Probably One of the Worst Modern Sci-Fi Movies Made

Rating: 4/10 (11 August 2014)

The basic purpose that this movie serves is to glorify generalists and appease emotional people it even fails to do that properly.
Behold the city of Chicago where an isolated society is divided into five factions according to certain distinct qualities. How this isolated society manages to survive in the middle of nowhere remains a mystery. Teens are categorized into specific factions after they attempt a test that evaluates their qualities. An individual has the freedom of choosing the faction of his choice regardless of the test results. How this brilliant 'test' works remains a mystery.
The Abnegation faction is a truly hilarious and a ridiculous part of the story. It is a group of 'selfless' people who feed the faction-less and run the government. Really? 'Selfless' people? There's no such thing as 'selfless'. It's the fundamental biological human nature to be selfish. And why would any sensible person want a bunch of humanitarians to run a complex system of an entire government? Someone who knows a thing or two about political science would be a better candidate for the job.
One of the most pathetic lines in movie is spoken by the character 'Four'. He says that "I don't want to be just one thing. I can't be. I want to be brave, and I want to be selfless, intelligent, and honest and kind. Well, I'm still working on kind." -_- The guy wants to be Super-Mario.
This movie reminds me of Elysium. It had a similarly bad story and there was no original concept in it whatsoever. The characters played by Jodie Foster in Elysium and Kate Winslet in this movie are equally useless, boring and repetitive. It really is UNsurprising how this junk of a movie got 7 stars because of how so many people dump the logical part of their brain in the toilet before watching a movie, enjoy the graphics and think that a movie is good. The Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic page for this movie serve justice to this dauntingly dumb movie.