Half in the Bag Episode 62: Ender's Game and Thor: The Dark World

[@lestergreen7740]

I think at this point most people agree that Harrison Ford really shouldn't be in movies anymore. I got nothing against the guy personally. I mean I met him a couple times, we made out once, but I'm just saying how I feel about his acting.

[@Ropeburnable]

I agree. I think he's just not trying anymo- wait what.

[@lestergreen7740]

And a lot of my kids look like you: half Vietnamese. Were you born 9 months after March of '68- March of '69?

[@lestergreen7740]

Lol, this is fun. Come on dude, let's both stop trolling.

[@MugenNiFukuzatsuna]

Actually I think he was actually trying to be in character. If you read the book, Graff is a very worn down man under great pressure from people above him and the weight of trying to find and train someone to save the whole race. I don't think his performance was bad.

[@deejtechno22]

MugenNiFukuzatsuna His performance was awful. He didn't look warn out, he looked dull.

[@carolfromhr9900]

17:16 I love this little moment of Jay subtly mocking Mike’s finger pointing, but Mike doesn’t even notice.

[@NealX]

Harrison Ford and Bruce Willis have succumbed to Krusty the Clown syndrome. Sad to see...

[@killerbee2562]

Ironically Ford was better in the force awakens then he had been in years.

[@glswenson]

And then Harrison comes back and does amazing in TFA and Blade Runner 2049. Haha.

[@Largentina.]

@@glswenson Amazing? Sure thing, bud.

[@Thrakus]

Elder`s Game

[@luiginastro8831]

Oh, you had no idea back then.

[@SilverFeet]

Yeah, in the book, they recruited children because children have a weird disconnect with morality that allows them to "think rationally" about moral quandaries, and they chose the main character specifically because he's a genius and, as we find out later, has a severe violent streak.

[@firstlylasty8687]

They also used him because they specifically commissioned his parents to conceive him in the first place. He was a mail-order baby.

[@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control]

Which is essentially the polar opposite of what children actually are, hence their reason for needing to recruit children always seeming completely unsatisfying as a rationale.

[@rrnlg2279]

HitchensImmortal That's fucking bullshit. Children are vicious and evil. The bullying of fifth graders is way worse then the bulling of high schoolers.

[@jonathanpetersen5807]

Yah, Ender killed a kid in the shower once

[@jonathanpetersen5807]

No they used kids because they programmed Ender to superintelligence

[@ThePitofSidLord]

Plinkett closes the door after being ejected at the beginning 0:27, then they do a close up right after and the door is wide open. WHAT IS THIS CRAP AMATEUR HOUR? 0/10 would not ask for pizza rolls.

[@sharpshooter33]

ThePitofSidLord well he never fully closed the door. I'm more supprised the room he went into was a bathroom

[@ErwinPommel]

I can't believe I pay good money for this shit!

[@TeatroGrotesco]

I hope somebody got fired for THAT blunder.

[@warmpond]

It bothers me that Mike was not on the left

[@randygonzalez6250]

I thought I was the only one

[@ac8911]

Enders Game would've had more 'bite' if they showed the multiple times he was bullied and accidentally killed said bullies in retaliation - like when he was ambushed in the showers Theres a lot of themes about inherent violent tendencies in kids, and how cold and cynical the future is. It would've been a great dark sci fi film if they actually gave a shit.

[@weneedaladder8384]

I do understand, though, why they couldn't show the scene where two ten your olds fight in the shower and one of them kicks the other in the crotch so hard it kills him.

[@user-xn3kt6bn5r]

@@weneedaladder8384 and they were all naked or something.

[@mattjohnson1953]

Tss tss

[@ChieftainFish]

i don't know why, but watching this series is just so comforting, as though all my worries are dissipated and the burden of life is lifted from my shoulders. These episodes feel so quaint and lighthearted.

[@thomasnaporano9822]

Well taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot…

[@ratical6702]

Harrison Bored. ;(

[@cannonfodder4000]

underrated comment lol

[@ozu2647]

good harrison lord

[@rusteddenial453]

i read this in jays voice lol

[@danielvalleduarte]

My ex was on set for him on that set and I guess he just smoked weed in his trailer and signed pictures for the crew....other than that he DNGAF🕶

[@rusteddenial453]

@@danielvalleduarte what

[@bobafettjr85]

Several studios have wanted to make Ender's Game since the 80s when it was written but Card rejected them all because he wanted it done a certain way. This was the end result of him not being able to compromise.

[@haraldhimmel5687]

Tbh, I think the movie has been critisized too harsh. In the end large parts are true to the book and they pretty much packed into it what they could. What was unfortunate was the total lack of the subplot with Enders siblings but that wouldn't have really fit in there without sacrificing even more from the main story. They also couldnt have shown how the internet was described in an 80s novel. Instead they used some stuff from the bean saga, which made sense as it provided more details from a different angle. Many other films totally mutilated the source material. It was kind of bold to make this movie in the first place because of the stated problems and if staying accurate, it would probably just attract a nieche audience. Also a sequel would be next to impossible without an entirely new cast and thats probably the smallest problem to get the next chapter across. I enjoyed the story when the movie came out and it made me want to read the books, which was great.

[@tinncan]

I see this movie as being an extreme compromise... This was the movie I saw with my wife on our first date after talking it up having read every Ender universe book and I had to try so hard to overcome we should hopefully stick together forever...

[@logansaxby7224]

Thank you guys for helping keep me company. I really appreciate it 🖖

[@ButtermilkTuesdays]

"Stellan Skarsgård never got to go to Asgard." Haha that killed me.

[@steveknott4255]

He used to make really clever movies in danish with lars von trier what happened man , was it worth it you could have critical success and a nice house in Copenhagen and his integrity

[@timstv75]

they should make those shirts with the lightning fast logo on them.

[@afghanpullnpray7484]

11/10 would use to wipe all of my black goo off the small of Natalie Portman's back

[@pottingsoil]

Yes

[@MrEW1985]

Already in 2013, RedLetterMedia already was getting ready to kill Bruce Willis his career.

[@flokleiser]

i have been binge watching all the videos on this channel the last couple months and you guys talking just never gets old

[@g1gabyt3]

Making movie out of Ender's Game was a shitty idea. It's would be even worse for its sequels, Ender's saga is definitely not a franchise you want to monetize on

[@z-beeblebrox]

The sequels are so out-there, a movie sequel would almost have to completely ignore them just to keep from driving away whatever fans of the first film might exist.

[@atomic_wait]

@@z-beeblebrox I figure if they ever made sequels they'd have to be about the Bean stuff that happens right after the first book.

[@thisisEHAM]

I can't, Anakin. I'm a senator!...

[@MichaelSmith-ij2ut]

Anakin, it's just not possible. I'm scared.

[@perunplague9794]

From my point of view, I'M a senator!!!

[@alneri8327]

George Lucas is fat , just like his fans... coincidence? I think not

[@panicattackimminent]

I have to come back and listen to Mike's Thor 2 intro every once in a while. It just cracks me up every time.

[@turtleanton6539]

Metoo

[@Mace907]

It's really unfortunate what they did with Ender's Game. Loved the books as a kid and was really looking forward to it, but looking back on it I should have realized how hard it would be to adapt a book like that to film. Not just because of the Eastern Promises style public shower room deathmatch starring children

[@cheetahEAR]

Mike explaining things he doesn't know or care about is my spirit animal.

[@perunplague9794]

People talking about their spirit animal is my spirit animal.

[@cheetahEAR]

Whoa...😮

[@BigPidge]

HALF IN THE BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-

[@daiselol]

~legend is that that intro is still continuing to this day

[@night1952]

- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-

[@samuelforbeck8855]

@@night1952 -AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIDS

[@YTxCPS2]

@@samuelforbeck8855 You held onto that aids longer than Magic Johnson

[@dembro27]

KZbin added a "Translate to English" link to this comment. Translate from what? Sheep?

[@SlippyMcDervish]

Jay's face whenever Star Trek is mentioned (｡-_-｡)

[@lucasalce6010]

I love the bit! :D

[@turtleanton6539]

😂😂😂

[@joshuabanner9920]

Star Trek is everything. Mike is aware of this. Lol. I love how they do effects when he does Trek references now.

[@MrSKIE1]

I’m working my way backwards through older content, searching for all the Mike (Star Trek) references. The fact that he’s soo genuine is everything😂

[@dangerdan2592]

Harrison Ford seems like he just hates acting and hates being in the public eye but he's too old and has been doing it for too long to do anything else.

[@owenhickey8414]

+Professor Monkeyface Ph.D. It's to pay for all the weed he smokes

[@aperson------------]

I think he used to love it and wants to love it again

[@quietman208]

A Person??? He probably loved all the pussy and the paychecks and now he’s old he don’t care

[@Saramusvasque2838]

He probably misses carpentry

[@steveknott4255]

Probably sick of talking about f....... star wars

[@josephfopeano9771]

The thing I remember most about Ender's Game is how the opening expository dialogue fell hilariously flat. When the kid said, "Billions died," without changing his tone at all, I burst out laughing.

[@ThePhudD]

I love you guys and every time i see the RLM logo pop up in my inbox it brings a smile to my heart, a spring to my step, and i put the loaded Luger back behind the cistern.

[@borisp6035]

"HF looks like he just wants to nap, and i can relate" made my day

[@DIEGhostfish]

In the books Ender and the other students were supposed to be some sort of eugenic super-thinkers. Plus the neuroplasticity of childhood.

[@jeebs621]

What’s hilarious is Mike’s summary of Thor 2’s plot is pretty much the same joke from endgame where Thor tries to summarize Thor 2🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@AluVixapede]

Films based on comics would be so damn easy to number, it fits right in with the whole comic book thing. Just do "Thor #2, The Dark World" or something to that effect.

[@TheRamblingRamReviews]

My new favourite show on KZbin!

[@SlurpeeTheUnholy]

I notice Jay & Mike didn't really talk about Ender's older brother and sister back on Earth using the power of social media to quietly conquer the world. Was that subplot from the book not featured in the movie?

[@GirlSpartan117]

Nope. They left that out entirely.

[@AngelMartinez-rx8yt]

Oh thank God I thought I was the only one who thought that was stupid.

[@micfail2]

Natasi Enasnie that subplot was essentially a setup for the Bean sequels

[@jrd33]

@@JohnLobello In the 1980s the internet WAS mostly only used by the intellectual elite (universities and tech companies).

[@booradley6832]

The obvious overlap here is that the smartest nerds were in places like MIT, who also pioneered many technologies that lead to the ability to remotely connect computers. And if you think someone who dreams of remotely connecting computers to enhance the world's access to data doesnt want to argue about Star Trek in their spare time, you are vastly mistaken.

[@TheDaniel9]

I seriously doubt they will make a sequel to Ender's Game, but not because of the quality of the first one. Rather, the sequel will never get made because all of the subsequent books are incredibly different in scope, theme, and story than Ender's game. Can anyone envision a movie version of Speaker for the Dead?

[@Spunkgargleweewee1]

Yeah it kinda goes batshit crazy the farther away from Enders game it gets 😂

[@asherwilkins465]

Is actually impossible

[@ceasaraugustus1758]

Terrible books except the first and the one about bean.

[@cashnelson2306]

I can, but it's by an arthouse director that could actually understand and relate the themes. It would never get funded.

[@BullCityCocktails]

@@robertanderson6929 wtf are you talking about? Enders Shadow is entirely about Bean. The movie shows nothing of his origin story as a street rat on earth. The movie is just a poor adaptation of an incredible novel.

[@beyondinfinate]

HitB is such a joy to watch every episode, thanks so much!!

[@jamesinnes1226]

did anyone else notice that either their bathroom has two doors and Mr Plinket decided to enter through it or the just have a toilet paper holder in their hallway

[@USSMariner]

Kat Dennings might have been better as Jane Foster if only for the fact that her "presence" would register more than Portman having Phantom Menace flashbacks.

[@michaelcullen5308]

I got Ender’s Game the book, and now it’s stuck in my VCR! Hack frauds!

[@jakeguy6050]

They also hacked my vcr player to commit fraud with my name! I had to spend 6 years in federal prison!

[@cheeseandpickles4506]

Please someone I need help. RLM has become an integral part of my life and I can't stop re-watching all these quality episodes!

[@HughMansonMD]

I was about to say that Mike doesn't mind the "footage within a movie looking like movie footage" thing because of Star Tre...and then he started talking about Start Trek...

[@Shlooomth]

As someone who both reads and watches movies, I am aware that people are sick of me saying the book is better.

[@Theronharp]

Ender's Game could have been a really good tv series... But god forbid US TV does a series that has a finish line.

[@NormalLee67]

+Oda Swifteye Lots of shows have "finales," but it doesn't mean they were planned out from the moment the show began. A lot of the time it's just "Oh, we're running out of ideas" or "Oh, people are losing interest" and so they start building up to a finale.

[@kyleeggers8029]

Ender's Game didn't really have a finish line. There's like 7 books in the series and the ending of the first book - the second twist ending leads to like a crazy jump in tone and style. While EG toyed with some philosophy and religion - the next 4-5 books really took it to an extreme and dropped the fantasy/sci-fi/action feel of the first.

[@bw6155]

he's still writing ender short stories believe it or not

[@AlexGarcia-hx9gm]

@@kyleeggers8029 yeah I don't think too many people would watch middle aged ender deal with the politics of a Portuguese theocratic colony planet

[@KillerSputnik]

@@AlexGarcia-hx9gm And the worst dues ex machina ever in the form of a magic box that can grant all wishes.

[@astronmr20]

Starship troopers was written decades before Enders Game was written.

[@rockhoppergames]

I wish redletter media would review some great older movies occasionally. I'd love to hear them talk about Starship Troopers, and Same Rami's movies more closely.

[@Nikkerman]

I'm happy for you that your wish came true

[@turtleanton6539]

They do

[@anlacombe]

if u like sci-fi the book is a page-turner, a light version of the Paul Atreides arc in Dune

[@RexManningDay69]

Wow I still figured Ender's Game was in production and now I realize its in theaters. Read the book and didn't have high hopes for the movie; good to know I don't have to waste my time.

[@rebelink]

Ok.. so Mr Plinkett left via the bathroom? MAJOR PLOTHOLE!

[@Light-Rock97]

1:21 "... little kid's being trained and recruited into the military, for some reason." It's nonfiction then.

[@BronzeBullBalls]

If you didn't read the book, this movie was boring and forgetful. If you read the book, the movie was even worse.

[@thomaswellner7539]

I liked the book and this movie fell so flat. Reminded me of the golden compass.

[@tomgreen6953]

These reviews are so irrelevant to my life right now.... But I love it

[@governorboltz]

When I first saw Ender's Game when it initially came out, my immediate thought, maybe 10 minutes into the movie was, "Man, Harrison Ford is really phoning it in". I'm trying to pinpoint when he started doing that.

[@3ZPaNH0L]

The ending in Enders game is MUCH better in the book....because it is not obvious

[@azurehue2248]

I like that the homer bucket is center frame. Its an orange bucket, center frame, under a deep sink. What does it mean?

[@Sawta]

For anyone who might be wondering: * It's kids in space because the idea is to get extremely young people accustomed to zero g, and thinking fully in a 3D plane. * The simulators were described roughly as something similar to a 3D, zero g version of laser tag with dynamically changing environments, and full body suits that react to being hit by disabling body parts. * The kids seem unusually vicious because that's essentially what they're supposed to be: young geniuses that have a vicious streak. This give them enough room to think strategically and decisively enough to act on those assumptions. Ender is supposed to be the careful balance between strategic, vicious, and emotional enough to fully comprehend the strategy of the enemy, understand their way of life, then utterly destroy them. * From what I recall of the book, the footage of the battle was described as very poor and haphazard by the people filming. Overall, a lot of the distain I had for the movie was in how average it was, and in how much OSC had boasted about "doing it right" if a movie about Ender was ever going to be made. I was glad that they avoided the love story stuff previous scripts had insisted on, and that OSC managed to _kind of_ get a _kind of_ not bad movie made, but it was severely miscast. Harrison Ford should have been replaced with someone with an impressive and domineering voice, like James Earl Jones or similar. Ford might have made sense in the way that the character and the actor both felt very burnt out, but it didn't make for a compelling movie with how much it killed the momentum of the movie. More importantly, the overuse of CGI just made the entire thing feel tacky and lazy. Lens flare with grey and silver metal does not make a plot interesting.

[@Xetelian]

Enders Game would be the best story of a Korean Starcraft champion being recruited due to his/her actions per minute, to save the galaxy

[@Woolfy]

finally something important in my subscription box.

[@AncelDeLambert]

I encourage everyone to read the book. Card's an ass, yes, but his work elevates itself above his problems. The insights to the military, war, race, gender, and existing in 0g are beyond worth it. It's a short read too, so dig in!

[@BrokenCurtain]

The problem isn't just that he's an ass but that he's using the money he gets from his book to promote his homophobic views (which, ironically, include the bullying of kids) - so if you disagree with him, it might be a good idea to just borrow the book and support a local library instead.

[@mg_alexander6818]

The book is shit lmao

[@JoeNasr123]

Reporting live from THE FUTURE (February 2024) and I can tell you that everyone is, in fact, dumb.

[@DeadheadYates]

I liked Ender's Game a lot but for me it was THE TWIST that I really enjoyed, as I hadnt known a thing about the book going into it

[@nugg3tFTW]

I think this review of Ender's Game is spot on...for someone who didn't read the book. As usual, they missed the whole point and left out some major parts of the book that basically ruined the movie. As a fan of the book I quite enjoyed the movie, because it was like a quick visual recap of the book I enjoyed so much.

[@themysteriouscatperson9483]

Dude, they mention that they haven't read the book, several times actually. A movie actually needs to be good without reading the book

[@themysteriouscatperson9483]

rhythmandblues alibi Who is he referring to? He starts off talking about how the review didn’t talk about the book, to how the movie missed crucial parts of the book, to how the movie was good and DID follow the book. I’m confused

[@CharIie83]

this show is surprisingly good. my favorite on youtube atm

[@loukkaus]

Did you ever see "Nymphomaniac"? I'd love to see a review, or just a short mention of what you thought! ;-)

[@AND-od5jt]

27:50 Wait... 2nd tier? according to the marvel card game (no top trumps, but s/t similar) only Galactus and Silver Surfer are mightier! (Would've to add Thanos there now i guess, since the card game came out late 80s and the Infinity Gem storyline was written early 90s); oh - honorary mention of Lady Death ofc...

[@pyro380]

Is there anything better in life than coming home drunk after a night in town and watch these episodes while laughing like a crazy person?

[@hugohoyos2828]

the twist at the end was more cleverly concealed in the book. I didn't see it coming when reading.

"I gave you my word…" Is Thor doing a Schwartzenegger impression there?

[@xentius1]

Harrison Ford was fine. Graff in the book was tired, worn, and depressed from the stress of horrible things he had to put children through for so many years. The movie didn't do a great job of explaining anything, but Ford did portray the necessary feelings. On that note, it was still a horrible movie. Like you said, they went through all the actions but none of the reasons. They lost the theme, and they tried to make a movie about mass genocide, child warfare, and torturous recruitment kid-friendly. It was doomed by the script.

[@dylanalexander8740]

It's sad that anyone who didn't read Ender's Game will never understand how annoying it is to see its story compared to The Last Starfighter. The ideas, intricacies, and philosophical exploration of the novel all have so much more depth, it doesn't even compare. They completely chopped out the most important part of the film in removing Locke and Demosthenes, and they absolutely BUTCHERED the ending by making it happen when he was a child, creating one of the biggest plot holes I've ever. (Spoiler alert, but, the queen is RIGHT THERE? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!) I'm actually quite upset that people who saw the movie may judge the book based on their viewing experience. I've actually heard people say that they won't read the book because they didn't enjoy the movie. Also, I know a lot of people are being critical of Orson due to his questionable views. I'll say this: I may not agree with the guy, but he is a DAMN good writer. He knows how to develop characters, foreshadow, delve into the darkest parts of Man, and create resolutions that, at least in my case, bring tears to the eyes. Please guys, READ THE BOOK. Fuck the movie. There were some good scenes, and the acting was decent for the most part, but it just isn't up to snuff. Just to give you an idea of how different the novel is, in case you needed anything more, Peter is my favorite character. I won't say anything more, but his value in the film REALLY grinds my gears.

[@CptSnuggles07]

Actually, I think he would be pretty firmly opposed to delving into the darkest parts of a man.

[@dylanalexander8740]

Raphael Asgard, I don't mean to be an ass, but I personally consider a viewpoint such as that just as ignorant as him disliking the homosexual community. The minute you decide, "Oh, he's the bad guy," you've lost the game of acceptance. Because the whole point is that we're willing to look past ALL FLAWS in ALL MEN to realize that everyone, deep down, is just someone trying to be as good as they can be.

[@CptSnuggles07]

Dylan Alexander I was just makin' a joke is all. I like his books.

[@dylanalexander8740]

Raphael Asgard Ah, I see.......well.....uh.....so, how 'bout that Game of Thrones?

[@isodoublet]

"I've actually heard people say that they won't read the book because they didn't enjoy the movie." Yep and I'm one of 'em! The whole plot is completely ruined by the fact that they could just shoot the death star's superlaser at the enemy planet. So there was no need for genius superchildren bred for war, you could just rig the button to the office water cooler and be done with it.

[@DarthDoodie]

The toilet paper roll in the bathroom behind Jay is going under instead of over. what the hell guys?

[@stevethefishdotnet]

Hmm... Well, I'm still looking forward to seeing Ender's Game (I won't be able to see it until January in my country). If you'd read the book, you'll know that the reason why they selected the children is because they were kept in the dark about what was really going on. An adult would hesitate to sacrifice human lives in fleets of ships for the cause of winning a war, yet a child playing a strategy video game will not think too much about doing the same for inanimate video game starships. Hence the name "Ender's Game." If the movie failed to convey that it's supposedly all a game to the kids, then that is a letdown because that is what the whole point of the book was.

[@bobbybloodfeastin308]

I love these people I thank them for making videos.

[@scott972]

Anyone else rewatching MCU movies and going back to hear the guys' thoughts as they go?

[@Y-two-K]

No, why I would I watch MCU lol

[@junghunt8645]

No

[@mutalemwananshiku4098]

I am :)

[@mutalemwananshiku4098]

​@@Y-two-Kwhy did u comment on this video.

[@galaxysurfer1122]

The MAIN problem with Ender's Game is that like normal, you can't translate all books to film. In the book, Ender really was forced to train continuously, every day, almost every hour, and the end where they win was a complete surprise. The character development fell far too short in this film, but then it really couldn't as the book is just him and his friends doing endless gaming and him becoming separated from them because of leadership. Some books just won't translate all that well to film (cough cough 'Cloud Atlas' ) and this is one of many that don't. Also, many people I know that read it as a teen, related to it far more because of the 'us and them' feeling they had between themselves and adults (basically 'teen angst' about themselves their relationships with said adults etc. ,) and apparently this booked tapped into that and 'spoke' to them. Again, not something a film can translate all that well.

[@JAFOpty]

Your reviews are some of the best, my ONE AND ONLY suggestion, is that you should include Rich or the Wizard or Jack in the discussion... they are great in the BOTW episodes....

[@breesway9749]

JAFO-PTY I know this was commented 4 years ago but I don’t know what you are referring to and I can only see BOTW as Breath of the wild

[@Satorotas89]

@@breesway9749 this comment is now 8 years old and I still don’t get it :(

[@wamatt2476]

I laughed legit for 30 seconds just from that "Half in the Baaaaaaaaa....."

[@ramblinwriter4987]

Thor adventure in space....HAHAHA These guys predict the future, don't they?

[@somnambulist83]

asgard looks like a slightly more interesting naboo but there are sequences in thor 2 where the phantom menace is just present in the movie

[@lachlank.8270]

There's always a bigger fish.

[@brandonthesteele]

Ender's Game strikes me as the type of story that Jay and Mike would have read already. I was expecting an enlightening analysis of the movie in light of the book, you frauds!

[@ppangrac]

No, no. You're supposed to say "Jay and Mike, you frauds. You bought Ender's Game from Half-Price Books. I know because I SOLD IT TO YOU!"

[@brandonthesteele]

Philip Pangrac hahahaha

[@phj223]

+1 Go read the book you hacks! ;)

[@SirRobertSpriggs]

0:28-0:31 Rich starts to close the door twice

[@timcollins7108]

Eh, at least Thor: The Dark World had a fairly simple plot. And unlike the first one, Natalie Portman has something to do, like carry the macguffin

[@angusdavis1996]

Anyone notice at the start how they started before the door had closed but in the previous shot the door had closed?

[@chrisjackson1266]

"HALF IN THE BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAG"

[@jakenkid]

What is the background voice saying @ the 3:07 mark?

[@charleynewman5057]

Ender's Game is one of my favorite books, buy the movie is bland as fuck.

[@nenenomusic]

But*

[@Nikkibuh]

Butt*

[@magisterrleth3129]

I always hated Ender's Game. Thought it felt like a diet version of the book, and somehow even less visually spectacular than the words of the book. Now people agree with me. I am complete.

[@Twigspeaker]

I got distracted by the toilet paper roll behind Jay because it's on backwards .

[@lucasalce6010]

It's funny because murica is the most fucked up country of all.

[@realityshotgun]

HalfbreedTrini wrong wrong wrong

[@TheKnightBlade4]

Luca salce *best country

[@jasonmiller3134]

I knew the Ender's Game movie was going to flop as soon as I saw that Harrison Ford was cast, because his character has a rather small role in the book, but they gotta get their money out of casting a superstar! Ender's Game could work now as a streaming series a la The Expanse, and if the first season went well, they could continue other books in new seasons.

[@alkemyst337]

Natalie Portman also makes a much more convincing scientist than Tara Reid

[@YaMamasAss]

I misread this as Riley Reid and was wondering when a pornstar appeared in either movie.

[@HungryTacoBoy]

@17:27 Mike goes all Road Runner on us. "Neat neat!"

[@opmike343]

Ender's Game is one of the worst book adaptations I've seen for a while. So bad, in fact, that it doesn't even seem like they actually "adapted" the story to fit into a 2 hour movie. Is like they just took the book, and just sped everything up to fit within the time restrictions. That's not quite how this whole thing is supposed to work. And the phoning-it-in acting by just about everyone who appeared on screen had me just ready to leave the cinema. They didn't seem to care about the characters...why should I?

[@Cbclaw]

What about Starship Troopers? I think that was literally the most horrible book "adaptation" that just shits on the source material

[@SomeAssh0le]

Cbclaw Well there's a slight difference there because Starship Troopers is literally the greatest movie ever produced in human history and no one gives a shit about whatever it's based on.

[@Cbclaw]

Too bad it isn't, it's piece of shit

[@connorleech9434]

This could have been a lord of the rings level of detail for the first book alone. There are so many deep ideas in the novels but the movie just gave the cliffs notes of what had happened.

[@ExBruinsFan]

Connor leech The poor job on this movie probably kills any chance of seeing 'Speaker for the Dead' which was for me, a much better Sci Fi story.

[@HundredDaysMusic]

The Enders Game movie fails to portray how, in the book, a LOT of time passes. They do recruit him as a kid but, by the time the war kicks off, he's a grown adult in his mid-20s. The idea was to teach kids while they're young and impressionable so that they would become the ultimate warriors (Spartan-style).

[@BeCurieUs]

BTW, Natalie Portman is actually a scientist of sorts with a couple of published papers under her belt like 'A Simple Method to Demonstrate the Enzymatic Production of Hydrogen from Sugar' and 'Frontal Lobe Activation during Object Permanence: Data from Near-Infrared Spectroscopy'

[@grayfox1471]

***** I sure hope not. She was only 13 when she was cast in The Professional. Far too young to spend all her time at studies earning a doctorate. However, I'm starting to regret that I didn't attend Harvard to be a tutor in the subject.

[@AlexanderLeset]

I laughed in the theater when I saw they were using Razor Orbweavers as props like it was fucking Video Game High School

[@Greeves421a]

I enjoy RLM reviews, having said that when is the last time you guys LIKED a movie?

[@anaraug]

I'm so disappointed to hear that about Harrison Ford. I was going to go see Ender's Game thinking "it'll probably be meh, but at least Harrison Ford will do a good job". I guess I thought wrong. :(

[@moshmachine]

I'm worried about old Grampa Ford. His acting hasn't been good since the 90's. He might compromise the new Star Wars movies. Not that aren't plenty of elements in okay that could compromise it as well. The most we can hope for is a clusterfuck.

[@blm2357]

Grandchildren choking to death is SO funny you guys!

[@laural.enright4780]

Thor: "The plot is lots of things happen and you sort of wonder why they're happening." I don't know, I wasn't that confused. Seemed pretty easy to follow to me.

[@sapphire8207]

Being a huge fan of every book in the Enderverse, I was very excited about how true the movie was to the first book. I realized this probably was not exciting to people who hadn't read/weren't already fans of the book, but I'm EXTREMELY HAPPY with a faithful adaptation. What's interesting to me is that Hunger Games & Catching Fire were equally faithful to their source material, but clearly more engaging to a wider audience. (I adore the Hunger Games trilogy and the movie adaptations so far, btw.) So, I loved Ender's Game, but wasn't sure if I could recommend it to people who hadn't read the books.

[@wiziek]

Faithul adaptation? Like making character which was supossed to tower over Ender as smaller in height then Ender actor?

[@sapphire8207]

wiziek I take no more issue with that than replacing a white man with a black woman (Major Anderson). The characters' attitudes, the story, and the overall themes were very true to the novel, which I find vastly more important than physical appearance. Col. Graff is a man who is tired of his job and frightened of the consequences, and Ford portrayed him expertly. Not to mention Ford WOULD have towered over a 6-year-old, but they instead used a 16-year-old actor.

[@wiziek]

Kelly Creighton What are you even talking about? I meant Bonzo whose actor being lower then Ender really doesn't have impact on that character, especialy compared to shower scene culmination in book. That is only one of issues, I understand adaptation can't be 100 percent faithul but why take away such important aspects from book?

[@dorsk188]

I think it was Bob Chipman that called the Ender's Game movie: "A kid plays Eve Online with Kinect".

[@BonBon3589]

I personally liked the film for what it was. It was surprisingly far more true to the book than I expected. The problem was it was all crammed into two hours. That said, there's not much fleshed out in terms of the characters,and how miserable battle school made them, as well as the toll that it took on everyone. Also, Bean was a bit of a stoic dick throughout the book, I don't understand why everyone was smiling and happy throughout. READ THE BOOK, JAY AND MIKE. I read it in 5th grade, and 3-4 more times after that. It's great.