



As a fan of the novel, I have to say I am extremely pleased to see that this movie was made by people who understood and clearly cared about the novel. On the other hand, I think science fiction cinema really suffered for this choice. I'm really torn. I really think they should have taken more liberties with the story and made a better movie. On the other hand, if they'd done that I'd probably be writing a blog post complaining about the changes.





One last thing to think about -- Ender's Game was originally a short story before it was a novel. Adapting the short story might have made for a much better movie. But then you end up with a movie that doesn't address the morality of the xenocide against the Buggers at all, which is an important (and maybe the most important) theme of the novel.