Enders' Game

      Hmmm ok where to start...  I'm not gonna say that I didn't like it. I really did enjoy it. and being that it's adapted from a short story written in 1977, then a full on novel in 1985. then revised and updated in 1991, to the finished product we have today... it's very well done. Visually its beautiful. IMAX 3D, totally awesome. But story wise.. for me, it was a tad bit lacking.

  ( No spoilers ) The synopsis is, Earth was invaded by aliens in 2086. Mazer Rackham, commander of a small patrol force outwitted the aliens and saved the world while sacrificing himself. Hailed as a strategic genius, Earths forces searched and trained young students hoping to find someone with those same qualities and abilities, because they knew the aliens would return one day.  I'll stop there. 
      All that's good and well. Where the movie lost me is,  not the fact they put the fate of the world in the hands of this kid but they apparently only felt the need to give that kid a few weeks of training to do it... Then take a HUGE gamble. ( I can't stress HUGE enough) that he was ready. Also the blatant setup for part 2 which really looks like its gonna suck majorly .. I could be wrong.
 Asa Butterfield as Andrew "Ender" Wiggins did a great job. As expected Harrison Ford, Viola Davis, and Ben Kingsley. were perfect in their roles, what little screen time there actually was.

   My advice is, if you are going to see it in theaters...Matinee all the way. Full evening prices is NOT the way to go. It is a bootleggin' pirates dream though. Well worth the download time.  I give it 3 out 5 stars.  
   

As always, support your favorite actors and theaters.. bootlegging is illegal...pay to see movies...'cause God knows I don't.

J. Russell