Directed by: Robert Schwentke
Written by: Noah Oppenheim, Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, & Veronica Roth (novel)
Starring: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, & Jeff Daniels
I am a Divergent fan. But I'm more of a fan of the Hunger Games, Twilight, Mortal Instruments than I am a Divergent fan. So much so, that I didn't even get through Insurgent, the second book of the series. I watched the film, but didn't finish the book, which means I never read this book either. I'm sure the book is better than the film, but the film was pretty good.
Now of course, you have to watch the previous films to understand this one. But here's a little summary of this film:
Now that Jeanine (Kate Winslet) is dead, the factions are in complete ruin in the city of Chicago. Tris Prior (Woodley), after opening a mysterious box that contains the truth of their city, is curious as to what is on the other side of the wall that has protected Chicago from the other side for years. Unfortunately, not many others want to know what's on the other side and the city becomes divided on the issue of going past the wall or leaving it up. Tris and her friends are able to make it to the other side and not everything is what it seems. Is the truth readily available or are they just being told more lies?
The person I went with had a few complaints about the film. One was there were several camera angles that were annoying and did not flatter the actors. The other complaint was that throughout the whole film, they was no assurance from the new community that they were in that our lead characters were safe.
Perhaps this was to hint to the audience of what was to come, but they made it a little too obvious. I, on the other hand, liked the close ups that were annoying to my friend. There was only one that bugged me toward the end, but otherwise I was okay with them and thought them to be creative. Other than that, the film was good and continued to tell the story in a way that made it easy to understand. Can't wait for the next one. 4 popcorns.
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