Eh... Could've done SO MUCH better

Rating: 5/10 (3 April 2014)

Honestly when I first read Divergent, I was clinging onto the front of my chair and really excited when I heard that the movie was coming out. I was satisfied, but dissatisfied by the movie. SATISFIED: I was really satisfied with some of the scenes such as the zipline. Now the zipline was something I was angry and happy about. I thought just the journey through the ziplining was cool and the music was amazing. It was also really cool how in the initiation and they were eating, Max told all the initiates to rise and they picked them up and I thought that was really cool. I also liked how the Dauntless were always hooting and shouting when running and I pictured it exactly like that. I really liked the soundtrack. Kind of made it epic and cool in that sense. The ferris wheel scene was really cool too The action and the fighting scenes were amazing and intense.. a bit too long though. DISSATISFIED: Now back to the ziplining, the fact that the initiates just easily dragged Tris along was a bit confusing. Also the fact that Uriah is barely.. probably not even mentioned in the movie is just unbelievable. He becomes one of Tris' very good friends throughout the series. The love of Four and Tris seems VERY confusing and forced. The chemistry is very intense and sexy, but.. seriously. "Are you kidding? What makes you think you can talk to me?" like. in the book you were so nice and crap and now you're and asshole. cool Four real cool. And an asshole to an implied and questionable sex scene to immedietly saying "I love you" is just A BIT strange don't you think? This whole movie in general seems too rushed like. no. nonono. Like all the characters that were meant to be important were just brushed over. Al's death seems so unimportant, you don't even get to dive in who Will is making his death seem also not important as it should have been, Edward is not even mentioned which is strange because his hatred of Peter in the second book will not be well explained when it comes out like. That's the guy who stabs Edward in the freaking eye for goodness sakes. The scenes are all chronologically wrong. Especially the "visiting day", the capture the flag/ziplining scene, Tris to Caleb's visit, and omg so much more. Also what's with the Tris getting cut out and running back on the train part? And Eric saying "Who let you out?" And Tris saying "Me"... Eric responding "Okay"??? Like.. you're okay with someone riding along who you CLEARLY cut out? Seriously? And you don't do anything about it? I was expecting something like her getting literally thrown off the train. Also, the roles of the factionless were unexplained. They just seemed like helpless little hobos that you don't want to be with. They run jobs such as running the trains and cleaning up mess. And the jerkish hateable parts of Peter.. weren't present. He wasn't an asshole. He wasn't even an asshole. He was supposed to, but it seemed like he was trying to hard. I love Miles Teller, but he CANNOT play a bully.. it just doesn't work out like that.. And what's with the "Hey Tris, that was pretty cool" said by Molly? Molly and Tris are legit enemies. not friends. Also the determination of the initiates for surviving and ACTUALLY GETTING IN DAUNTLESS was brisked over as well as the dangers. The pit isn't even a pit. The chasm? What chasm? And what happened to the Dauntless girl who died from jumping off the train? That was supposed to symbolize that even the Dauntless aren't safe. Talking about cast.. the acting.. some of it was.. not. good.. like Al's line when throwing knives, the "scared of being shot at by an airborn knife" line was just said. not even acted. Tris gets shot running with Four at the end, but.. recovers? She runs perfectly after. If I got shot in the shoulder, I'd probably be crying the whole time. Like seriously.. How come Jeanine was so nice? like. isn't she a bitch? or supposed to be that is? "Stop. Are you hurt?" This was said by Jeanine when Tris was at the Erudite Compound to visit her brother. Is she even supposed to care? Also, in the book, when Tris goes to try to stop the sim, she finds Four ALONE IN THE ROOM CONTROLLING THE COMPUTERS. Okay. alone. controlling computers. no. He was being tested.. or so I think.. and he was with other Erudites and Jeanine who happened to be there. Oh and also. If you're going to put Jeanine there, at least kill her instead of knocking her down.. seriously.. How come Tris gets to grab the flag and not Christina? I thought that was supposed to be vital for their friendship, at least to Tris. And the fact that Tori was a bitch in the room taking the aptitude test was weird.
There's actually more but.. you know :)