Out of Pod Experience

Perhaps there will be a sequel, and I'm all for that. But this movie is specifically a combination of Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow, plus the other short stories and relevant chapters in other books.

First things first, I don't really care what the original author's antiquated beliefs may be.
The book and movie should each stand on their own merits or demerits regardless of whether you hate or love the author as a person (or his "political" views)... or at least in my mind, that's how things should be (even if they usually aren't).

Would I love a faithful book-to-movie adaptation ? Heck yeah. But good luck finding a big bunch of under-10-olds that can actually ACT the way the books are written. So, you know, unless they turn it into an animation series, not much chance of that happening.

Cnsidering the book is nearly 30 years old (and that's quite literally a lifetime in terms of literary work), I doubt that letting the original writer have a big hand in the movie script is such a great idea.
See Star Wars and George Lucas - the original trilogy was crude and downright cheap at first, but full of quirky (even sometimes campy) charm, precisely because of the struggles they faced while filming and the young viewpoints of the makers. Trying to recreate the same recipe at a much older age, with all accumulated emotional baggage and fame rushed to one's head is asking for trouble.
Although, I suppose that we're only talking general outlines and initial drafts, with many other hands in that pot. Not that would be a great idea either, but, meh.

Bottom line ?
I fully expect a perfectly average (or at best a bit above-average) blockbuster chock-full of the usual Hollywood blockbuster quasi-stale tropes, but with extra explosions and lens flares'n stuff.
It can't possibly end up being a flat-out bad movie (stay away, Murphy!), so, worst case scenario (fingers crossed), a halfway decent pop-corn movie.
Which is still better than no movie at all, I guess (or, rather, hope).
If it ends up being great, then hooray, no ?

Well, it was kind of plot-holey and the connection to the "game" was tenuous at best, but it wasn't THAT bad. I'd even go so far as call it ever so slightly above average.
Could it have been a lot better ? Sure, but still, it's not like you wouldn't watch it on TV for free a few years from now if nothing else interesting is on.

Pretty much this.

But it's getting even harder to have that much faith in any of them currently, as I'm always rambling on about.

OOO I may well be watching that, I loved the book and if the film lives up to even 10% of the original work then it'll be worth watching, I have hope.

Ah. You're using it for 'visual Muzak.' Probably the only purpose for which it is fit.
Carry on.

Meh. I know how it ends.