Movie Critique: Ender's Game

The dynamic and visually pleasing effects of Ender's Game bring a spectacular show to the screen that not only captures the attention of the audience but questions the topic of war and morality on a whole other level. While Ender's Game does bring all the cliches of your typical science fiction along with the story, it takes a different perspective on the actions that we might take in war.
Unlike other science fiction movies that rely on mass amounts of action and dramatic fighting scenes, Ender's Game seems to focus more on an intellectual perspective. What one might not consider is the mind of a child is so imaginative and unrestricted that perhaps they can solve a problem that a weathered and narrow minded adult might not be able to. Ender's Game is exactly that. However, what might that say about our society as of today? Child soldiers, child workers, and the like have consistently been scolded and deemed unethical at levels in our society. The idea that we should raise children as soldiers is unimaginable now, but enter the world of science fiction and it might seem okay. When faced with an ultimatum of the survival of our species from an alien species, does that really make it okay to force children into that type of lifestyle? Or would it be more appropriate to send in every man and woman like in Starship Troopers till the enemy is defeated? Perhaps because it is science fiction it is okay. Science fiction after all does bend the rules of our world in every way possible.
The ethics of war have always been questioned in our world and is clearly represented in Ender's Game.  For Ender, even as a child he understands what is right and wrong. This is again alluding to the idea of a childs mind being the recommended solution to the problem. Ender in the end (no pun intended) of the film says to Colonel Graff that it’s the way you win that matters. This, in a way is post 9/11 symbolism. Many have questioned the ethics of things that have happened in the middle east. Does it really matter that the war is over or that we have won? Why should it if the way we win cost the lives of the innocent?
Enders Game is a great story and really hits the point on the morality of war, especially considering that we have been in a state of war for the past 12 years. It is very interesting to see that these ideas come from the mind of a child, which often times can be astonishing.