Ender's Game

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I went to see this movie despite my dislike of Orson Scott Card, who's a major jackass. I simply realized that my boycotting the movie because of what's based on would not hurt Card, he already got paid. It would hurt every person who worked his ass off to make the film as good as possible. And that's rather useless and counterproductive, to be honest.

And thus the movie was watched. And - OMG, PEOPLE IT'S AMAZING! I read reviews that complained about the shallowness of it, that said it lacked the book's depth, but personally, I thought it was great the way it was. The perfect balance of character development and action and the CGI was breathtaking!

My jaw literally dropped at Ender's strategic way of thinking. Wow. I was in awe. His tactics made my heart beat faster and I was on the edge of my seat most of the time.

And Asa Butterfield. I didn't like him much before this movie. He creeped me out. But here, he was perfect. Literally. His acting blew me away. He could go from creepy to desperate in the blink of an eye. Wow. Just... wow!

I would give it 9/10! One of the best movies of the year, hands down. Light years ahead of my biggest disappointment of 2013 so far, Iron Man 3.