Yet Another Post Delay...

Sorry for not posting any reviews for almost two weeks--still not set up in my new house to watch films yet. I'm confident, though, that Thanksgiving week will see time to get back into my regular stream of movie-viewing. I'm been staring at the DVD cover of The Perks of Being a Wallflower forever, it seems. So look forward to that review first.

Happy Thanksgiving (soon)!

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Ender's Game

Ender's Game (Gavin Hood, 2013)

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Rating: Q=7, P=6 / Can't Get Enough

Scale 1=4, Scale 2=3, Scale 3=3, Scale 4=3

Fantasy, Coming of Age, Future, War, Science Fiction

 

This is a film about HOW. How do I become successful? How can I succeed? How do I gain trust? How do I please my superiors? How do I win? Strategy is Ender's strongest skill and he learns throughout his training that the rules in life are bendable, changeable, and complex.

I loved this story because it is more "coming of age" than fantasy (but still definitely fantasy). Seeing as this film comes from the same director as Tsotsi (2006), I'm not surprised that it is an interesting study of masculinity, war, and fear. Ender is marvelously played by Asa Butterfield, who is quickly becoming one of the brightest new stars in Hollywood. I hope to see the story continued soon.

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