Just seen Enders Game

The did a decent job with it. Have you read the book?

Wow, I was thoroughly disappointed, especially hated the liberal anti war message. "Yes, they slaughtered us but if we treat them right, they will apologize & we can be friends."

jubileeLEE said:

Wow, I was thoroughly disappointed, especially hated the liberal anti war message. "Yes, they slaughtered us but if we treat them right, they will apologize & we can be friends."

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What about loving your enemies? FYI the author of the book is a very conservative mormon (to the point that some fans of his books wanted to boycott the movie due to some of his political/moral stances, notably regarding homosexuality). The message of the movie/books was never about lying down and letting your opponents stomp on you. The protagonist killed two kids before he hit puberty to survive. I think the author is rather trying to reconcile the christian message of loving your enemies with the realities of war and violence. The protagonist found redemption from the dehumanization of killing and genocide by trying to understand his enemies and through that understanding finding love for them. Maybe this sounds simplified, I read the books as a young'n and never reflected that deeply on its moral messages.

The Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow series were my favorite books as a kid and into my teens along with the Harry Potter books. TBH, I was very disappointed in the movie. Just didn't hit the right notes for me.

In the movie, Ender isn't a pacifist. He is upset because the enemy wanted to make peace, and because he was tricked into genocide. It's not let's be nice and hope they don't kill us again. It's, they've been trying to get me to listen and I didn't hear them. Their last remaining member forgives Ender, which is surely Christian.

I enjoyed the movie myself and have thought of buying the DVD. And I agree with Hendrick in that the movie did not seem to convey a pacifist message. To me it rather conveyed one of respect for life, which is a good message for adults and kids.

jubileeLEE said:

Wow, I was thoroughly disappointed, especially hated the liberal anti war message. "Yes, they slaughtered us but if we treat them right, they will apologize & we can be friends."

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The book was the same way, so its not like they changed the film against what the author wrote. Ender was horrified by what happened.

I didn't really care for the movie, but I am glad to hear that some people enjoyed it.

i absolutely hated this movie turned it off half way through