Finally got to see this last night! It was great, don’t get me wrong. I do have lots of praises… but some criticism too.
What I Liked:
First off, I must say I was very very impressed by Shailene Woodley’s performance! I think this girl was made for action movies (despite her use of stunt-double, which isn’t a big deal). In all of her projects I have never seen her actually act… well! They rest of the cast was spot. on! I loved everyone! Especially Ms. Kate Winslet. Oh my god Kate Winslet as Jeanine was perfection!
I loved how they made it look. Everything was a lot different than I visualized it in my head but it was a good different because it looked great!
It was easy to follow. My girlfriend was the one that took me out to see it and she has not yet read the book (she’s not a romance fan like I am!) and this was one of the first YA-to-movie movies where she wasn’t leaning over to me asking what was going on. Which told me how written the screenplay was.
What I disliked:
They added quite a bit, mostly to make Daunless even more scary than they really are but also moved some events around, or intensified them for the movie, nbd really.
(SPOILERS!!!!!) I was very disappointed with how they did the ending. Everything, including the changes, I was okay with until Tobias was taken into custody. Then they changed EVERYTHING!!! I won’t go too into detail but lets just say I MUCH prefer how Veronica Roth wrote it. I’m sure lots of people like the way it was done in the movie, whether fans of the books or not, but I personally prefer the original way because it is more significant to relationships and actually the plotline of the sequel.
They made the plot pretty easy to follow, but even for me it was hard to keep characters separated. Peter was pretty easy for me to distinguish because I’ve read the books, but my girlfriend kept confusing Al, Peter, and Will because they all three had dark hair and eyes, light skin and similar face shape, for that reason (SPOILER) Al nor Will’s death were quite so significant to her; which makes me sad because both were very emotional for me while reading.
Overall, I liked the movie and will probably rewatch it when it comes out on DVD and Blu-ray, but I wish they would have stuck with the ending as they had stuck with it throughout the movie. No matter what, I highly encourage Divergent fans to see it!
<3 The Reviewer
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