[Locke]

So I watched Ender's Game. Ender's Game could have been a good movie but thanks to the pacing, it ends up being a lot of pretty visuals wrapped in a muddled bunch of plot twists. And sadly since a lot of point of Ender's Game is to be a subversion of the genre, and be built more on the tactics and reasoning behind the violence more than the violence itself, the visuals are usually pretty for pretties sake, rather than truly providing purpose.

The focus of the movie is in all the wrong places and some of the most crucial moments are brushed over or forgotten about leaving you momentarily dazed and unsure of what is happening. That wouldv'e been great if intentional, but the film isn't that smart. I guess you can't criticise the film for being 'unoriginal' given how old the book this is based on is, but doesn't make the more stupid sci-fi trappings feel any less well...stupid. Which is lucky for us I suppose, as it's impossible to be confused for long.