I finally caught Ender's game from a Hoyt's Kiosk vending machine. (These are surprisingly good, by the way.) It was a classic adaptation from a too-rich book - lots of moments that were important reduced to a single scene or maybe two, and a little egregious dumbing down of space battles. Asa Butterfield was very good, but too big to produce the pathos required at certain points, especially when Bonzo was so tiny. The Giant's Drink was used well. A loving adaptation that struggled to stuff the book into contemporary film conventions - I would certainly look at a 'director's cut' with interest.
Agreed. I think having the kids older than in the book actually worked. I went in fearing that they would "Starship Troopers" the source material but left enthused and reminded about why I loved the book so much.
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