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ljpliceaseI just noticed that Wolfgang Petersen directed both In the Line of Fire and Air Force One. That means he's directed at least two
movies about people who want to kill the president
[1].
I was looking at Petersen's Wikipedia entry and apparently he is to direct a feature film adaptation of Ender's Game. I'm not sure how I feel about that. The only Petersen movie that I have really liked was the classic Das Boot. None of his Hollywood blockbusters have impressed me much. His direction of John Malkovich's psychopath in In the Line of Fire seems mechanical and faux-psychopathic rather that genuinely creepy (and his direction of Harrison "Mr. President" Ford in Air Fore One is best remembered (by me at least) by him saying "Get Off My Plane" in the manner of Sparkplug Witwicky to his son: "When next we meet, we are enemies!").
On the other hand, the only Orson Scott Card book that I really liked was Ender's Game. The first set of sequels of that series which feature Ender are interesting, but nothing to write home about. The second series, which features his lieutenant Bean, has degenerated into poorly conceived and written war stories about young brat military commanders, and is made up of much pseudo-intellectual banalities. Maybe it is appropriate that someone who only directed one really good movie direct movie adaptation of the one good book written by a science fiction author.
[1] Dear secret service. Please note that I am talking about fictional assassin and presidents. Thank you.
I was looking at Petersen's Wikipedia entry and apparently he is to direct a feature film adaptation of Ender's Game. I'm not sure how I feel about that. The only Petersen movie that I have really liked was the classic Das Boot. None of his Hollywood blockbusters have impressed me much. His direction of John Malkovich's psychopath in In the Line of Fire seems mechanical and faux-psychopathic rather that genuinely creepy (and his direction of Harrison "Mr. President" Ford in Air Fore One is best remembered (by me at least) by him saying "Get Off My Plane" in the manner of Sparkplug Witwicky to his son: "When next we meet, we are enemies!").
On the other hand, the only Orson Scott Card book that I really liked was Ender's Game. The first set of sequels of that series which feature Ender are interesting, but nothing to write home about. The second series, which features his lieutenant Bean, has degenerated into poorly conceived and written war stories about young brat military commanders, and is made up of much pseudo-intellectual banalities. Maybe it is appropriate that someone who only directed one really good movie direct movie adaptation of the one good book written by a science fiction author.
[1] Dear secret service. Please note that I am talking about fictional assassin and presidents. Thank you.
