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Lavitz moderator General Xbox 360 Movies/Films total posts: 9316 neopoints: 1050 since: Aug 2001	Oct 26, 12 at 11:42am ^ Ender's Game
	Log in to remove this sponsored message quote IMDB Director: Gavin Hood Writers: Gavin Hood (screenplay), Orson Scott Card (novel) Release: November 1st, 2013 (tentative) Plot: 70 years after a horrific alien war, an unusually gifted child is sent to an advanced military school in space to prepare for a future invasion. Cast: Harrison Ford, Abigail Breslin, Ben Kingsley, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Viola Davis I just started reading this book and I'm enjoying it so far. Didn't realize how far along they were with the production of the film, already having a full cast and possibly release date. Could be a huge hit. More thoughts when I finish Book 1. ... ------------------- JOIN THE NEOSEEKER MOVIE CLUB! quote rafiq I am join your movie club and i past a wonderful time.
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Matty Self-titled Seeketh Maximus total posts: 5818 since: Jan 2007	Nov 09, 12 at 12:48pm ^ re: Ender's Game
	I just found out about this today, not sure how I feel about it... This could be great, particularly with some of the casting decisions. All the child actors are proven and all coming off of strong performances in big films (Hugo, True Grit). What worries me is that the actual good parts of the book (imo), won't translate well into film. Elements of the fantasy game and the Bugger homeworld exploration could easily be not represented well in the film, or even left out completely as they're not really important plot-wise. Leaving out things like those are what could make this story a bit one-dimensional and not wholly impressive in terms of science fiction nowadays... Not to mention that I'm apprehensive of how they'll handle the characters aging in the film (Ender is supposed to start off as a six year old and end up being 13 by the climax(?)) Very early to speculate, but I'm concerned for this project ------------------- <3 Natman Something in my throat made my next words shake...
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Darknet Half as long, twice as bright Elite Seeker total posts: 30101 since: Aug 2002	Nov 09, 12 at 1:05pm ^ re: Ender's Game
	I've heard that Orson Scott Card has spent years working on the script for this. He's trying to make this the best movie adaption he can make it. ------------------- Superhero Costumes
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Golden Miru warrior moderator TV Shows since: Feb 2002	Nov 09, 12 at 2:45pm ^ re: Ender's Game
	They got the kid from Hugo but all I can picture is that boy from Looper. Hailee Steinfeld is maybe Valentine (but probably Petra?), great young actress either way. ------------------- lifeadelica.com
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Lavitz moderator General Xbox 360 Movies/Films total posts: 9316 neopoints: 1050 since: Aug 2001	Nov 09, 12 at 2:47pm ^ re: Ender's Game
	That boy would make a good Peter or someone (the Looper kid), but I can't picture him as Ender. ------------------- JOIN THE NEOSEEKER MOVIE CLUB! quote rafiq I am join your movie club and i past a wonderful time.
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Matty Self-titled Seeketh Maximus total posts: 5818 since: Jan 2007	Nov 09, 12 at 3:11pm ^ re: Ender's Game
	quote Golden Miru warrior They got the kid from Hugo but all I can picture is that boy from Looper. Hailee Steinfeld is maybe Valentine (but probably Petra?), great young actress either way. I assume this is reliable, IMDb has her set as playing Petra, with Abigail Breslin (Girl from Little Miss Sunshine/Zombieland) playing Valentine. As I say, all the casting choices seem potentially great. A lot of young talent there. I would have pictured Looper boy as Bean, seeing as he is actually quite young. But hownow, it's all there on the imdb page done and dusted. lol at the little Mexican guy from Hannah Montana playing Bonzo... ------------------- <3 Natman Something in my throat made my next words shake...
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Lavitz moderator General Xbox 360 Movies/Films total posts: 9316 neopoints: 1050 since: Aug 2001	Nov 09, 12 at 6:34pm ^ re: Ender's Game
	I'm only six chapters into the book, so I don't even know who Bean and Bonzo are haha. ------------------- JOIN THE NEOSEEKER MOVIE CLUB! quote rafiq I am join your movie club and i past a wonderful time.
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Justin True Addiction total posts: 19422 since: Aug 2009	Nov 09, 12 at 9:24pm ^ re: Ender's Game
	It's been about two years since I've read the book, so I'm a little hazy on the characters and everything. This was definitely one of my favorite books ever, so I'm very excited to see the film. This was a pleasant surprise to read! ------------------- Justin -------------------
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Golden Miru warrior moderator TV Shows since: Feb 2002	Dec 05, 12 at 2:22pm ^ re: Ender's Game
	First two images out. ------------------- lifeadelica.com
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Darknet Half as long, twice as bright Elite Seeker total posts: 30101 since: Aug 2002	May 07, 13 at 10:10pm ^ re: Ender's Game
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GuitarMan91 World's Most Charming Asshole Hooked on Neo total posts: 4279 since: Feb 2008	May 07, 13 at 10:19pm ^ re: Ender's Game
	I've never read the book but I saw the trailer earlier today and it was not good. I was kind of excited about this movie since I heard it was science fiction. But the trailer was horribly bland. Nothing was eye catching or interesting about it. It really killed my desire to see this movie. -------------------
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Darknet Half as long, twice as bright Elite Seeker total posts: 30101 since: Aug 2002	May 07, 13 at 10:27pm ^ re: Ender's Game
	I thought the visual effects were pretty great and mind blowing. But I agree it wasn't the best trailer. I don't buy too much in to trailers, anyway. Sometimes the trailer looks awesome and the film is actually shit (Max Payne) or the trailer sucks and the movie rocks (Push). ------------------- Superhero Costumes
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Mouldy Cheese Mathematical! (moderator) Pokémon X & Y since: Feb 2004	May 07, 13 at 11:52pm ^ re: Ender's Game
	Ermahgerd. Trailer looks alright. One thing I'm quite glad of is that they aged the characters a bit. It won't really have that same suspension of belief that was required in the books (nor the impact of it) but I think it would have made the movie somewhat less serious. Pretty keen to see how they handle the competitive simulation 'game'. That has the potential to be quite visually stunning. MC edit: I just watched it again and something jumped out at me. Spoiler: MAJOR PLOT SPOILERS Was that the bugger homeworld blowing up at the end of the trailer there? Movies need to stop giving away important plot points in the trailers. If I hadn't read the book I'd be watching the movie and knowing that at some point he's going to blow up a planet. I wonder if they'll even use the term 'buggers" to describe the aliens to try and keep it a little more PC? In the trailer they just call them "the aliens". Edit: May 08, 13 12:39am ------------------- _KCCO Books & Lit \| Pokemon X&Y \| Ramblings
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Blackgamer2009 ultra seeker total posts: 1506 since: Aug 2006	May 08, 13 at 1:30pm ^ re: Ender's Game
	I'm worried about interest in the film, but can't wait to see if this director was able to nail the source material. The film looks promising.
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Shadow of Death Grushdeva du kalt misht (category mod) My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic PC Games total posts: 25207 GameGrep pts: 3900 since: Feb 2003	May 08, 13 at 3:02pm ^ re: Ender's Game
	Mouldy Cheese - Yeah, I expect they won't call them Buggers. Too touchy a name, really. I too dislike trailers that either give away important plot points, feature scenes that aren't in the film, or mislead the viewer. As much as I like Bridge to Terabithia, the trailer misleads people into thinking it is about some alternate fantasy world, rather than it being imagination and all that. ------------------- α Ω Blood Dragon ~\| Rift \|~ Starbound
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