Ender's Game (2013) [w/Commentaries]

The Earth was ravaged by the Formics, an alien race seemingly determined to destroy humanity. Fifty years later, the people of Earth remain banded together to prevent their own annihilation from this technologically superior alien species. Ender Wiggin, a quiet but brilliant boy, may become the savior of the human race. He is separated from his beloved sister and his terrifying brother and brought to battle school in orbit around earth. He will be tested and honed into an empathetic killer who begins to despise what he does as he learns to fight in hopes of saving Earth and his family.



Commentaries:
1) Audio Commentary with Director Gavin Hood. Hood, who had a military background himself as a relative youth (a 17 year old in South Africa), brings a bit of that history to his commentary, which he describes as "stream of consciousness". Hood actually fills in some nice character info that might have made the film a bit better. He also discusses a lot of the CGI, green screen effects and other aspects of the physical production.
2) Audio Commentary with Producers Gigi Pritzker and Roberto Orci. While this is quite conversational, Pritzker and Orci detail quite a bit here, including a lot of info on the production design and how the book left a lot to the imagination which the film of course could not do. They also address some of the changes they made to the book (including with the character of Anderson).