"Ender's Game"

     When Andrew "Ender" Wiggin beats a school bully in a virtual game, he sets into motion a series of events that once started could not be reversed. Ender is swept away from his family and home to train and hone his strategic abilities at the prestigious Battle School, because Colonel Hyrum Graff, from the Interntional Fleet, hopes that one day Ender will be able to defeat the worlds greatest threat, the Formics. The Formics are an alien race that attacked earth in the year 2086, and the only reason earth survived was because of the bravery of one man, Mazer Rackham, who flew his ship into the heart of their mothership. According to the Colonel, the Formics are planning another mass invasion of Earth, and Ender is the only one that can stop it.

     Directed by Gavin Hood this film stars Asa Butterfield as Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, Harrison Ford as Colonel Hyrum Graff, Hailee Steinfeld as Petra Arkanian, Abigail Breslin as Valentine Wiggin, Ben Kingsley as Mazer Rackham, and Viola Davis as Major Gwen Anderson. I really liked this movie a lot. It has a great cast, and I thought they did a great job bringing Orson Scott Card's book to life.

     One of my absolute favorite parts of the movie was this quote, "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." It is a tragically beautiful way to view those who we see as enemies. Our "enemies" have aspirations, and things they want to do with their life just as we do. They have families or people they love just as we do. Therefore in understanding your enemy, you are identifying yourself in them, and therefore love or have some type of connection to them. Isn't that exhilarating and a bit confounding to think about.
  
      I was really hoping that they would make the sequel, "Ender's Shadow", into a movie too, but the film plans apparently changed when the child actors became too old for their parts. There is; however, plans to do a movie or television series off of Orson Scott Card's new series about the aftermath of the fleet school. These plans are on shaky ground now too, because the film did not net as much money in the U.S. as they had hoped. My fingers are crossed that they will do something in the near future, either a sequel or television show I don't care, because I just want to see more of this amazing world created by Mr. Card.

I would give this film a 8.5 out 10! I'm planning on reading the books soon, and I cant wait to read them; especially if they are as good as people are saying they are. Make sure you follow me on Twitter and check back here next Sunday for a new blog post. Hope everybody has a good week.

Peace,
Jake

P.S. Sorry about not posting last week everybody. College writing has taken over my life! haha