Spazplayer20

DIVERGENT delivers where so many of the recent young adult novel film adaptations have failed. I saw this film not having read the book and on its own it stands very well.

First off the bad:

1) action sequences feel slow and not natural. You can tell that the actors were not particularly familiar with hand to hand combat, not to say their characters weren't supposed to be but even when they're supposed to know how to fight it feels lackluster. 2) obvious age difference between the two main characters. 3) high school Clich feel for the first half of the film.

Now with that said ^ here is what Worked:

1) length. Often we see film adaptations of novels try and cram everything into 90 or 100 mins but Divergent takes its time. Normally this would be a drawback but the film makes good use of the extra time (the film is 145 mins) to really progress. 2) the performances of the main characters are solid. Nothing amazing but the dynamic between the two main characters works well. - the visual style of the film is very good. The dystopian city of Chicago is very well realized. 3) brings to light moral and societal problems. Suprizingly deep for a young adult film.

OVERALL divergent is a good film. It fails in few places but succeeds in most that count. With the failure of young adult movies such as Percy Jackson, Divergent healthily separates itself from them. I would recommend seeing it. There WILL be a sequel.

I went to see RED 2 with my friends; mind you this was the only Reason I ended up watching the movie in the first place. However I was pleasantly surprised to find it actually satisfactory. But that's it, just satisfactory.

In addition, how is it that this group of "super spies" has a way to get out of every single jam that presents itself. That, coupled with the improbability of some scenes just makes parts of the film laughable because they're so absurd. But then again, the parts which are actually intended to be funny succeed quite well.

It entertained me yes, but would I recommend seeing it in theaters, no. I would wait until it ends up on Netflix or something of that sort. Nothing amazing, but hey, who's expecting to be knocked off their feet by an average run-of-the-mill summer action movie. Anyway, these are my thoughts, see it however you like and make your own conclusions.

Wow, well what can I say that I LIKED about this film? I would have to say that really the only 3 things positive this film has going for it are the Score (Hans Zimmer) the special effects, and the talent. Other than that the film is a ridiculous escapade of action sequences and explosions, which I guess hey, moviegoers want these days.

However I am not one of those moviegoers. That's how I felt; I actually wanted to leave the theater at a few points because the fight sequences simply dragged on for way too long without adding anything as far as plot development goes. Seriously, it was like the director and writer were like "Ok, so let's have the plot advance here for 5 minutes and then we'll cut to a 30 minute action scene." It was painful to watch after a while.

I went into the theater expecting a moving plot with great execution, however I was greatly disappointed. I don't usually agree with harsh critics, however whatever bad reviews this movie got it deserved. Maybe Hollywood should stop trying to please the mindless moviegoer with endless action and focus more on the actual content of their summer blockbusters. But hey, this is just my opinion, so take it how it is, go see the movie and make your own conclusions but be warned, bring earplugs.