And the point was...?

Rating: 3/10 (24 July 2014)

Let's put aside the preposterous dystopian future that only a child of privilege could envisage i.e. one that has not even a fleeting knowledge of the human condition because she's never suffered.
So you have the requisite shallows to suspend disbelief and you settle down to watch essentially a C movie rip off of the Hunger Games. Don't get me wrong I'm not a massive fan of the hunger games films but at least there was some originality, great casting and performances.
So our heroine (aka Katniss lite) finds she is a divergent ie she can do more that one thing - and the overwhelming feeling is one of 'so what'. These two words echoed inside my head for the entire remainder of the film.
And that's it folks. Our heroine's struggle is one big 'so what'. Her training 'so what'. Her escape 'so what', the revelations 'so what', the tattoos 'so what', the fight back 'so what' etc etc. All the way to the end when it just becomes one big 'so what'.
So what was the point. As an auteurs vision it is non existent. You could hot swap a whole host of middle of the road jobbing Hollywood directors and the end result would be this. This is not an auteurs film. Watch a Michael Mann, Scorsese or Christopher Nolan film and you know you are watching a singular directors vision. Whilst even their films may have their flaws they are compelling narratives delivered with visual and artistic flair.
So if it's not that then what is it.
It is a commercial venture designed to separate the viewing public from their money. It's a cynical exploitation of the hunger games films. That fact that is not very good and is an insult to the intelligence of anyone with even moderate intelligence is irrelevant ultimately.
It's a money grabbing turd. Exactly the kind of film Hollywood wants. So next time when you go to the theatre and you notice an odd smell when you hand over your twelve bucks you're probably in the queue for Divergent 2.
I'd tell you to avoid it but it's probably too late.