Director: Neil Burger
Writers: Veronica Roth (based on the novel by),
Evan Daugherty (screenplay)
Stars:
Shailene Woodley,
Theo James,
Kate Winslet
Storyline
Set in a futuristic dystopia where society is divided into five factions
that each represent a different virtue, teenagers have to decide if
they want to stay in their faction or switch to another - for the rest
of their lives. Tris Prior makes a choice that surprises everyone. Then
Tris and her fellow faction-members have to live through a highly
competitive initiation process to live out the choice they have made.
They must undergo extreme physical and intense psychological tests, that
transform them all. But Tris has a secret that she is Divergent, which
means she doesn't fit into any one group. If anyone knew, it would mean a
certain death. As she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to
unravel her seemingly peaceful society, this secret might help her save
the people she loves... or it might destroy her.
User Reviews
This
is perfect storm of bad movie making: a stupid story, bad acting and
bad directing. Who is ultimately to blame? Money grubbing CEO's. Who
else?
Thanks to the mega-success of the Hunger Games and Harry Potter, Hollywood's scouring young adult books, like some pedophile in a playground, looking for new material to get their greasy hands on.
Divergent is one of those series. I've not read the books, but in the movie, you belong to one of 5 factions. Our heroine does not - she's divergent - and that apparently frightens the powers that be.
Why? Because individualism is seen as a threat. In much the way independent film makers are perceived a threat in Hollywood.
What follows is one inane, dumb, idiotic scene after another. I was rolling my eyes most of the time or laughing out loud at some of the nonsense I was watching. I almost got up to leave, but it was like watching a train wreck. That would be more entertaining.
Thanks to the mega-success of the Hunger Games and Harry Potter, Hollywood's scouring young adult books, like some pedophile in a playground, looking for new material to get their greasy hands on.
Divergent is one of those series. I've not read the books, but in the movie, you belong to one of 5 factions. Our heroine does not - she's divergent - and that apparently frightens the powers that be.
Why? Because individualism is seen as a threat. In much the way independent film makers are perceived a threat in Hollywood.
What follows is one inane, dumb, idiotic scene after another. I was rolling my eyes most of the time or laughing out loud at some of the nonsense I was watching. I almost got up to leave, but it was like watching a train wreck. That would be more entertaining.
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