Ender’s Game looks great, has some very good performances and absolutely spectacular CG visuals. As a blockbuster, it has heart, emotion and action. What it doesn’t have is any anything more than a cursory examination of the themes that made the novel so powerful.
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Long Awaited Trailer: Ender’s Game!
One of the longer journeys from novel to film is that of Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card. Now there’s a trailer for the November 1 release. Check it out after the jump.
True Grit – By Faithfully Adapting The Novel The Coen Brothers Make A Masterpiece!
Charles Portis’ novel, True Grit, is a darkly seriocomic western that satirizes the genre’s conventions by formalizing them to the point of absurdity. It makes sense that the Coen Brothers, who have a similar sensibility, would adapt the novel in a faithful, yet strikingly Coen way.