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Ender's Game

  • 20132013
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 54m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
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Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis, Abigail Breslin, Asa Butterfield, and Hailee Steinfeld in Ender's Game (2013)
With an alien invasion imminent, Colonel Graff (Harrison Ford) and the International Fleet are depending on Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield) to save mankind.
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Young Ender Wiggin is recruited by the International Military to lead the fight against the Formics, an insectoid alien race who had previously tried to invade Earth and had inflicted heavy ... Read allYoung Ender Wiggin is recruited by the International Military to lead the fight against the Formics, an insectoid alien race who had previously tried to invade Earth and had inflicted heavy losses on humankind.Young Ender Wiggin is recruited by the International Military to lead the fight against the Formics, an insectoid alien race who had previously tried to invade Earth and had inflicted heavy losses on humankind.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
244K
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POPULARITY
2,259
317
    • Gavin Hood
    • Gavin Hood(screenplay by)
    • Orson Scott Card(based on the book Ender's Game by)
  • Stars
    • Harrison Ford
    • Asa Butterfield
    • Hailee Steinfeld
    • Gavin Hood
    • Gavin Hood(screenplay by)
    • Orson Scott Card(based on the book Ender's Game by)
  • Stars
    • Harrison Ford
    • Asa Butterfield
    • Hailee Steinfeld
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    "Mazer Rackham's Run"
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    Exclusive Featurette
    Featurette 2:46
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    "Future" Spot
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    Asa Butterfield in Ender's Game (2013)
    Abigail Breslin in Ender's Game (2013)
    Abigail Breslin in Ender's Game (2013)
    Gavin Hood in Ender's Game (2013)
    Viola Davis in Ender's Game (2013)
    Harrison Ford and Gavin Hood in Ender's Game (2013)
    Harrison Ford and Ben Kingsley in Ender's Game (2013)
    Viola Davis in Ender's Game (2013)
    Abigail Breslin and Asa Butterfield in Ender's Game (2013)
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    Asa Butterfield in Ender's Game (2013)

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    Harrison Ford
    Harrison Ford
    • Colonel Graff
    Asa Butterfield
    Asa Butterfield
    • Ender Wiggin
    Hailee Steinfeld
    Hailee Steinfeld
    • Petra Arkanian
    Abigail Breslin
    Abigail Breslin
    • Valentine Wiggin
    Ben Kingsley
    Ben Kingsley
    • Mazer Rackham
    Viola Davis
    Viola Davis
    • Major Gwen Anderson
    Aramis Knight
    Aramis Knight
    • Bean
    Suraj Partha
    Suraj Partha
    • Alai
    • (as Suraj Parthasarathy)
    Moises Arias
    Moises Arias
    • Bonzo Madrid
    Khylin Rhambo
    Khylin Rhambo
    • Dink Meeker
    Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak
    Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak
    • Peter Wiggin
    • (as Jimmy Jax Pinchak)
    Nonso Anozie
    Nonso Anozie
    • Sergeant Dap
    Conor Carroll
    Conor Carroll
    • Bernard
    Caleb J. Thaggard
    Caleb J. Thaggard
    • Stilson
    • (as Caleb Thaggard)
    Cameron Gaskins
    • Slattery (Leopard Army)
    Stevie Ray Dallimore
    Stevie Ray Dallimore
    • John Wiggin
    Andrea Powell
    Andrea Powell
    • Theresa Wiggin
    Brandon Soo Hoo
    Brandon Soo Hoo
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      • Gavin Hood
      • Gavin Hood(screenplay by)
      • Orson Scott Card(based on the book Ender's Game by)
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    • Trivia
      The U.S. Marine Corps has Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card on its recommended reading list for officers, saying that it offers "lessons in training methodology, leadership, and ethics as well."
    • Goofs
      Colonel Graff remarks that Napoléon Bonaparte "conquered the known world," which is absolutely untrue. First, in the time of the Emperor Napoleon I, the basic coastal geography of all continents except Antarctica was already known, so "known world" is a tautology in this case. Second, although Napoleon conquered a large area in Europe and briefly controlled some colonies in the Americas, his realm at its furthest expansion was only a small part of the whole world. Its strength lay in its population centers and trade routes, not its square mileage. It never matched the size of either the British Empire or the Russian Empire, both of whom were his frequent enemies. Napoleon's obsessive attempts to cripple those two empires backfired on him and led to his downfall.
    • Quotes

      Ender Wiggin: In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.

    • Crazy credits
      There are no opening credits. The film's title doesn't appear until the start of the closing credits.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Graham Norton Show: Harrison Ford/Benedict Cumberbatch/Jack Whitehall/James Blunt (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      Peace Sword in B Minor (Open Your Heart)
      Written by Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins, Steven Drozd, Kliph Scurlock and Derek Brown

      Performed by The Flaming Lips

      Produced by The Flaming Lips, Scott Booker and Dave Fridmann

      The Flaming Lips appear courtesy of Warner Bros. Records

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    7/10
    The book, the movie and a video game
    When I watched the Ender's Game trailer for the 1st time browsing the IMDb and I though: Here's a Sci Fi movie that I will probably see. My life went on and a few months later I saw the trailer again mentioned in a space video game called Skyjacker (Skyjacker - Starship Constructor update 20 in August). I got curious enough and decided to read the book first and watch the movie in November. Then I discover that there wasn't only one book, but a bunch of them. The Ender's Game saga!

    I'm a bit lazy when it comes to reading, so I decided to listen to the audio books instead :) I got lucky, since from the author's point of view this is the ideal medium for enjoying the story. The author also had some concerns about making a movie since:

    1- In the book the narrator is inside the character head. Making a movie with 3rd person speaking the thought of another one all the time would not work very well for the viewer.

    2- The kids must be very young about 6 to 12 years old and it's very hard to find outstanding actor at that age that can give the required dramatic performance.

    3- There should not be a love story and Hollywood tends to take advantage of the teenager feelings to do that…

    I was skeptical about the movie and unfortunately I was right. However they were able to do somethings right:

    • Amazing special effects;


    • Amazing final battle;


    • Cut the Locke and Demosthenes characters from the movie, since it was impossible to develop them in a 2 hours movie, along side the main story;


    • Give a plausible explanation about the bugger motive to attack Earth;


    • Create some doubt about the bugger intentions.


    What's wrong with the movie then?

    • Almost everything happens too fast in the Battle School;


    -- The training should take years, not days…

    -- Ender's ascension to power is not credible. He fought too few battles to be promoted to commander…

    • Bonzo supposed to be BIG!


    • Bean supposed to be tiny…


    They should have taken special attention to the cast. If the Bonzo character supposed to be funny, I assure you that none of the Ender's Game books fan laugh when saw him!

    The movie should have been split into two parts, in order to develop the Ender Wiggin personality and make is ascension on the Battle School credible. Also since they had Bean from the beginning why not develop him too? With a 2 parts movie everybody would have won. The producer would sell 2 movies for the price of producing 1. After the 1st movie the book would sell as hell and people would still be interested to see the 2nd part of the movie.

    Last, but not least, I must say that Human fleet looks good, although compared to the Skyjacker video game fleet it just feels short…

    Taking all into account I gave this movie a generous 7, when it had the potential to be a 9 or 10, if the had done it right!
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      • November 1, 2013 (United States)
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      • Duffey Lake, British Columbia, Canada
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    • 1 hour 54 minutes
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