Enjoyable teen flick

Rating: 8/10 (30 March 2015)

I've seen on here that this movie has a lot of bad reviews and low ratings and felt I had to watch to see if it was that bad. Everyone is entitled to their opinions but I , myself did like it. Is it amazing? No. Is it a classic? no. But it's entertaining enough. Plot holes? Doesn't make sense? Well, it's a fantasy movie. If you watch the premise for what it is, it's a fun ride. Of course I can understand if readers of the book were disappointed, I have not read the book, but often when I do, I am disappointed at how much is left out or does not come across on screen, but that is inevitable across the two different media platforms. Set in the future, after a world war. The state of Chicago (all that's left of the world apparently) is now split into five different factions, depending on your natural or strongest characteristic. If you fit into more than one category or none at all you're considered a divergent. Our sweet, pretty heroine (Tris) is such a person, it's a dangerous situation, as divergents are caught and killed. She manages to find an ally however, in the handsome love interest Four, who takes an immediate interest in her because he senses a connection, which is revealed later. Together they learn of a plot to kill all the people in Tris' s original faction putting her parents and other innocents in danger. Their aim is to try and stop it. The acting is good coming from the main two protagonists and Tris's mother (Ashley Judd). Some of the scenes are well filmed and lift you up into this dystopian future. There were a few edge of your seat moments for me. The only let down for me was Tris's rather stilted reaction to her father dying, after already mourning her mother, that would floor anybody, but she seems to get on with things rather quickly. The ending nicely sets up the sequel, and the story itself left me interested in possibly picking up the Divergent book series one day for a fuller experience.