Pick one , you can ' t really play nzoth and maly and have success . <| sep |> I read the books and was psyched as hell for the movie to come out so much so I reread the book . The movie wasn ' t as book accurate as something like The Martian but certainly more accurate than most and more importantly was a good standalone as a movie . I was surprised they left the lake scene in which really sets up the whole Ender hates to kill despite how good he is at it more than anything in the book and although his deep sense of humanity was established it wasn ' t as well demonstrated until that point which made his eventual selfloathing and blame for having killed the buggers more of an appropriate step for his character # spoiler which I thought they ' d leave out that tone of the movie and make it more about how Ender was a hero . I mean the rise of Dragon and Ender ' s own rise was greatly cut but was still shown . Also the second half wasn ' t as indepth and intense as the book but overall I ' d rank it in my Movies I ' ll be rewatching for all time list . I mean the book is 200 % worth a read but I don ' t feel knocking the movie is okay .