tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post8390522952716813368..comments2024-03-27T15:16:57.305-05:00Comments on F This Movie!: Review: Ender's Game (Adam Riske's Take)Patrick Bromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-14746869590939011662021-08-10T06:20:08.264-05:002021-08-10T06:20:08.264-05:00Excellent film. I would like to see a sequel. It w...Excellent film. I would like to see a sequel. It would be very cool if the developers of computer games would have made something game based on this film in any genre. I think fans of the book and the movie will enjoy it a lot. I will transfer my idea to the company <a href="https://www.argentics.io/" rel="nofollow">Argentics</a>.Alex Bornthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14161740279781002273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-68625448361669708922013-11-04T21:10:55.806-06:002013-11-04T21:10:55.806-06:00I'd just skip it if you're on the fence fo...I'd just skip it if you're on the fence for personal reasons. It's not THAT GOOD :-)Adam Riskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165600746796326821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-27119266080700273652013-11-04T09:56:10.290-06:002013-11-04T09:56:10.290-06:00You make a really good point there, Sol. I'm t...You make a really good point there, Sol. I'm torn because I don't want to close myself off to movies because of things that have nothing to do with the movie itself. At the same time, I hate the thought of someone like Card using my money to propagate his odious hate-speech. On the third hand (I'm Judd Nelson in The Dark Backward, I guess) I'm a Jewish guy who paid to see The Passion of the Christ in a theater so three hands notwithstanding I don't really have a leg to stand on if I'm ok supporting one bigot over another. You're right though, there's certainly much more than just one person involved in the making of a movie. JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17867827164062216789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-61577349516936050512013-11-04T09:26:46.708-06:002013-11-04T09:26:46.708-06:00Sorry, I had started my reply before your comment ...Sorry, I had started my reply before your comment was there and then came back to it - I think that OSC is a piece of shit and though I don't like the idea of supporting him in any way, I just feel there are too many other artists involved who don't deserve to be punished by people boycotting this movie just because of that one piece of shit. I'm sure behind just about every movie there's at least one racist, sexist and/or homophobic asshole (Michael Bay?), so if you're going to start not watching stuff based on not liking the politics/philosophy of an individual involved, you probably won't be left with much to watch.<br /><br />Anyway, that's just my opinion and the reason I would not participate in a general boycott of <i>Ender's Game</i>, I can at least understand, if not agree with, why you would.Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03114869401584310369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-91988804081634152542013-11-04T09:11:39.650-06:002013-11-04T09:11:39.650-06:00Good review Adam, I have read the book and a numbe...Good review Adam, I have read the book and a number of the sequels and thought they were great (the first in particular) but had fairly low expectations for the movie as I was getting a "for teens" vibe from it, which I would argue the book was not. Glad to hear it's worth a watch, even if it does make you a homophobe for watching it! Sorry, it looks like you may have purposefully avoided any mention of that nonsense, but I had to bring it up - I'd like to think there aren't any F-Heads who would punish the 100s of people who worked on this movie because the original author is an asshole, so hopefully it's a non-issue here!Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03114869401584310369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-58969739105261881672013-11-04T09:06:36.944-06:002013-11-04T09:06:36.944-06:00You raise a good point and an important one. I can...You raise a good point and an important one. I can only speak for what I got out of the movie but I found it to be critical of group-think. Perhaps the filmmakers, knowing the controversy around the author, tinkered with the message of the book somewhat. I can't say for sure. In the case of watching Enders Game, I did not have the politics of the author in my mind at all, mainly because I have no history with the book. I just watched it as a movie that came out this weekend. Kind of like how I watched After Earth and didn't think about Scientology.<br /><br />For me, a creator's personal politics can factor into my assessment of their work but I take it on a case by case basis. I didn't find any homosexual text or subtext in Enders Game (the movie) so this case didn't call attention to itself. Nor did Mel Gibson being in Machete Kills make me think of his anti-semetic tirades (and I am a Jewish man). I thought about him being an icky person but that was about it.Adam Riskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165600746796326821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-31425769176942952672013-11-04T08:47:20.042-06:002013-11-04T08:47:20.042-06:00I just don't know if I can get past my distast...I just don't know if I can get past my distaste for Orson Scott Card enough to ever spend money on a movie he's involved with. His hateful, homophobic rhetoric has soured me so much on his work (a la Mel Gibson) that I just don't want to support him. It's odd to me that you say the movie questions groupthink, as he personally trades almost exclusively in hateful groupthink. I may be being unfair, but my only brother is a gay man and a good man, and knowing that Card spews hatred against people like my brother makes me want to give any of his work a rather wide berth.<br /><br />What do you (and by you I mean anybody reading this) think about that sort of thing? How much does a creator's personal politics or attitude influence your approach to his or her work?JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17867827164062216789noreply@blogger.com