here we go again

Rating: 5/10 (7 August 2014)

What a disappointing movie. It started out good, addressing the factions issue and setting up the theme. But completely fell apart in the middle. The writers seem to have felt the (idiotic) need for more action scenes so they just filled 60% of the movie with training simulations and cheesy teenage drama, and I wont even start enumerating the clichés, because halfway through the picture I had to shut my brain off just to finish watching. What bothered me most was how poorly they explained the sci-fi elements. Just picture this, a guy goes up to you and tells you he will inject you with a substance that will cause hallucinations. BUT if you somehow find out that its not real, then you are a Divergent. The guy just bloody told you its a hallucination. What an effective method. And if the serum didn't work on Divergent, how was it working at the end of the movie? We are never told. But it seems nowadays, science fiction adaptations don't need to make sense. Just throw some action at the audience to make them forget the numerous plot holes. That being said, the acting was solid and the cinematography as well. Just left me wishing for a better adaptation and some decent storytelling. 6/10 watch it if you're bored