Another wonderful interview with Ender’s Game director Gavin Hood! I have to say, the more of these I see, the more excited I get for this movie. Gavin talks to MoviesDotCom about making Ender’s Game a Young Adult movie (PG-13!) that doesn’t talk down to kids, how he tried to incorporate epic scifi elements as well as the intimate character story, why he cut Locke and Demosthenes, and his stance on possible sequels.
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I think this is the best interview Gavin Hood has done to date. He gets it, he get’s Ender’s Game. I’m excited by the fact that Gavin Hood appears to have wanted to create a quality movie. A family movie (13+ of course), that can be used to talk about some serious issues. I like how he has wrapped spectacle around the inner turmoil of Ender. What happens to Ender and those closest to him are the core of the story. I’m really excited to see the movie. I think I am prepared to accept that changes were made from book to movie. If some elements in the movie are ‘wrong’, I can forgive Gavin for it because I think he has done his level best. I admire his humility and his humble nature. He will (and already has) be judged by the movie. It takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there and open yourself to attack. You can’t ask for more than that. Thanks Gavin!
It’s good to know that the movie will not be just about ‘explosions’ as everybody is saying but they’ll really try to show what Ender is feeling inside. Asa is a great actor and i’m sure he is good enough to express through his face what is inside his head.
The Hunger Games movie had this same problem because most part of the game in the book was katniss thinking, and in the movie I think they missed it, she just acted and we weren’t sure of what was inside her head sometimes. Since I had read the book I knew what she was thinking, bt my sister had not and she got very confusing of why katniss was acting the way she was. I really hope we don’t have the same problem with Ender’s Game because Ender’s thoughts were very important to the story. But I believe in Asa and in Gavin!
Now there’s a quality human being. 
And ditto to what Bruna & Jason said.
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