
I like the book, it might be the best of the entire series, as it deals with some actual science fiction themes and the ethical and moral complications surrounding them -- and while it takes a biased view (how could it not, being a novel), I think the bias is self-aware and not unfair. But it's such a slow, heavy read when you come out of Enders Game. The series starts to go off the rails after Speaker -- but that's just how Card series are.
No real fear of a hollywood sequel to Enders Game. You could make the Speaker movie, and it would probably be a good movie -- but who would pay to see it? Buncha Portugese biologists yelling at each other for being assholes with a white dude going, "woah -- woah" is 3/4 of the book.
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Maybe, but to be honest, I think even for a non book reader you will find the pacing a bit too quick and sense the rushed feeling.
Read book a loonnng time ago. Movie was great but I agree it felt short. Definitely could have added extra 20-30 mins but I suppose it is better to err on the short side.
Edit: They did a Half in the Bag on it. Think they may have been a bit too harsh on it, but yeah, Harrison Ford needs to quit acting:
Edit: They did a Half in the Bag on it. Think they may have been a bit too harsh on it, but yeah, Harrison Ford needs to quit acting:
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I would not go that far. It wasn't shit. Will Smith had a lot to do with I Am Legend sucking tremendous ass. There are definitely flaws, as has been pointed out, but for what they did do, on the whole it looked great on the big screen.
Make this movie longer, with a bit more character depth to the cast at large and it would have been a great film. As it stands, its decent film. One that you don't walk out regretting having seen, but wishing there was more. Thats not the mark of a "shit" film.