The book is so amazing. In the book, ender is much younger and his brother Peter is much more volatile. The mind games they played with him are so much more complex. The fight scenes are much more vicious. I highly suggest the book.

@hoon_sol

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, this is one of those where you should really just read the book, because it's just mind-blowing in comparison to the very mediocre film adaptation that didn't really convey the scope of it all in neither breadth nor depth. Not only the more complex mind games, but the more vivid descriptions of the psychological states and the games he's playing (both the war game and the more personal adventure on his pad), not to mention so much of the complex relationships between Ender and his siblings, and their relationship with each other and their entire arc in taking over Earth politically through their writings. And as if that's not good enough, the subsequent books hold up to the exact same standard, especially Speaker for the Dead, but I'm not going to spoil anything about that in case he might want to read them, although I have my doubts about that ever happening, heh.

@babymama406

7 ай бұрын

@@hoon_sol I loved Speaker of the Dead too.

@piercedviking8058

7 ай бұрын

@@babymama406 My favorite was the one that told it from Bean's perspective.

@Magda-it4le

7 ай бұрын

@@hoon_sol agreed, books in the ender's universe are my all time favourite, and movie just can't compete

@babs3241

7 ай бұрын

Have you read the prequels with Mazer and the second invasion?

The book is top tier. Honestly the whole series. It's even on the military's recommended reading list. But the sequels that follow the character Ender are usually when he's much older. There's a sub-series revolving around Bean and Ender's brother called the Shadow sub-series. Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, etc. Also amazing reads.

@hoon_sol

7 ай бұрын

_Speaker for the Dead_ is such an amazing take on a lot of issues related to "us vs. them" and the overarching themes of xenophobia, blending in a lot of ecology too, which as someone who greatly enjoyed the ecological themes of _Dune_ I liked to see very much.

@Seastallion

7 ай бұрын

There are also the prequels about Mazer Rackam that are still being written. They explain Mazer's history, as well as the first and second Formec Wars, and how The Battle School came into being. I love pretty much the entire series.

@TheDylls

6 ай бұрын

I've read em all! All top tier, agreed!

@chrisf2636

2 ай бұрын

I loved First Meetings as well, answers questions like, “How do you end up with 3 super genius children?” And many more. Unfortunately it seems the 3rd book of the 2nd Formic war may not be written.

Couple of things....the main thing about the book that is cut for the movie is Ender's brother and sister becoming blogging/social media stars and political thought leaders, ending with his brother becoming the Hegemon of Earth. Also, he wrote a whole series of companion novels called the "Ender's Shadow" series about Bean's life.

the twist in this movie is something I’ll never forget..

As someone who has served in the military, I can vouch for the accuracy of dead asleep to toing the line when your drill sergeant wakes you up.

The film, although I admire the effort and always love Harrison Ford, is barely a shadow to the complexity and character of the book. Maybe a 2-movie arc, but your idea of anime (a series!) is probably the best way to get the spirit of the book across. It's so worth reading.

25:35 The reverse is true, in a way. Ender's strategic kryptonite is a desire to understand his opponent and use that understanding to defuse the situation, NOT to resort to brutal tactics. At his heart, he is not a ruthless military commander. Had Ender known it was not a simulation, he would have attempted to find a peaceful solution, which humanity's political and military powers could not tolerate because the Formics would always be an existential threat to humanity if they ever turned hostile. So... they made it a 'game'. As much as the training program and facility is militarized, it is structured to resemble a game, with points and team names. It brings out the "best" in its students by playing on their desire to win the game, which is practically universal in kids. If it's a game, kids will decimate enemy forces by the millions with zero compassion. And that's what they needed from Ender; all of his strategic brilliance, utterly unfettered by moral foibles. And look at what happened; Ender adopted a brutal, ruthless, and utterly inhumane strategy, sacrificing the lives of his entire fleet and extinguishing an entire species.

Book was way different. Much more games in the Battleroom. Toons were 41 men each. Ender rushed through Battle School in under five years. You could really SEE Enders strategy in the Battleroom. What set him apart from the other commanders.

Backstory the movie kind of glosses over: after first contract, the aliens nearly wiped out humanity. This happened because in their society, only the queens are self-aware. All of the others are basically animals under telepathic control of the queens. They didn't understand that every human is self-aware, and slaughtered humans in large numbers because that's just how war goes for them. The humans freaked out and basically ended all freedom. They even made all religion illegal. That is why it was so significant when Bean used that Muslim phrase. He was basically exposing himself as a Muslim to Ednder. That was a really significant moment in the book. The government decided that the only way to produce a military leader capable of defending the aliens was to build this horrible school. They don't care how many children die at the school as long as they get their ultimate leader.

That plot twist was such a gut punch. I honestly didn’t see it coming and I’m really good at predicting things. They should really make a sequel, this is one of my favorite sci-fi films.

@ClusterDSA

7 ай бұрын

The 2nd book is called Speaker for the Dead, and Enders Game was only originally supposed to be a prolog for that book, it's really good but it has an entirely different feel to this one.

The author’s even said that the best way to enjoy the story is the Audiobooks. Listen to them, it’s INCREDIBLE

@Worrell057

3 ай бұрын

Great suggestion.

When I was in public school we didnt get to even start the movie because the kids in my class wouldn’t stop talking, I don’t even think we really finished the book either, but I’ve always wanted to watch this so thank you for reacting to this ❤️

@gregclarke2183

7 ай бұрын

I highly recommend the books. There’s a whole series, with Enders Game being just the first.

It was under rated because the book was much much better. But yes, they had to cut alot of the character development and what Ender thinks and feels throughout his stint at the Battle School. You are right that the special effects were phenomenal. Fans of the book have been waiting DECADES for a movie to come out, but this version didn't quite hit the mark because there is so much material. It would have been nice if it was made into a tv show so we can really follow Ender on his journey.

@criticalchai

7 ай бұрын

and all of the poltical stuff with the sister and brother are left out completely. There is so much good stuff about them as well.

@Guardian582

7 ай бұрын

tehy also were absolutely horrid they way they did ender bad, not to mention the ender/bonzo thing

the reveal was one of the best reveals of all time

So much fun, right?! 😂 love this movie. The twist also caught me off guard 😂

i can't recommend reading this book enough. There is so much of the school that is left out that adds so much more weight to the story. Then if you enjoy Enders Game, check out Enders Shadow.

@TheShadowSythe

7 ай бұрын

I don't even remember if the movie explained why Ender was willing to protect the last queen, that the aliens literally didn't understand that they were killing people. They couildn't comprehend a species that wasn't a hive mind, they didn't know that the soldiers they were fighting weren't just mindless drones

@Channel4Cas

7 ай бұрын

@@TheShadowSythe the movie almost lost me when they introduced bean on the transport flight.

@Real_Genji

7 ай бұрын

@@Channel4Cas Yeah that was so cringe

Oh this movie is sooo underrated!

I assume I'll not be the first, nor last, person to say this, but if you enjoyed this movie, I beg you to read the book(s). I did enjoy the film, but it doesn't hold a candle to the original. The Ender series of books is one of my absolute favorites. Have a great day folks.

@GG_AJfan

3 ай бұрын

Can you please guide me on those books? what are they called and what is the correct order?

@JKM395

3 ай бұрын

@@GG_AJfan Absolutely! The first one is entitle “Ender’s game”, just like just like the movie. The order is: Ender’s Game Speaker For The Dead Xenocide Children Of The Mind Ender’s Shadow Shadow Of The Hegemon Shadow Puppets Happy reading!

The book series is huge! spanning thousands of years. My favorite book series ever! There is a spin off series that tells beans story and what happens on earth directly after the war, Called The Shadow series, 1st book being Enders Shadow which is nearly the same story as enders game, but from beans perspective. I Highly encourage people to read these books!

I love the comment about how they couldn't really make a sequel. The book was written purely to give the necessary backstory in order to tell the actual story of Ender Wiggin, which takes place thousands of years later when he's middle aged - he loses decades traveling light speed each time to a different planet to find a possible home to raise the formic queen. In a way, you really couldn't do a sequel because this was only the prequel to the actual story.

Another Jablonsky amazing soundtrack, you are hitting all of them. (And Wiggin will be known as Ender the Xenocide, so yeah, pretty heavy.)

Czechoslovakia doesn’t even exist anymore💀

@aquilschutte

7 ай бұрын

I wish it still existed

@rubenarias6538

7 ай бұрын

They split to Czech and Slovakia and Prusia to pursia and Rusia 😂😂

@marqez6225

7 ай бұрын

Čau

@bdawg5855

7 ай бұрын

As someone who lived during the transition we still hold our historical patriotism

The book also is heavily focused on Ender’s thought process and motivations which is super hard to capture in a film. The film does a decent job of adapting, but the book is such that no matter how good the film is you’re gonna lose a good bit of the depth to the story.

The movie was good but the books were amazing.

I'm so glad you watched this! It does 'grandeur' so well with the cinematography and music. I loved reading books through high school. I read several every week, getting in trouble with teachers for reading during their lectures... Ender's Game is my most read book by a long shot. I still have my copy, 20 years later. Extremely worn from being stuffed in my backpack so many times. There's SOOO much more detail in the books that really makes every character feel more complex, and so much inner monologue from Ender exploring why certain actions meant something, whereas in the movie they have to rush in an explanation for the scene while quickly moving on. Like the Mind Game is truly a mindf*ck of a game. But they only show us the quick stuff that's absolutely necessary for the rest of the movie, ignoring his mental state. And also, his brother and sister back home are explored SOOO much more in depth, they're like 1/4 of the book.

Oooo I've wanted someone to react to this! I love this movie and your reactions Seb!! 😊

The book is one of the best sci-fi stories ever written.

Movie didn't quite measure up to the book, but *Ender's Game* is one of the BEST sci-fi books I have ever read in my life, and I'm old.

If you're into sci-fi books, you've got to read the series. There are 2 series that run parallel, Ender's saga which spans 3,000 years and the Shadow Saga which is the story from the other character's points of view, mainly Bean. Top book series of all time.This movie is a fart in the wind compared to the books. The books are way more brutal! Edit - just read all the other comments! So you'll want to read Ender's Game first, then read Ender's Shadow, then the rest of the Shadow Saga, then go back to the rest of Ender's Saga.

@nordbard5027

7 ай бұрын

Is ender is immortal?

@i_maq

7 ай бұрын

@@nordbard5027 nope, huge spoiler if you really want to know?

@Sir-Bane

7 ай бұрын

@@i_maq Sure, go for it.

@i_maq

7 ай бұрын

@@Sir-Bane it's just relativity, he travels from planet to planet looking for a new home for the queen egg, he travels so far that due to relativity 3000 years have passed for everyone else, most of humanity leaves earth and each Earth nation becomes a planet or system of its own. Pretty sick.

Such a sick movie

One of my favorite movies since I was little the books were better tho but ender would be too young to be believed as badass soo …in live action so they made him a pre teen (I believe he was 6 in the original and his finale exam was 5 years later) (when he’s 12 in the movie from the jump and everything takes coruse over like a year )

@doomse150

7 ай бұрын

Also you can't really cast 6 year olds in movies, at least not as big characters

@adamn7516

3 ай бұрын

@@doomse150 They could cast kids a few years older but smaller for their age. Jacob Tremblay in the movie Room was 8 and played a 6 year old. He won a critics choice award for his role in that film.

Seb I highly recommend watching a movie called The Warriors 1979 I loved that movie when my brother showed it to me and I think you would enjoy it.❤

I never saw this in theatres for some reason but recently watched it and the ending.... wow!

I LOVE Harrison Ford, but when I first heard they were making Ender's Game into a movie, I thought Denzel Washington would have been perfect as Colonel Graff. l like the movie but I think everything that's good about it comes from the book. Asa Butterfield was a great casting choice for Ender, he's a great actor even as a kid he was great and he was able to handle the part of Ender. Butterfield's movie Hugo (directed by Martin Scorcese) proved how good he was at a young age. Hugo is a fantastic movie and proves Scorcese can make wonderful family films too if he decides to do so. Highly recommended, especially at Christmas time!!! I loved the book Ender's Game, read it many times. I read all the books in the Ender and Bean series. Then I found out what a hateful bigot Orson Scott Card was and I still can (mostly) separate art from artist, but that really sucked learning that.

@hoon_sol

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's sad that they couldn't make more of the film despite Ender's actor fitting very well. It was mostly other things that caused a lack, hard to pinpoint exactly what. Not an easy book or series to really capture the essence of in film, I hope someone will try again in the future.

Read the book too. It’s pretty good.

26:48 Not really, it's just that the book is so much more of a heavy presence that people are kind of "meh" about the movie.

I love your reactions Seb 😭 I was waiting for this part specifically @ 24:55 . Such a twist .

There are 6 books in the series. The next one, Ender's Shadow, is the same series of events through the eyes of Bean. It's too bad this one didn't get a sequel. I think that would have been a great watch.

The movie does pretty good. But the book is a lot better, though slow from about 2/3 to 3/4 of the way. What the main 2 things that the movie doesn't convey well are: 1) Ender was chosen because of how violently effective is methods are (in that they are almost always attacks to ensure that those things don't continue. But he's also able to empathize with his enemies, to the point of being able to understand and love them. Which is why he's so effective: He can understand his enemies, know what reaction they'd have, and then attack in a way that makes sure they won't ever harm again. 2) Ender intellect. He's able to do what most others don't even think of: Rotating battles in any direction in his mind, and having no problem keeping track of positions as he does so.

In the later books he's traveling near light speed so generations pass before he makes contact with other humans and he finds out he was right. He is remembered as a genocidal, mass murder. Ender understood everything about how sentient beings, human or otherwise, thought and how they would interpret events like that.

They definitely deprived us of a Sequel they could have made 😩. Loved the book and the movie just as much when it came out.

@gundamgunpla4685

7 ай бұрын

The sequel novels are my absolute favorites, and in my top 3 of all reads :) Soooo good. Especially Children of the Mind and Speaker for the Dead

@shauntempley9757

7 ай бұрын

Asa must be far older to do them. I myself love this and the other books.

@chrissonofpear1384

7 ай бұрын

Or they could have done a Shadow story, partly following Bean, plus Peter, Petra, etc...

@Theaterg15

2 күн бұрын

Yeah me too!! I was picturing Benedict Cumberbatch as adult ender in Speaker for the Dead

You are right, you’d love the books! And I can strongly recommend the semi-prequel Ender’s Shadow, which is mostly the same timespan but told from Bean’s perspective

I can’t believe I didn’t see this in my subscriptions when it came out, I f!cking love this movie/book! I know you’re going to love it I’m so pumped to watch this video

this was one of my favourite films of all time. thank you for your reaction ive been waiting for your reaction to this film for soo long. Another good film that I KNOW YOULL LOVE is called miss peregrines peculiar children and it stars Asa Butterfeild too

Whats crazy is theres a whole different story going on with bean that you'd have no idea about without reading the series.

Cant miss a seb upload.

I’m sure other people have mentioned, but Ender is 6 when he goes to school in the book and 11 when he nukes the planet. I don’t love that they aged him up in this, but at the same time, I doubt a 6 year old could have pulled off the acting needed for Ender.

FINALLY SOMEONE IS REACTING TO THIS FILM!!!!!!!!!!!! I WAITED SOO LONG FOR THIS

The whole book series is really really good, I highly recommend them if you enjoyed the movie because there is a lot more in the book. I believe Ender was sent to battle school when he was 6 years old and his time at battle school is over the period of a few years from what I remember, and it is brutal.

The movie moves way to fast, it makes you think everything happens within like a month or something, the book happens over several years. The psychological warfare is mindboggling and the actual war strategy has this book on the U. S. Marine Corps suggested reading list. The book is only 350 pages, for a person with an average reading speed you can read this book in five hours. It is so good you will want to read it all at once. I had to read this book in the 7th grade, it is my favorite book of all time and I have re-read it every year since, I am now in my 30s.

This is one of my favorite movies of all time! I just love it to bits, so damn captivating.

Yassss Seb, so excited for this reaction 😊

Reading Ender's Game: 💀 Watching the movie: 😎

Amazing film we need an Enders Shadow movie.

@hoon_sol

7 ай бұрын

First we need a remake of this one that's more true to the material. Then we need a _Speaker for the Dead_ film, then we need a _Xenocide_ film, then we need a _Children of the Mind_ film, and then we can start thinking about adapting _Ender's Shadow_ and the other books that follow.

@Galiant2010

7 ай бұрын

@@hoon_sol This book would be great for modern TV, doing a season of 8-10 one hour long episodes like GoT or Mandalorian.

@hoon_sol

7 ай бұрын

@@Galiant2010: Yeah, the entire Ender series as a show spanning 4 seasons, one for each book, would be amazing. Would also give it that Foundation feeling to see the spans of time covered. Then maybe Ender's Shadow as a separate show later, but I never liked that series as much as the four Ender books.

I definitely recommend reading this book. One of my all time favorites

Watch tron legacy!

Awesome reaction of my favorite movie!!!!

I remember a year ago I was looking for reactions to this, hopefully this starts a wave lol

Love brotha keep up the vids been watching since Harry Potter 🥳🥳

This movie and books are among my personal all-time favorites for a reason

Beans parallel to this is great enders shadow. And his series gets even better

This is a particularly hard series to adapt because it focuses so much on Ender's inner monolog, feelings, and troubles. And even more so in the later books, it gets very philosophical and psychological. As much as I love this series, I don't think they could do the rest of the series justice in any adaptation. I HIGHLY recommend reading the books, absolutely amazing and well worth it. And yes, the books are fatties

Wiping out an army is one thing, but wiping out a species is unforgivable.

@Galiant2010

7 ай бұрын

I love that they put the quote at the beginning of the movie, "In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him." Because after watching the movie you realize that Ender was driven by his ability to be compassionate as well as anything else, and that he committed genocide and didn't even get to 'love' them until after they were gone.

@Glittersword

7 ай бұрын

Possible Spoilers: The problem is in order to negotiate you have to be able to communicate. One side is a purely telepathic hive mind with no concept that the vocals of the enemy was communication. The other had only latent abilities in that area I believe. Otherwise how can they implant the dreams.

love all ur vids btw XD

Man i loved watching this film in cinema with my dad, the twist was the biggest twist i had ever watched

the build up to the reveal that there was no training, in the book, was phenomenal. I had to stop reading to process it just like Ender lol. Shouldnt have been a film, a mini series or animated would have done a much better job at the pacing issue

I NEED HEARTSTOPPER S2 REACTIONSSSS!!!!!! WHERE ARE THEYYYYY???????

The books series is insane, sequels take a turn, there's a lot to the whole story and if you have time Seb I highly recommend reading. Gets you thinking

@gundamgunpla4685

7 ай бұрын

They are the best! Best story ever when it comes to the Pequeninos and the Church. Absolutely agree with the recommend

Dude!!!! There absolutely is a school like that…RAF!! Oh and yea it’s a decently fun movie if you have never read the book. Book is so freaking good! And the series all about Bean is one of my fave series.

This movie made a lot of predictions about video games long before they were technologically feasible. They can definitely make sequels. There are lots more books. After this, Ender traveled great distances at near light speed looking for a home for the queen. This means he traveled through time at a slower rate than the rest of humanity. When he comes out and starts trying to live again, he is remembered by humanity as one of the greatest villains.

The book is amazing and if you read Ender's Shadow you'll see how much Bean was COOKING in this story

I got the audio book for Ender's game when i was a semi-driver and when the twist started to drop i no shit had to find the closest exit and just park for a good 30min while I listen to Ender coming to terms with the fact he has been committing Xenocide across a portion of the galaxy and the complete meltdown that inevitably follows... I am a strong man who has lived a world of hurt and not much makes me cry any more but I was a god damn mess that day like screaming in pain it strait broke me. I had to get a hold of every book up to Children of the Mind (Even the Shadow series)and am seriously thinking of finishing that collection because the Piggy's and Jane omg beautiful wonderful Jane yea they are worth checking out.

I would say this movie is one of those movies that is seriously underrated. I have to say that this is one of my favorite movies.

I appreciate your review. This has been one of my favorite Sci-fi books along with Starship Troopers since it came out when I was 14. I was excited when the movie was announced and raved about the book to my wife for weeks. Unbeknownst to me, she downloaded the book and read it in secret then arranged for a date night on opening night. She didn't want to be confused and be able to have a coherent discussion about the differences between the book and the movie. That is one of the best things anyone has ever done for me. I married a good one!

This is by far one of my favorite book/movies of all time

I read the book and watched the movie in my 9th grade english class, legendary film

Before they made this I always said there was no way to make that book into a movie correctly. They did a surprisingly good job though. Not perfect but really good for what they needed to communicate. Particularly the final sequence of space battles are EXACTLY how I pictured them in my head when I read the book. It felt like someone had reached into my brain and plucked out my imagination of that part of the book. If the movie got you interested, the book is in fact better and so worth a read. Interestingly, Enders Game was not supposed to be a book. The book Orson Scott Card was trying to write is what turned out to be the 2nd book in the series, Speaker for the Dead. Enders Game was supposed to be a prolog for Speaker for the Dead to explain who Ender is and what he is doing out in space and it just ended up being so long that it became it's own book. Speaker for the Dead is also a fantastic book, highly recommended.

Classic middle school book, brings me back

"Did they get a professional editor?" lol called it

I'm going to suggest The Giver next; the book was amazing & the movie was equally amazing 😍

If you need to read any of the Card books about Ender Wiggin, it must be Speaker for the Dead. That one shows how Andrew and Valentine deal with the guilt of genocide.

The book really isn't that long, but they've for sure excluded a lot. They've got the most important things, though, considering that it's a one-off movie and not a series.

The bugs literally didn't realize that they were killing a sentient species, as their species is so significantly different. Only like 1 in a million bugs are actually sentient

You asked, in the book at this Stilson point, takes away the thing in his neck, point, in the book, he's 6 years old.

After the hive mind was destroyed by Mazer. The Formics instantly became self aware and felt terrible for murdering all the humans, thus why they never attacked earth again.

WHOA WHOA WHOA MAN Im from Czech Republic 😂 We are not Czechoslovakia anymore since 1993 😂 and yes we have mountains... Dude how did your get to that thought

I really like this movie, and I am very glad that there is a reaction on this channel. you may not have watched the movie "Hugo" 2011 where Ben Kingsley and Asa Butterfield starred before.

This was back when directors were still hesitant about the length of movies. If this came out now, I think it would be so much better.

Definitely read the Ender series (by Orson Scott Card). They are all excellent books and this is only the beginning of Ender's story.

Love this film the twist was amazing, (please watch gremlins for Christmas)

The book is stellar, highly recommend. There's a parallel novel from Bean's perspective - Ender's Shadow, which is also worth reading.

Lets gooooo! One of my fave scifi movies

"Were going to send him home, back to Earth" or you know "He moved to a farm; up state"... yeah he dead.

I loved the book and share my birthday with the author, Aug 24th. This movie didn't do the book justice, though it was cool. I was SO hoping this would open up to this whole series of books turned to video......

Okay, now I have to go listen to the books, again. They’re sooo friggin good!

the blasters are real toys i had one when i was a kid

Wish it had done better at the box office so we could have gotten a sequel. The books are incredible. Orson Scott Card is one of my favorite writers ever and the Ender saga is incredible. Then he expands the lore and drops books that explain the first ,and second bugger wars, what happens to Bean after the Ender saga, and what happens to Ender, thousands of years in the future thanks to light speed travel elongating his life.

Absolutely love this movie!

The book is superlative. The actor that played Ender Wiggin did a phenomenal job in this movie but ultimately the way it was filmed and what they chose to cut (and how they reframed what they chose to keep) ultimately weakened the whole impact of the game that Ender played. It's also a lot easier to lose sight when reading text of how young the children were and how manipulated they were, for the years before and during Battle School. In the film, surrounded as they were by adults, you're constantly reminded of the discrepancy which doesn't help.

The book series was a lot of fun. Bean’s story was actually my favorite.