Good Try, but falls short

Rating: 6/10 (5 November 2013)

i was surprised it took this long to make the short story & book into a movie. in a way i am glad it did. just certain visuals, like of course the battle room scenes, would have been very hard to do without some of the more modern green screens and CGIs.
however, this really fell short. i was looking fwd to seeing this movie, but got disappointed watching some of the later previews, and of course the movie.
while i would have liked to have seen more of the battle room scenes, just the action of it. but this story is an emotional growth thru that room, and we lost out on that. Ender's triumphs in the room thru different tactics. his development with his 'toon and the others. all of that was truly lost in this movie. early on i wanted H.Ford to stop calling him Ender and instead call him Neo. there was no real character development or growth.
and the ending was just horrible.