3. It's Being Made With Love
Sometimes when adapting a book for the screen, the time it takes can be indicative of its quality, the first example that comes to mind is Game of Thrones. Even though HBO acquired the television rights to the books back in 2007, the show didn't air until four years later in mid-2011, and it has now become a gigantic critical and commercial success. It would have been easy for the show runners to slap together a show that was completely regurgitated from the books and release it in a year or two. But they cared enough about the story they were telling to take their time with it, and present it in a way that complements the source material. By no means am I saying that all a project requires to be great is to take a long time, I am however suggesting that it definitely pays off to be take your time when telling a story. Card spent more than a decade rejecting offers from huge studios; judging how selective he was with the rights to his book, it's clear that he cares deeply for the world he's created. That's part of the reason I'm rooting for this film; it isn't something that's just been thrown together to make a quick buck -it's a labour of love that has been in the making for over fifteen years.