So... Ender's Game *OT* (Off-Topic)

by Beorn , <End of Failed Timeline>, Tuesday, November 05, 2013, 19:16 (4038 days ago) @ MrPadraig08

The pacing is what suffers the most from the time restriction, it honestly feels like a montage of the movie we're supposed to be watching, it cuts from scene to scene and wastes absolutely no time.

Exactly. Unfortunately the pace moved so quickly that I found it distracting. We didn't have any time to really attach to the characters, locations, or motives because by the time any exposition would have come up, we had already moved on. The visuals were great, but I think the story lost a lot of its weight when it moved to screenplay.

I thought that Asa Butterfield portrayed Ender quite well, so well-done for him! It's been almost 15 years (HOLY CRAP!) since I've read Ender's Game, so the other characters are a little fuzzy in my head. I should dig my hardcover version out of the moving box...