Not bad, but not that great either...

Rating: 6/10 (6 September 2014)

I watched the commercials for the film adaptation of Divergent and I decided that I might see it at some point. After watching the film, I thought that it was just okay, but nothing great.
I'll start with some of the things I didn't like about it:

Theo James as Four

I'm sure that Theo is a fine actor and he doesn't seem too bad, but I just couldn't picture him as the Four I pictured from the novel.

No Uriah and Edward

Was it really that hard to place these two characters in the film? I was very sad when I realized that Uriah was not in the film at all since he is one of my favorite characters from the entire series and he seemed likable to me. Also, I knew that several scenes that involved Edward from the book was missing. He wasn't in it at all. I remember the brutal scene from the book where Peter stabs Edward in the eye and Tris has to clean up the blood pool in the room later that evening. In addition, he shows up again in the second book as a factionless on the train to Amity due to failing the tests and leaving Dauntless.

The pace

I felt mixed about it. It was alright in some places, but rushed in other scenes. Some of the moments from the book were very brief in the film and glanced over quickly such as Al's suicide. That scene was very crucial for Tris in the book, but it wasn't strong enough in the film.
The things I did like:

Shailene Woodley as Tris.

She's a good actress and I pictured Tris to be like her in the novel.

The set design

Chicago looked cool, especially the Dauntless compound. The Pit was bigger than I imagined it to be like from the book.

Tris and Christina

Their connection as new friends was good enough for me
Divergent is good, but it didn't leave an impression on me.