Ender's Game Movie Gets Final Trailer

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Ender's Game Movie Gets Final Trailer


The Ender's Game movie has been gifted with a final, explosion filled trailer before its November release.

Setting aside all <a href=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/125782-Enders-Game-Author-Asks-For-Tolerance-After-Boycott-Threat>the baggage that comes with the property, it's pretty exciting to think that Ender's Game, a classic of science fiction literature, will be getting an honest-to-goodness film adaptation. Now, with the days swiftly ticking away leading up to its November 1st release, a final trailer has been put out to entice potential film-goers into giving the flick a view when it finally hits theaters.

Beginning with some exposition by Harrison Ford's grumpy sounding Graff, the trailer powers ahead full force with scenes of interstellar combat mixed in with bits of characters saying dramatic things to each other. The focus here is definitely on the spaceships going boom, which is somewhat ironic considering that the space battles were arguably much less prominent in the overall book than the Battle Room sequences this trailer only glimpses upon. We're going to guess that epic explosions are just more marketable than children playing zero gravity laser tag.

The trailer, overall, isn't terrible. It's very much on the flashy side, which could be worrisome considering how much of the book dealt with the thoughts and emotions of the title character. That said, it wouldn't be the first time a trailer sold audiences one product just to deliver something different so, until we're told otherwise, we'll hold onto the hope that the film might capture the emotional nuance of the original book. Honestly, if there's anything to criticize the trailer for, it would be how extremely spoiler-ific it is. We won't point out anything specific, but wow. Way to let it all hang out, guys.

Source: <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5ev-nOWJH8>YouTube


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[Miyenne]

Can't wait to watch this in about two years when it comes to the free movie channels.

 

[scotth266]

I don't get why people keep expecting perfect adaptations from books to movies: they're different formats with different constraints, and shit is going to change in the transfer no matter what.

Mind you, there's some stuff that's a bit unforgivable (Iron Man 3's big twist for example) but for the most part I try to just enjoy book-movies as the movies themselves, and detach them from the books.

I think that so far, the Ender's Game movie looks pretty decent. No, the stuff in the trailers does not constitute spoilers - not unless you say what's actually going on, in which case congrats, you're the problem here. I'd argue that everyone screaming "SPOILER" is more of a spoiler than the actual trailer. To an outsider unfamiliar with the books, it looks like your typical action lead-in. To us in the know, it's meant to be an acknowledgement of one of the book's most awesome moments. I think they played it fairly well.

It looks like they have the action nailed down, so hopefully they can get the rest of the book nailed down in terms of tone. Harrison Ford seems to be knocking it out of the park at least.

 

[Smooth Operator]

You seriously need to put "spoiler heavy" in the title because the trailer bullet points make a very clear outline of the plot even if you haven't read the books, if you want to enjoy this to the fullest do not watch this trailer.

Hopefully the movie goes deep enough for this spoiler be mitigated but it's an incredibly stupid thing to do none the less.

 

[Pyrian]

I don't get why people keep expecting perfect adaptations from books to movies: they're different formats with different constraints, and shit is going to change in the transfer no matter what.

Of course. The question is whether or not they butcher it entirely, and the answer is frequently "yes".

Mind you, there's some stuff that's a bit unforgivable (Iron Man 3's big twist for example) but for the most part I try to just enjoy book-movies as the movies themselves, and detach them from the books.

Mind you, if that's your idea of an unforgivable change, I don't know why you're even arguing this point at all.

 

[MCerberus]

Oh wow, that trailer is... really generic

 

[Kross]

I think that so far, the Ender's Game movie looks pretty decent. No, the stuff in the trailers does not constitute spoilers - not unless you say what's actually going on, in which case congrats, you're the problem here. I'd argue that everyone screaming "SPOILER" is more of a spoiler than the actual trailer.

The problem is when you're enjoying the movie, and realize exactly what you saw in the trailer halfway through due to the fact that X scene hasn't occurred yet[footnote]Though it does look like this trailer does a bit better job of showing scenes immediately around the spoiler rather then the direct plot events that the previous trailer showed[/footnote]. Luckily we can count on most people not making that connection, or conflating it with some other Battle School thing, but ugh.

"Devil" is a standout example of a trailer that gave away the ENTIRE PLOT of a movie. I thought the trailer was fantastic/fun on its own merits (the movie mediocre at best), but it literally gave away the only mystery in the movie (though even that spoiler required more deduction then what the Ender's Game trailers show).

 

[Scorpid]

This movie just looks boring... It seems more of the same shallow scifi that trades big ideas for big flashy explosions because that's easier. Fuck the new star treks and JJ abrahms... Wait, what were we talking about? >_>

OT: The people who make trailers need to stop acting like the annoying Inception music was what put the asses in the seats for that movie. Enough of screeching WUBs!

 

[Scarim Coral]

Wow, over pressuring the kid much?
So it kind of like a person playing a statergy game but for real battle purposes well from the look of the trailer? (Never read the book before you asked).
Either way it look like an action fest (well parts of it) which is good enough for me!!

 

[Baresark]

I never could get through that book. It's been a long time since I tried though. I won't be trying just because a movie is coming out though. But if it's anything like the book, it's not action packed like they make it out to be. I think the movie is being billed as something it's not. It'll probably be like Oblivion in that the previews all look really good, but the movie is going to be boring.

 

[Zer0Saber]

I loved the book, will probably see the movie because I like Ford, but I'm surprised

SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT

they put the ending in the trailer.

 

[Bleidd Whitefalcon]

I loved the book, will probably see the movie because I like Ford, but I'm surprised

SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT

they put the ending in the trailer.

It was in the trailer before this one too >.> Seriously, is it really that hard NOT to put it in trailers?

 

[Eppy (Bored)]

...was there a SINGLE shot of Battle School itself anywhere in that trailer?

 

[cricket chirps]

See, there is ONE moment in the whole story that couldn't be mentioned. That moment HAD to be kept well under wraps for the effect of it all to actually sink in and make people like the movie. THIS D@MN TRAILER just spoiled the whole thing. They danced around it the whole trailer with far too direct lines like "your the only one" and "you can save us all" when in the book it could be ANY of the students. Then they have to go and actually show all the ships surrounding just the one and that it's actually happening and (SPOILED ALREADY) not a simulation like Ender and his crew think.
:/ So disappointed right now.

 

[SamTheNewb]

SPOILER. Hints at spoilers and etc etc. This is intended for people who read the book.

0:45 and 1:20 doesn't make any sense in the context of the original story. But I may be taking it out of context, and it isn't too big of a deal.

I also wonder what 0:15 is, since... well it looks like...

1:10 is pretty much a betrayal of how the story was told, but this might be a good thing.

Perhaps, they are taking a gambit here, and they aren't telling the same story as the book.
The book, if you remember, is completely told from the perspective of Ender.
That is why the climax worked so well.
It is quite possible that the people who wrote the movie knew they couldn't replicate the book and succeed.
And this movie is relying on a market revolving around the book. If they tell the story that everyone is assuming they will tell, It will be BORING AS HELL to the very market they are trying to sell to.

This movie clearly shows something different.
Also one should remember that the book didn't end where everything seems to be implying where it did.
If this movie is actually going to tell a different story, then the climax could very well not be what we all expect.

One character is completely missing from the trailer too. So I think there may be quite a few surprises even for people who have read the book.

Also, do you believe Harrison Ford would be in a movie that didn't revolve around him?
Clearly they aren't going to simply re-tell Ender's game in movie format.

 

[Dangit2019]

All these intergalactic explosions, and yet the part that I'm interested in is mainly the depiction of the battle room.

And really, it's kind of bad marketing to sell off of

Spoiler

footage from the end.

Mind you, there's some stuff that's a bit unforgivable (Iron Man 3's big twist for example)

Fun fact: Every time a fan of Iron Man complains about IM3's twist, Shane Black gives one less fuck.

Right now, he's in the negative trillions.

 

[talker]

Lasercannons fail, everyone dies

It really outlined the plot, which is annoying because I have only read the first book

 

[Fdzzaigl]

Seems like they're really adding a lot of stuff which wasn't really detailed in the book. It can still be ok, but it's worrying, because that action can only really be placed right at the end if they follow the book. If they are gonna fill up the movie with those space scenes, they'll be skipping the bulk of the most important moments.

 

[Flatfrog]

It's odd that the one completely unforgivable change for me is one no one else seems to be bothered about, which is the age of the kids. Making them teenagers is a clear attempt to capture the Twilight/Hunger Games market but completely destroys the original point of the book. It's a bit like when the Lord Of The Flies movie changed Jack's gang from choirboys to army cadets.

Not that I'd have gone to see it anyway because, you know, Orson Scott Card, but still.