...... starring Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Hailee Stanfeld, Abigail Breslin, Ben Kingsley and Viola Davis and thought it was pretty good sci fi entertainment that even had an always worthwhile prime directive type message at the end.
However, since this film seemed primarily directed toward a PG-13 computer gamer audience, it didn't completely satisfy my needs as veteran, older sci fi movie fan.
My oldest grandkid is 8 and his attention span for movies is short (unless they're animated), but I think young folks who game play and are 10 and older would get the most enjoyment from this film.
There was a OK storyline, plenty of video game worthy special effects showing space and space warfare, some other decent simulations of the future and even plenty of adult actors around to be sure the young cadets weren't unsupervised when they were tasked with saving the world.
Nevertheless, I believe I would have dug this film more were I a 13 year old video gamer or, maybe, if I'd read the book.
The Link
I didn't read the book.
I think Asa Butterfeild may be Academy Award nominated for his performance and Harrison Ford/Ben Kingsley made me remember Captain Ahab/Queegqueeg from Melville's "Moby Dick."
Think of "Tron" with the much better on screen graphics CGI gives us today.
Or "An Officer and a Gentleman" or "Top Gun" in outer space without any sex.
Or "Starship Troopers" without boobs and bloodshed, both of which I freely admit increased my interest while watching that flick.
Or Wesley Crusher from "Star Trek: The Next Generation" featured in a feature film, first showing his selection, then his training and finally him in ultimate command during the great battle against the Borg with all the misgivings, growth and teen aged angst all that could have caused.
I'll recommend this motion picture especially for young sci fi fans and certainly for any adults of "Star Trek"-like entertainment who'd like to go along.
This movie is firmly in the fantasy realm of science fiction, while the recent Sandra Bullock/George Clooney space show was, of course, much, much, much, much more realistic.
My only criticism of that excellent cinematic offering from director Alfonso Cuaron was, if compared to a similar film like "Apollo 13," "Gravity" lacked gravitas.
Now I'll further opine that, even though it seemed more youth oriented to me, I felt the weightlessness in "Ender's Game" had a bit more substance to it.
Different strokes.
JMO.
Your thoughts?
However, since this film seemed primarily directed toward a PG-13 computer gamer audience, it didn't completely satisfy my needs as veteran, older sci fi movie fan.
My oldest grandkid is 8 and his attention span for movies is short (unless they're animated), but I think young folks who game play and are 10 and older would get the most enjoyment from this film.
There was a OK storyline, plenty of video game worthy special effects showing space and space warfare, some other decent simulations of the future and even plenty of adult actors around to be sure the young cadets weren't unsupervised when they were tasked with saving the world.
Nevertheless, I believe I would have dug this film more were I a 13 year old video gamer or, maybe, if I'd read the book.
The Link
I didn't read the book.
I think Asa Butterfeild may be Academy Award nominated for his performance and Harrison Ford/Ben Kingsley made me remember Captain Ahab/Queegqueeg from Melville's "Moby Dick."
Think of "Tron" with the much better on screen graphics CGI gives us today.
Or "An Officer and a Gentleman" or "Top Gun" in outer space without any sex.
Or "Starship Troopers" without boobs and bloodshed, both of which I freely admit increased my interest while watching that flick.
Or Wesley Crusher from "Star Trek: The Next Generation" featured in a feature film, first showing his selection, then his training and finally him in ultimate command during the great battle against the Borg with all the misgivings, growth and teen aged angst all that could have caused.
I'll recommend this motion picture especially for young sci fi fans and certainly for any adults of "Star Trek"-like entertainment who'd like to go along.
This movie is firmly in the fantasy realm of science fiction, while the recent Sandra Bullock/George Clooney space show was, of course, much, much, much, much more realistic.
My only criticism of that excellent cinematic offering from director Alfonso Cuaron was, if compared to a similar film like "Apollo 13," "Gravity" lacked gravitas.
Now I'll further opine that, even though it seemed more youth oriented to me, I felt the weightlessness in "Ender's Game" had a bit more substance to it.
Different strokes.
JMO.
Your thoughts?
