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   Hello, August Abolins.   
   On 10/30/20 7:39 PM you wrote:   
      
    AA> The film doesn't seem to capture the deeper themes of eugenics,    
    AA> pre-selection, and the rationale for destroying other populations    
    AA> (get rid of these aliens before they pose a threat). It's    
    AA> definitely geared to gloss over that briefly and provide the    
    AA> action that younger people would care about.  The film uses the    
    AA> phrase "the enemy's gate is down", twice  ..but it doesn't    
    AA> communicate the meaning of it very well. I didn't finish the book,    
    AA> but I had hopes that the film would have worked with that better.   
      
   From what I've read in reviews comparing the two, there was s lot Toned down   
   from the book.   
       
    AA> I sense that the film softens the Ender character too much from    
    AA> what I remember in the book.   
      
   I don't know. It would make sense to me that they might have, as I understand   
   that they softened how he was treated in his training.   
       
    AA> I think there is only 30 minutes left for the big reveal (the    
    AA> lie), and Ender's solution. I have to try and revisit the book and    
    AA> get the true perspective and issues that the author is trying to    
    AA> communicate   
      
   I've read other books by the other, and admit the movie didn't feel a whole   
   lot like his style. Hints of it maybe.   
      
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