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Product Name: Ender's Game [2 Discs] [Blu-ray/DVD] [2013]
UPC: 025192217067
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Intriguing yet disturbing
I am always one to enjoy a good sci-fi film that isn't of the horror type genre and Ender's Game proved to be just that type. Oh, yes, there were some strange alien creatures, the Formics, but they were basically like giant ant-types that had developed the ability for travel through space, a species which had previously attacked Earth some 50 years previously.
The main focus is on a young teenage boy named Ender Wiggin. He is extremely intelligent but quiet, but is keen on resolving conflicts in such a way that they never happen again. The government finds out about that (they have been training, testing and monitoring the world's youth for a while) and brings him in for special training in the war against these "invading creatures." It should be noted that this is a typical military sense of thinking: "Destroy the invaders even though it has been 50 years since they tried to invade Earth but were defeated and have not attempted another invasion. Eliminate the race so they won't try again."
Ender and a few other teens he has befriended along the way become a special team. They think they are in training, in space and then on an alien planet, to determine a way to stop the invasion. Much of their training is done through computer manipulation but, unknowingly, when their final "test" arrives in which they are being observed by many big-wigs, they are actually in charge of a real invasion. Ender's team wins the battle after which they realize that they had been used, that Earth lives and ships sacrificed in battle were real ships with real people. Ender also realizes that the dreams he had been having recently were actually the ant creatures trying to communicate with him.
Though the movie has a noble ending, it is a bit anti-climatic considering all the action that has been going on throughout.
I love me some SciFi and also some Blu-ray, so this was a good deal for me. Having a huge 4k TV is a great way to enjoy hi-def movies and a good sound bar system presents all that hi-def audio to immerse you in the experience. This was a good book and so the story was there for the interpretation and the acting was pretty good too. I am glad to have this in my collection.
Posted by WhitehouseWillie
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Asa Butterfield should have been the next Spider-M
Thought this was a really good sci-fy with plenty of game like action for the kids to play with while eliminating an entire species.
