Young Ender Wiggin is recruited by the International Military to lead the fight against the Formics, an insectoid alien race who had previously tried to invade Earth and had inflicted heavy ... Read allYoung Ender Wiggin is recruited by the International Military to lead the fight against the Formics, an insectoid alien race who had previously tried to invade Earth and had inflicted heavy losses on humankind.Young Ender Wiggin is recruited by the International Military to lead the fight against the Formics, an insectoid alien race who had previously tried to invade Earth and had inflicted heavy losses on humankind.
- Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations
- Alai
- (as Suraj Parthasarathy)
- Peter Wiggin
- (as Jimmy Jax Pinchak)
- Stilson
- (as Caleb Thaggard)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFor the wirework in the battle room, the actors trained for a month with individual Cirque du Soleil members so they could do the wire performances themselves.
- GoofsColonel Graff remarks that Napoléon Bonaparte "conquered the known world," which is not untrue. The correct reference should have been Alexander the Great who, it could be said, conquered the known world. This could be accepted as accurate because he did conquer the parts of the world of which Macedonia and nearby regions had knowledge. The wilds of the Far East and of western and norther Europe, as well as central and southern Africa were the stuff of little more than rumor.
- Quotes
Ender Wiggin: In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.
- Crazy creditsThere are no opening credits. The film's title doesn't appear until the start of the closing credits.
- SoundtracksPeace Sword in B Minor (Open Your Heart)
Written by Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins, Steven Drozd, Kliph Scurlock, and Derek Brown
Performed by The Flaming Lips
Produced by The Flaming Lips, Scott Booker, and Dave Fridmann
The Flaming Lips appear courtesy of Warner Bros. Records
Movie did actually better job than I expected. I liked the cast of the main characters, Harrison Ford and Asa Butterfield. Both did very good job. A big positive surprise for me was the visual aspect of the movie, I liked it actually so much, it is the main reason, why I keep my rating for the movie so high despite the negatives.
The biggest problem of the Ender's Game adaptation is the race against the time. The movie tries to squeeze huge amount of information in a short time and it just does not work. I cannot imagine, how I would feel without having any background information from the book. Even if we can discuss whether the "Earth" sideline with Ender's siblings has to or doesn't have to be in the movie (it does not), there is the main storyline describing Ender's time spend in Battle school and it is handled so shallowly and quickly, it hurts. This story just needs more space. Without it there is almost no character development. No emotions towards side characters, like Bean or Petra or all the others, barely recognizable for the viewer. Even the great ending is ripped of emotions partially because of it. I felt all the aspects of the movie are more handled as trailers to that aspect than actually diving into it. And it is a pity.
It was still a nice experience, seeing the universe come to life.
Remember, the enemy's gate is down!
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Cuộc Đấu Của Ender
- Filming locations
- Duffey Lake, British Columbia, Canada(Lake scenery)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $110,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $61,737,191
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $27,017,351
- Nov 3, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $125,544,024
- Runtime1 hour 54 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1