The part of major Anderson being a woman is pretty much all over internet including the imdb page. Her name is Viola Davis. And I agree it is not a "major" (huehuehue) problem but in combination with not having read the book and especially playing a minor part (less direction and observation from production and scripting) just reeks of conceitedness. It is not her decicion to make if she wants to make a new uninformed interpretation of her role because realisticly that's not what the viewers want to see. CAN still be very good, supposedly OSC has okayed all of this even if he says it will be entierly Gavin Hoods movie, and hes waited a long time to do so. But watching World war Z go to hell (probably) and all of this, I'm just saying these are where my expectations are at.
The part where Viola Davis talks about not having read the book was on the enders game (movie) FB newsfeed. It's an interview with her it was on YT you will find it if you look for it. Can't search for it because I dont have sound.
hoby2000: A lot of your questions/musings are actually answered on the wikipedia page. If you REALLY want to know, but they are kind of semi-spoilers I quite regret accidentally reading them. (we all know the story but these answers how it will be told). I sincerely believe speaker would make a horrible movie, I hope they never make one (it's my favorite book).
Theres a lot of negativity in this thread, but I am excited for the film. I think they did do a good job with the casting at least. I'm not sure about Anderson but everyone else looks the part.
I think it shouldn't be too hard of a book to adapt to film, I mean, you only need a limited number of sets, that is big production wise, and also it is written as a short book so they won't (hopefully) have to cut out an obnoxious amount of crap. Although I am not sure how they are going to portray the training battles.
On February 28 2013 10:08 TheFish7 wrote: Theres a lot of negativity in this thread, but I am excited for the film. I think they did do a good job with the casting at least. I'm not sure about Anderson but everyone else looks the part.
I think it shouldn't be too hard of a book to adapt to film, I mean, you only need a limited number of sets, that is big production wise, and also it is written as a short book so they won't (hopefully) have to cut out an obnoxious amount of crap. Although I am not sure how they are going to portray the training battles.
Only negative because I've seen soo many books to film fall short.
Also Ender's Game is my all time favorite book and so by being negative now at least I'm not going in with high expectations--only to be left devastated.
I wonder what they will do with the ending of the book. The main story, with the space game and Bean ( I also read Ender's Shadow, actually before Game) will work great, but the last part I found pretty confusing, as if it was added on later almost.
On February 28 2013 11:05 XDragonlight wrote: Which sequel will they make? That is, if they make one..
Personally, I would like to see it branch of to the 'Ender's Shadow' side, but Speaker for the Dead wouldn't be that bad either.
Lets wait and see!
Shadow has much more action and will likely be chosen over the more emotional/moral side of the orginal sequel tree. But let's not get ahead of ourselves Still need a good Ender's Game.
Is that orgasmic joy or complete and utter horror?
Mostly the first. I'm a bit pissed about this:
One deviation from the book is that in the original text the Battle Room is described as being a giant hollow cube. But Hood felt that to really convey the size and dimensionality of the space, it should be spherical. Hood said he then proposed, “What if we could see through? What if we could see out of the space, and we’re moving around the Earth and turning at the same time?” He said he felt that would create “a really strange, disorienting experience,” that would better capture the notion in the book that in space there really is no up or down.
But for the most part, I think it looks ok. I'm going to go with excitement tempered by cautious optimism.
I haven't been keeping up with the movie - how old is Ender supposed to be? in the book he was just a young kid, but in the movie poster he looks pretty teenage'd up
For some reason I can't bring myself to watch a movie after I have read that book. It seems like the movie just replaces/ruins the book so I won't be watching this.
I don't think I'll watch the movie. I don't want to be disappointed. Guess I'll wait for reviews, but seeing as Hood is the director, I'm not getting my hopes up
EPT
Still need a good Ender's Game.
At least he can act.![[image loading]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/ef21b17972cf50cb81e468c5080792b7/tumblr_mk84t6TpkH1rokl62o1_1280.jpg)
