Great story, you should read the book

Rating: 4/10 (8 August 2014)

There are two kinds of people in this world...
People who read the books and disliked this film because it just is not the book.
People who did not read the book and see 'gaps' in the story.
All over IMDb, I see bad reviews, condemning the writing, the acting, casting and basically everything about this movie. So if you're a pessimist, read those reviews. Divergent is actually a decent film.
Yes, I have been annoyed by the fact that some scenes are different from the book. Writing could have been better and I really do not get why writers would have changed a perfectly good story line (SPOILER: really, why not let Jeanine test 'a new serum' on Four, to let him run the simulation? Why not let Tris' mother rescue her from one of her worst fears? -END OF SPOILER)
But next to these 'poor' choices in scenario, Divergent is a pretty good film. Lets not let our judgement be clouded to think the acting is so bad, when just a great story has been screwed over. The acting has certainly not been bad and the 'lack of chemistry' between the main characters can easily be explained by their personalities (which have just nob been translated well to the big screen).
Really, I tried to also add a paragraph to this review about how it's not these young actor's faults that directors have messed up a good story (but then again, they were also not good enough to improve things very much).
Lets give Divergent the benefit of the doubt. Let the directors be fired and the actors prove themselves in the sequel. The story is worth it.