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Tonyhillzone t1_j6p7asg wrote

Reply to I feel like Ender's Game (2013) would have made for a MUCH better TV show/miniseries than it would have for the film adaptation that we got. by Jamey4

The entire Enders story takes place over 3000 years. You could do a 4-5 season show to cover it all. Strongly recommend reading all the books if you haven't.

(And yes, the creator is a complete idiot and lunatic, but that doesn't detract from a great series of books.)

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ThatIowanGuy t1_j6p6ypj wrote

Reply to I feel like Ender's Game (2013) would have made for a MUCH better TV show/miniseries than it would have for the film adaptation that we got. by Jamey4

I honestly think it should have been an R rated dramatic animated film. With live action, there was no way for them to get quality child actors at the ages stated in the book. Their changes to Bernard and Bonzo Madrid incredibly harmed the themes from the book and those should have remained in their bloody details. Ender’s Game would have been the perfect vehicle to show that animated movies geared for adult audiences could have worked but instead toned down the material and aged up the kids to the point where the end product is just flat out not good.

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Pjoernrachzarck t1_j6p6m7x wrote

Reply to All 23 Studio Ghibli films, ranked worst to best by Vusarix

I’m not gonna get into a whole deal about where and how I think you are wrong because that is not in the Ghibli spirit.

Instead, I’ll just be happy that these movies take up so much space in your heart that you took the time to arrange them neatly.

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OneManFreakShow t1_j6p5vtq wrote

Reply to comment by Financial_Wind2675 in BABYLON in Three Key Scenes: An interview with Damien Chazelle, Cinematographer Linus Sandgren, and Editor Tom Cross about the movie's portrait of silent and sound filmmaking, and the crazy final montage. by Bullingdon1973

First Man is such a beautiful movie. It's such a tonal shift from Chazelle's other films and it's better for it. It's cold, but not in an isolating way. It really feels like a good reflection of what must have been going through Armstrong's head at the time - having just lost his daughter and then training for a world-changing mission.

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