Amazing story and visuals crippled by the movie's short span

Rating: 6/10 (13 December 2013)

I have not read the book\s but must say, a few scenes into this movie and you can right away tell there is a fantastic story to tell here.
The problem is this story is so huge, both conceptually & geographically-speaking, that 114 minutes don't do it justice. No matter how convincing the actors are(and Ender's actor is excellent), it still doesn't make for the huge amounts of plot and dialogue that are obviously and brutally shortened here.. they are crammed into very short scenes. And that just doesn't give you enough time to really get invested in the characters and plot and the result? when the final climax arrives you feel like it's there too soon! Now that's the weirdest feeling I ever got from a movie. Instead of feeling amazed I felt confused.
The people who made this film could take a lesson from LOTR on how to truly explore a universe. You can't rush with this kind of deep, epic material. It's offensive to the storyline, the actors, and to us serious movie goers who want to be taken seriously and aren't in for a cartoon. Man, it's too bad, this movie could have been a 10 if not for its frantic pace and short length.