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The movie version of Orson Scott Card s Ender s Game is way too kind, and the drama suffers greatly for it. The movie packs too much plot into 114 minutes and has serious pacing issues, and because its makers don t have a eye for spectacular set pieces, it never looks as grand as it should. But the film s biggest problem is a matter of tone and characterization: the characters constantly talk about how mean they can be, but their actions suggest otherwise.
Writer/director Gavin Hood ( X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Tsotsi ) makes the hero Ender (Asa Butterfield) seem like a brilliant and basically good kid who just happens to also have what one adult calls a good killer instinct a savvy but potentially empathetic strategist perfectly suited to combat the Formics, an insectoid, warmongering alien race. Problem is, Card s Ender is not a nice kid who happens to do bad things because the circumstances call for it. The movie makes him seem that way, and that softens both the chara