WARNING! SPOILERS AHEAD
For
those of you who don't know what Divergent is, it is set in a futuristic
Chicago and society is divided into 5 distinct factions to keep the peace.
Abnegation the selfless, Dauntless the brave, Erudite the intelligent, Candor
the honest and Amity the peaceful. At some point, teenagers must choose to
either stay in their faction of birth or they could transfer to another. They
undergo and aptitude test where they are told which faction they belong to, but
Beatrice Prior (Shailene Woodley) receives an inconclusive result because she
is Divergent. The story then follows her intense initiation process, a budding
romance, friendship, death and so much more that makes a brilliant book and
movie.
I
first heard about Divergent through my sister quite a while ago but I didn't
take much interest because it just sounded like a copy of The Hunger Games. I
went to watch the film in the cinema with my sister not having high hopes and I
surprisingly really enjoyed it. Soon after I started reading the book. Though I
love the movie, I must say that I prefer the book. I do wish that I had read
the book before though, so that I could imagine the characters for
myself.
I
was quite disappointed that the movie left so much of Al out but I do
understand why because the movie is 2h 20min alone and with the greater
introduction of the character, it could have been closer to the 3h mark, which
in my opinion, is too long for a movie. I also found that the book has a lot
more romance between Tris and Four. In the movie, their relationship had little
to no development and it just kind of happened.
The
acting in the movie was brilliant. Theo and Shailene did an amazing job with
the characters. I thought Shailene was amazing in the scene where Tris's mum
dies. I was almost tearing up because it seemed real and was powerful.
Divergent
has been vastly compared to The Hunger Games and reviewed lower rates than it
deserves in my opinion. Both movies have a similar theme of the main female
heroine overcoming adversity and both have very strong political aspects to
them as well. In my opinion, the movie would have done so much better if
the Hunger Games didn't exits.
All
in all, I found Divergent was a really entertaining movie and an even better
book. I would highly recommend you read the book as well and the movie.
What did you think of the movie and book?
Sarah x
What did you think of the movie and book?
Sarah x