Ender's Game

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Call Number: Blu-ray Science-Fiction Ender's
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.
Special features: Audio commentary; Ender's world: the making of Ender's game; Inside the mind game; deleted/extended scenes; optional director commentary. Featurettes are Blu-ray exclusive, not found on DVD version.
Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Ben Kingsley, Abigail Breslin, Viola Davis, Moises Arias, Aramis Knight, Suraj Partha.
A hostile alien race attacked Earth, and if not for the legendary heroics of Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, Colonel Hyrum Graff is training only the best young children. Ender Wiggin, a shy, but brilliant boy, is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope. Once at Command School, he's trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead them into an epic battle that will determine the future of Earth and save the human race.
Blu-ray, region A, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, 2.0 optimized for late night listening; Dolby digital 5.1 (Spanish), English descriptive audio; 1080p high definition; requires Blu-ray player.
Contents: Ender's game.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Nice adaptation of a great book by a controversial author submitted by cherylo on June 20, 2014, 4:09pm Talented kids for a generation have grown identifying with Ender Wiggin or one of his fellow launchies from the novel. This adaptation had many obstacles to overcome, from attempting to meet fans' high expectations to dealing with a boycott movement due to novel author Orson Scott Card's controversial if not incendiary public political viewpoint.

For those who say celebrate the work but not the author, the movie is a resounding success. Although no movie has the time to render every part of this beloved coming of age story, this one certainly hits the main features quite serviceably. Asa Butterfield renders an entirely believable Ender tortured by the decisions he is compelled to make. The mind game is given short shrift, but so is everything else in the story. The number of battle room games actually shown is small, but the essential lessons are well distilled. Harrison Ford as Graff does well, and the diverse supporting cast from Anderson to Bean to Rackham help to make it all come alive.

I still recommend reading the novel first, but this is a wonderful treat for the fan.

Awesome! submitted by SLDV on June 22, 2014, 8:39pm The special effects are great and so is the story!

True to the book submitted by yojasor on July 14, 2014, 8:50am It really stuck to the book, the director didn't add much or take out any vital parts to the story which i really appreciated.

Not as good submitted by leenajong on August 5, 2015, 5:22pm I don't like this movie as much as I was anticipated.

Not Quite submitted by krogers on July 20, 2018, 9:13am Maybe the story was just inherently difficult to adapt, but the film fell far short of delivering the punch line, or the other deep elements, that made the book great.

good submitted by yufamily on August 25, 2019, 7:34pm The plot is weak