10 Worst Young Adult Novel Movie Adaptations

6. Ender's Game (2013)

Based on the novel of the same name by Orson Scott Card, the film follows a young boy named Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield) who is recruited by the International Fleet in a bid to avert future attacks from an alien race called the Formics. We follow Ender as he is taken from Earth to train in Battle School with other gifted children and he quickly begins to impress his superiors and earns promotion after promotion. The book actually won the Nebula Award for best novel in 1985,which is basically like the book version of an Oscar. And apparently Scott Card has said that he didn€™t think that the book was adaptable, and boy was he correct. Overall, the film is shallow, with not nearly as much depth as its novel counterpart. Now, perhaps a mini-series could have more properly showcased all the themes of the novel, but instead the movie attempted to stuff a pile of bricks into one hefty bag. The directing isn't inspired and feels rather like a director for hire type of situation. Worst of all, the film is simply trying their hardest to be the next Hunger Games, featuring children and oodles of violence. Can somebody explain why watching children in violent situations is a thing right now?