Wanted to love it...but I was really disappointed

Rating: 2/10 (5 June 2014)

(My spoiler isn't until the very end) I don't just dislike this movie because I read the book- I really wanted to like it and was looking forward to seeing it. But yes the book was incredibly good and the movie did not do it justice at all. Even if I hadn't read the book, my opinion wouldn't change. There was no character development- leaving the audience detached from the characters. They also didn't develop any of the characters relationships - not Tris' with her fiends Christina, Will, and Al, and especially not with Four. There should have been good, emotional moments in the movie but there just weren't.
Normally I can get pretty emotional when it comes to movies but I am sure that if Tris and Four had just died at any point, I would not have been upset because there was no attachment thanks to the TOTAL LACK of character development.
I understand that they can't fit everything that happened it the book the way it happened because movies have time limits, but I think they very poorly chose what moments to include.
All the parts I was looking forward to were either not included or were completely devoid of emotion and intensity.
SPOILER: The moment when Tris has to shoot her best fiend Peter should be sad because he's her best friend- but it's not because their relationship never developed so the audience can hardly know how good of friends they were. If I hadn't read the book I'm not sure I would've even recognized who he was- even if I did it wouldn't have been an emotional moment because the audience didn't really get a chance to know his character, or any of the others for that matter.