Breathtaking Movie~!

Rating: Null/10 (13 April 2014)

Jeanine Mathews: "You're a poor blend of impulses and impurities." The storyline is based upon the novel written by the 25 years old Veronica Roth. The novel is a totalitarian dystopia and it showcased how teenagers are trained to fight, kill and rebel against dictatorship. This novel is directed into a movie by Neil Burger, casting the three main characters, Shailene Woodley as Tris (Beatrice), Theo James as Four and Jeanine Matthews (Cast: Kate Winslet), the dictator who ruled the 5 factions of citizens. The main theme of the novel and movie starts with the word "Divergent" where in the movie was referred to as someone who behaves and interacts differently from the rest of the populations. As described in the quote, divergent is an impurity and black sheep of the society. Therefore they are hunted down by the dictator Jeanine Mathews.
The populations were diversified into 6 factions. The Abnegation, Erudite, Dauntless, Amity, and Candor which represents selflessness, intelligence, bravery, peace, honesty respectively. Not to be mentioned, those that do not belong to any factions which are homeless and less- fortunate are known as the faction-less group of people. Teenagers are testified to categorize themselves into factions that they belong to, based upon their natural reactions toward fear and judged upon their tactics used during the test. Those whose test results are inconclusive are known as divergent. Tris and Four are the two main characters who did their best to find out why divergents are taken down and the main reason of destroying all divergents. As it is necessary to hear about people's perspectives and ideas about movies, I talked to those who went for Divergent before I did. Regardless of all those negative comments on both movie goers and readers, I made it to the movie. I was really surprise to find out that this Sci-Fi movie was actually using less computer graphics throughout compared to Hunger Games. I admit that the plot and storyline is pretty similar to Hunger Game but if it is compared to Hunger games, it is actually more tactical and unique. If you've watched Hunger Games, you know exactly what you're supposed to expect out of the movie. However, with "Divergent," you just have to watch and feel that excitement with Tris until you found out what was going on. Especially when the setting of the whole movie was under a deep hollow cave than the deep forest like Hunger Games. The major character, Tris is just like a tour guide of the movie taking you from the finding of divergent to discovering the reason behind diminishing all these divergents. I like about the part where Tris was being really naïve and being unprepared about what is going to happen around her and with the people whom she trusts. The movie keeps me excited and makes me think who the good ones and the bad ones are. The movie use short synopsis and does not reveal the twists of the plot until the ending. In addition to the plot, Ellie Goulding's song, "Dead in the water" had really expressed the inner side of Tris. I was really thrilled by how that song matches Tris's inner feeling. Overall, the movie is sensational and breathtaking in a way that you would not even want to compare it with Hunger Game. I should say that the movie is more realistic and make me thought about the possibility of such synopsis happening in the mere future. Another credit to the movie would be the fact that there was less romance compared to any other teenage movies I had watched so far. It portrayed more of dilemma between trust and mistrust in a relationship than the overwhelming romance that people dream about. You really don't want to miss a movie that is more realistic and active than Divergent. I would strongly recommend this to teenagers and parents as it is very heart-touching with less romance and more tactics. It is more like a mind training movie and motivation for teenagers than violence.