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I didn't love the movie. Didn't hate it either. I thought the acting for the most part and most of the characters was sub par. The battle room was cool enough for effects but not truly stunning. All the kids holding their arms up in the shuttle looked totally hokey.
I'm not sure anyone who didn't love the book would have like the movie much at all. There's so much to the story that is important and doesn't make the film.
Nowhere near as good as Lord of the Rings or Jurassic Park, Twilight or Harry Potter. Next level down but still far better was the Hunger Games movie.
It was not the disaster of Dune or Battlefield Earth. Somewhere above the worst kind of movie and far shot of "really well done" IMHO.
It did spur me to reread the series. I've read Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow (same story from Bean's perspective), Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide and I'm now rereading Children of the Mind. Interestingly, about 1/4 the way through Xenocide I could no longer remember the plot. I haven't remembered the plot of Children of the Mind at all. I KNOW I MUST have read the book before...but doesn't feel like it. Good stuff.
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