Kevin Lau

50 years after the invasion that nearly wiped out the human race, 12 year old Andrew "Ender" Wiggin is chosen to become part of the military program starting in a space-based battle school. The commanders see hope in Ender, that he may be the one to command the army to take down the alien foe once and for all. Based on the award-winning novel by Orson Scott Card, "Ender's Game" does the book justice... in a way. As a movie itself, it may be a bit confusing and cut off too early if you didn't read the book. Don't get me wrong, this is a great stand-alone movie, but it's kind of like "Harry Potter" as to getting a full understanding of the film. As a book adaption, this movie isn't that bad. What my main complaint about the film is the pacing. Where most films take out chunks of the book and replace them with something else, this movie takes huge  chunks out and leaves them empty causing the length of the film to be shorter ...

"For in that moment, when you truly understand your enemy, you also love him." Not to far in the future lies the first invasion from the aliens human-kind will call buggers, nearly wiping out the human race. Years later, a second invasion takes place. To prevent a third invasion, the government starts a new schooling system, taking in special children from the age of six to start battle school so that they may finally destroy and conquer the buggers once and for all. One child specially chosen for battle school is Andrew "Ender" Wiggin. Even at the age of six, he's able to come up with battle strategies at a moments notice, and none of them have ever failed. In battle school, he learns to improve of his gifts through computer simulations and zero-gravity army battles. Could Ender be the one to save humanity? Spanning about 16 years of Enders life in 324 pages, the pacing of the book was shockingly smooth. The writing was descriptive but brief, tense b...

Why are novelizations made? For readers like myself who loved the film and want to experience it again with more insight. Now, most novelizations aren't like that. The few I've read (Especially junior novelizations) that just spit out sentences. This, however, is not the case for "Man of Steel". If you've seen the movie or the trailer, then you kno w what the book's about. To save his son from the doomed planet Krypton, Jor-El sends his one and only son to Earth, in hopes of a better future. Kal-El, a.k.a. Clark Kent, grows into a man and becomes Superman. Wanting to discover about his alien heritage, he seeks out to find answers, which he discovers his meaning and his choice to change the world. This novelization is smoothly written. The action was amazing and I loved how we got a deeper insight into the characters. Plus, since this book is based on the original script before shooting, it contains scenes not found in the movie. The only complaint I have ...

"You will give the people an ideal to strive towards. They will race behind you, they will stumble, they will fall. But in time, they will join you in the sun. In time, you will help them accomplish wonders." We are nearing the end of 75 years of Superman, and what better way to celebrate this joyous year than a reboot? Hey, Sony did it with Spider-Man last year for his 50th anniversary. Jor-El and Lara, the parents of the first natural-born kryptonian in years, must send their newborn son to a distant planet to escape the fate of Krypton. With their son is the codex, the genetic coding of krypton, giving his son a chance to save their race and to keep it out of General Zod's reach. After 30 years of living on earth and trying to keep his powers secret, Kal-El (aka Clark Kent) is faced with a choice to either go against the human race to save Krypton or to turn against his own kind to defend Earth. This is a much darker Superman film than any of it's pred...