CelticsStrong
Other Discussions => Entertainment => Off Topic => Movies => Topic started by: Moranis on March 10, 2012, 11:15:44 AM
-
Looks like the cast is complete. Not sure about making Anderson a woman, but I'm sure it will work. I can't wait for this movie. Comes out March 15, 2013. Love the books. I've read them all, including the Bean line.
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20577069,00.html (http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20577069,00.html)
-
Looks like the cast is complete. Not sure about making Anderson a woman, but I'm sure it will work. I can't wait for this movie. Comes out March 15, 2013. Love the books. I've read them all, including the Bean line.
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20577069,00.html (http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20577069,00.html)
Thanks for the link ... gonna post it in "Coming Attractions" ... one of my favorite books of all time, and I posted there about the movie being made not long ago. I can not wait for this!
-
The girl at the airport Barnes and Noble bookstore recommended a couple of books from that series to me. I read them on vacation last summer. They were decent. My vision of most of the action was very dark though. Might be a bit of a dreary movie.
-
The girl at the airport Barnes and Noble bookstore recommended a couple of books from that series to me. I read them on vacation last summer. They were decent. My vision of most of the action was very dark though. Might be a bit of a dreary movie.
I suppose it would lean a bit to the dark side, as semi-hard sci-fi goes, but the last thing I would expect this movie to be is dreary ... superbly written book by Orson Scott Card, (and the best of the series), and depending on the adaptation, screenplay, and directing, it should make for one heckuva film. But to each his own.
-
The girl at the airport Barnes and Noble bookstore recommended a couple of books from that series to me. I read them on vacation last summer. They were decent. My vision of most of the action was very dark though. Might be a bit of a dreary movie.
I suppose it would lean a bit to the dark side, as semi-hard sci-fi goes, but the last thing I would expect this movie to be is dreary ... superbly written book by Orson Scott Card, (and the best of the series), and depending on the adaptation, screenplay, and directing, it should make for one heckuva film. But to each his own.
Don't get me wrong, I liked the story, I just thought a large part of Ender's character was his isolation (and that could lean towards the dreary side).
-
Yeah, that kid looks a little to angelic to be Ender.
-
I quiver with the
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v16KFXa2njo
-
Yeah, that kid looks a little to angelic to be Ender.
kid from Hugo, which had quite a few dark parts. I think he will be fine.
-
November 1, 2013 official release date
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/12/05/enders-game-exclusive-first-look/ (http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/12/05/enders-game-exclusive-first-look/)
-
I still havent read Ender's game believe it or not. Skipped it in high school and now it sits upon my shelf collecting dust despite its great reviews from friends. Time to start reading.
-
A little disappointing that the kids are so old, although I guess I understand why it has to be this way.
-
A little disappointing that the kids are so old, although I guess I understand why it has to be this way.
The confrontation between Ender and Bonzo is exponentially less filmable the younger the cast is.
-
A little disappointing that the kids are so old, although I guess I understand why it has to be this way.
The confrontation between Ender and Bonzo is exponentially less filmable the younger the cast is.
Also, Harry Potter's movie franchise showed the world, kids can't act all that great, and the more you get in one scene, the worse it will be.
-
I think you have to age them, you can't have them in space for years in the movie, but what them to be at an age where the ending and what not make sense (i.e. not 6-8).
At least Bean is a couple of years younger than most of the other kids. Hopefully he is equally as small. Bean is by far my favorite character in Battle School and I absolutely loved his individual story that was told in sequels. Great read.
-
The confrontation between Ender and Bonzo is exponentially less filmable the younger the cast is.
I know, I'm just throwing a purist tantrum.
At least Bean is a couple of years younger than most of the other kids. Hopefully he is equally as small. Bean is by far my favorite character in Battle School and I absolutely loved his individual story that was told in sequels. Great read.
Same. I don't know if this is a minority position, but 'Game and 'Shadow are the only two books in the series that I enjoyed. The others are almost completely unreadable for me.
-
The confrontation between Ender and Bonzo is exponentially less filmable the younger the cast is.
I know, I'm just throwing a purist tantrum.
At least Bean is a couple of years younger than most of the other kids. Hopefully he is equally as small. Bean is by far my favorite character in Battle School and I absolutely loved his individual story that was told in sequels. Great read.
Same. I don't know if this is a minority position, but 'Game and 'Shadow are the only two books in the series that I enjoyed. The others are almost completely unreadable for me.
It took me awhile to get used to the time warp on the Ender sequels, but once I did I found those story lines to be interesting and good reads, Ender just wasn't as likeable as Bean was for me and I just don't know why.
I have not yet read Shadows In Flight, which is the latest Bean book. Nor have I read Earth Unaware which is the first of a three-part prequel to Ender's Game about the first Formic war.
-
I hope I'm wrong but I see this film being a massive failure. Hollywood is garbage lately. I see this Enders Game film getting watered down and homogenized by focus groups and marketers.
It's a Gavin Hood film, he's directing and co-writing with Card. I'm not a fan of Hood's and I think he will fail to capture the book's atmosphere. I also doubt he will be able to coax good performances out of his cast--especially the child actors.
This thing is going to be gutted to sell Happy Meals.
Harrison Ford's is cynically cast in that role to get the older folks in the seats. An independent minded director wanting to create their own vision wouldnt use someone from a canonical sci fi franchise in their film. Someone got some Han Solo in my Enders Game.
EDIT: When I say that I think this film will be a failure I mean artistically. I think it will be a success in theaters and make huge bucks in licensing.
-
Ben Kingsley was a pretty obvious choice for mazer rackham, especially considering all the Hugo people involved.
In my head, though, it has always been Nick Nolte.
-
"Ender's Game" is a classic. One of my favourite books of all time. Every person I've recommended it to has enjoyed it - even the non sci-fi fans.