Social Fiction

Rating: 8/10 (9 February 2016)

Spoiler alert! This series is absolutely amazing. I'm an avid fan of science fiction all the way back to Metropolis to Buck Rogers to Star Trek to Barbarella to Star Wars to Avatar. What makes this series so cool is the social fiction more than the science fiction. Not to downplay cool science fiction threads and special effects along with the stunts but the future's social structure in this premiere of the series is just absolutely brilliant. Many science fiction stories take you on a journey,adventure,exploration beyond our world but I always like social fiction based upon our existing world and what could be. The thing about movies is being taken away to that larger than life essence for a while, Divergent is no exception; except that maybe it does it more exceptional than most movies do.