Trailers = Shit

Trailers.  They’re a bit shit aren’t they?

I like getting to the cinema early.  I like finding my seat (particularly since most Cineworld patrons seem incapable of working out the seating system), getting comfy and watching the trailers.  Now, this ritual has led to some issues over the years.  I still involuntarily scream every time I hear Kevin Bacon’s name and you don’t want to see what happened the last time I walked past an EE store.  (Seriously, those adverts were the bane of my life).  But, I always enjoyed watching the trailers.  As someone who goes to the cinema far too often, I actually do see most of the films I want to (it’s the wonders of being unemployed, you run out of things to do around 2 pm) and slowly this has led to me realising that this trailer watching tradition, is negatively affecting my cinema going.

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Ender’s Game

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Ender’s Game is an adaptation of the book of the same name, written by Orson Scott Card.  The film has been directed by Gavin Hood (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) and has already faced criticism due to the controversial views of it’s original author.  As a fan of both the book and as someone who is aware of his views I shall be reviewing the film without taking into account either of those factors, because it is obviously a completely separate piece of work.  To get it out the way now though, I do prefer the book.

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