Ender's Game [DVD]

Cgi brilliantly good,the story is ingenious. Instead of analien invasion film ,you have a teen recruits ,trainingTo defeat a possible new invasion and lead the fight to themEnder the child /teen genius is trained to lead his classmatesThrough a series of simulation battles, not realizing that their graduationSimulation is a successful one ,and an attack on the enemy destroys theEnemy planet,the trainees find they have been duped by their leadersAnd the simulation was for real and the trainees won the war,while theMilitary leaders celebrate the trainees are horrified that they caused the genocideOf an entire species .that may have not been a threat. The moral of this story thatThe war was wrong,and the effects on those who did the fighting is traumaticEspecially when they realized the consequences of their actions, enders saved theLast of the species and departs for pastures new and after being promoted to admiral.The idea of a cadet leading others into battle is not original in fiction these days,jj Abraham'sDid it with Kirk,in the 2009 star trek reboot it ,didn't work then,And it's not plausible now. That's the only daft part. The ideaThat adults military conned or duped the teens is a sinister oneAnd cleverly done, but they were desperate and you could seeThey bitterly regretted their decisions and the end results .notonly they masterminded the destruction of a species but theyTraumatized the recruits.The inclusion of a Maori(Ben Kingsley) is good alsoBecause they are never represented on the big screen.Underrated in the states which is a shame Because it isVery good,I expect they didn't like the genocide bit.......

As a fan of the book series I was worried that the film adaptation would not work.The film works for me on every level apart from some scenes feeling a bit rushed. It was a pity that Gavin Hood's deleted scenes on the BD version had not been edited into a Director's cut version to show them in context. Asa Butterfield is very believable as Ender Wiggin with Harrison Ford as Graff, in a relationship that is reminiscent of Ford with River Phoenix in Mosquito Coast. The ensemble cast could have been developed more, especially in the character of Bean,( Aramis Knight), who is a key player in the other books of the series. A thought provoking SF experience on film for my young grandson when he watched it, asking more questions than answers.Production:The set designs & VFX by Ben Proctor, Sean Haworth and Digital Domain are magnificent, some of the best I have seen in SF films and IMHO equal to those in Gravity when projected on a large screen. Steve Jablonsky's score contributes at the emotional level without being overbearing. On my audio system the 5.1 HD sound track on the UK (Region B) version appears to lack the LFE and sounds different to the 7.1 USA (Region A) version.I hoped originally to see an IMAX theater version in the UK, ( which never materialised). A pity as the space scenes are awe inspiring when shown on a big screen with multi-channel audio setup correctly.

A movie adaptation of an award winning science fiction novel from the 1980's Ender's Game (Ender Saga) Ender's game is a near future story in which the human race is still recovering from a war with an insectoid race. Who came very close to destroying humanity but who were just beaten off, thanks not least to the actions of one brave individual.Knowing that the aliens could well be back one day, humanity is preparing to fight them again when the time comes to pass. The best and brightest from all over the globe are given a chance at military service. Starting from a very early age. Just in case the next war winning hero is amongst these recruits.Ender Wiggum [Asa Butterfield] is one of those smart kids who really doesn't fit in. But Colonel Graff [Harrison Ford] thinks he might just be what humanity is looking for. Recruited into the international fleet, Ender has a tough education ahead of him. And a lot to learn.Not least, what people will do to survive and prosper...Described as 'Harry Potter meets Star Wars' simply because a lot of takes place in a military school with various different houses who compete against each other in a sports game, this does have a couple of fight scenes that don't pull their punches in depicting brutality, and isn't really for anyone under twelve.As a piece of science fiction, it's not bad. It creates a credible near future environment and society. It tells a solid character drama, with a few plot twists along the way. And it does what all good science fiction should do. Make the viewer think about the many moral issues that the story raises.As a movie, it's not bad. Asa Butterfield delivers a very assured performance, carrying the entire film very well. Harrison Ford makes a decent gruff military man, and the rest of the cast are pretty good. As are the visuals, with plenty of zero gravity sports and cgi starship battles.How it rates as an adaptation of the book is a matter of opinion. It's one of those adaptations that sticks to the central narrative and gets that in, and as much else as it possibly can. Certain sub plots are lost or truncated. Perhaps it's best described as being pretty faithful but somewhat watered down.The film ends with set up for possible sequels. Which probably won't happen since it underperformed at the box office. But all in all it's a fairly decent bit of science fiction film, and worth 4/5.The dvd has the following language and subtitle options:Languages: English.Subtitles: English.The dvd begins with several trailers, which can be skipped via the next button on the dvd remote.Extras are:A commentary from the writer/director.A commentary from two of the producers.Several deleted/extended scenes. Which can be watched individually or all in a row. If you do the latter they run for just under eleven minutes. They can be watched with or without a commentary from the writer/director which explains them and why they were cut.

Really enjoy this film, is one of my all time favourites. Ender's Game is well worth watching if your into to Sci Fi films.

Packaged like from a store. Plastic wrapping, standard DVD case. Good price. Glad I bought it.

Buenos precios, productos en buenas condiciones, y muy buen servicio de distribución y además rápido.Respecto a la película "el juego de Ender", es una muy buena película de ciencia ficción, remake proveniente del libro homónimo de Orson Scott Card.

Salve a tutti. Ho comprato questo dvd in quanto, dopo aver visto il film su internet, ero rimasto così colpito che ho deciso di comprarlo subito, per tenerlo nella mia scorta privata di film. E' avvincente e bello, gli attori sono veramente bravi e alla fine ti fà riflettere e ti lascia anche un pò l'amaro in bocca... Ma non voglio dire di più, se volete comprarlo e vederlo, lo consiglio vivamente. Spedizione celerissima e pacco ben tenuto.

a gr8 movie from harrison ford again. He proves yet again that he's the kind of actor who is not so easily found in the world

- Rolltext -Nur der Genistreich eines brillanten Kommandeurs konnte die Invasion der Erde und Vernichtung der Menschheit verhindern. Doch die insektenähnlichen Formics könnten jederzeit wiederkehren und die Menschheit ein für allemal auslöschen.Um das zu verhindern hat die eigens zum Schutz vor einer weiteren Invasion gegründete Internationale Flotte bereits vor Jahrzehnten begonnen auf der gesamten Erde nach den aussichtsreichsten Nachwuchs-Talenten für die Rettung der Menschheit zu suchen, denn die nächste Invasion könnte jederzeit hereinbrechen.Entsprechend wird die irdische Jugend bereits entsprechend jung auf eine mögliche militärische Laufbahn vorbereitet und immer noch weltweit nach einem Napoleon oder Julius Cäsar gesucht, der es dem legendären Mazer Rakcham gleichtun und die Formics bezwingen kann. Andrew "Ender" Wiggin könnte dieser Held sein...- Starship Troopers in jung? -Als mir die erste Inhaltsangabe von Enders Game unterkam erwartete ich einen Film mit ähnlichen Inhalt wie Starship Troopers. Nur mit jüngeren Darstellern, um vermutlich auf der Young Adult Welle mitzusurfen. Dieses Marketingkalkül und die Aussicht wie bei Young Adult-Filmen üblich praktisch die selbe Story wie in Starship Troopers nur anders präsentiert zu bekommen führte auch dazu, warum es der Film dann nie auf meine Kinoliste schaffte. Dass der Cast fast ausschließlich aus Jungdarstellern bestand und die Buchvorlage ebenfalls als Young Adult-Roman bezeichnet wurde konnte meine Vorurteile nur verstärken.Der praktisch irgendwann und irgendwo einmal in den Raum gestellte Hinweis, Enders Game würde wie Starship Troopers empfohlene Lektüre für US Marine Corps Offiziersanwärter und Unteroffiziere sein, nagte dann jedoch an mir. Das führte dann auch zum Kauf der Blu-ray.Und Ender's Game ist als Film deutlich anders als ich es mir vorgestellt hätte. Statt einer seichten Geschichte über einen Jungen der mit seinen Freunden die Welt rettet zeigt Ender's Game das schattenreiche Heranwachsen eines talentierten jungen Mannes (es war durchaus hilfreich, dass die Jungdarsteller wie Asa Butterfield im Verlauf der Dreharbeiten Wachstumsschübe erleben und teils sichtlich älter wurden) zum widerwilligen Werkzeug eines Völkermordes. Dabei ist der Film unerwartet tiefgründig, psychologisch interessant und trotzdem nicht weniger wendungs- und actionreich. Ein Überraschungshit selbst mit den im SciFi-Genre üblichen Logiklöchern.- Sollte man das Buch gelesen haben? -Zumindest ich kannte es nicht und ebenso nicht jene Kollegen, die ich davon überzeugen konnte sich den Film anzusehen. Überzeugt waren wir vom Film dann trotzdem. Man sollte sich halt darauf einstellen, dass Ender's Game eben nicht auf der Schiene kompromisslose Space Action daherkommt, sondern mehr Stoff zum Nachdenken und Diskutieren liefert. Jedenfalls wenn man sich auf den Film und seine Themen einlässt.Die Buchlektüre habe ich dann nachgeholt und der Unterschied ist enorm. Während sich der Film vor allem auf die Geschichte Enders als militärisches Genie konzentriert, beschäftigt sich das Buch mit einem umfangreichen Nebenplot über die beiden anderen Wiggin-Geschwister, der im Film so gar nicht vorkommt. Nach dem Buch ist meine Anerkennung der Leistung der Filmmacher sogar noch gestiegen. Der Film bringt es zustande die Handlung um Ender wirklich auf den Punkt zu bringen und manche Aspekte der Geschichte dabei noch deutlicher darzubringen als der Roman es schafft.Dafür hat man im Film mangels Nebenplot die Möglichkeiten für die Errichtung eines Ender-Franchises aufgegeben, um ausschließlich Enders Geschichte zu zeigen. Durchaus lobenswert wenn einmal die zu erzählende Geschichte und nicht die Dollar-Millionen verheißenden Fortsetzungsmöglichkeiten die wichtigste Rolle einnehmen. So gesehen dann noch ein Pluspunkt mehr für den Film Ender's Game.