Divergent
In a world divided by factions based on virtues, Tris learns she's
Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy
Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes
Divergents dangerous before it's too late.
Director:
Neil BurgerWriters:
Veronica Roth (based on the novel by), Evan DaughertyStoryline
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. Written by
anonymous
User Reviews
mediocre
I went to see this
movie misled by the high rating on IMDb. Unfortunately it looks like
Hollywood makes movies for people with short memory. I admit I haven't
read the source book, but I guess I wouldn't, judging by what came out
of it. I hereby venture myself in saying that the book is also a bad
SciFi novel. It has way to obvious imports from well known themes that
have been exploited to the brim by today (like the "perfect" society
that sacrifices diversity for peace, the "different" guy that stands-up
to the system, the genuine technology that controls individuals (poorly
described, by the way), the fear confrontation ad the list could go on
and on. It is not essentially bad to bring these themes in a movie, but I
see nothing new, original here. So... if you have seen Equilibrum and
the Hunger Games then you know it all. Movies today are just mobile
phones... keep reproducing "features" from the competition, while it is
supposed to be an art. Another thing can't stand in movies in general is
the poor IT incursions. I am talking about the scene in which Jeanine
is asked to turn off the "control system" which consists of a huge touch
screen in which she just hits some "cancel" button. That was really
pathetic... Anyone could have done that right? Another thing that I
can't stand, is the cheap psychology things in these movies. They are
all based on some sort of psychoanalysis which is long time deprecated
in therapy. But it is somehow considered to be "cool" and "trendy" by
producers to insert these kind of flavour into the movies to make it
more profound. Or are they just as stupid and ignorants as the target
viewers? Anyhow... to me, this is bad taste in art. If you want to
really go for it, you must do way better that that and if you can't,
then at least make it more interesting. It is also true that movies like
"Inception" don't occur every month, but once they do... they set a
trend and everybody will just take a byte of it. Don't get me wrong, it
is a "watchable" movie, perhaps a little too long for its story, which,
by the way, is very predictable and full of clichés. I read some users
claiming it resembles "The Hunger Games" and so it is, especially with
the modest ending that awkwardly announces a sequel. I could predict how
the story developed and ended after the first 15 minutes and that's
what makes this movie mediocre. Script is mediocre, but at least it does
not abounds in stereotypes so it's bearable. What can be said about
acting... there is no acting in this kind of movies, you only need to be
young and good looking, be able to learn your part and you're done.
It's not that the actors are bad, but the movie itself is not based on
any acting mastery and just because of that, the girl gets a plus for
making something out of it. I am curious if the ratings will stay as
high as now in time.