Another failed adaptation... *Sigh*

Rating: 1/10 (27 March 2014)

Last year, book to movie adaptations were very hit and miss. The Mortal Instruments City of Bones was an example of an absolute terrible adaptation. Completely butchered, over adapted to the point were it's like a parody of the source material. I'm not a purist, but it was simply down right sad. Nothing like the book. Then I saw Catching Fire which was an example of a near perfect book to movie adaptation. Characters nailed it, not over adapted, and properly paced. This movie Divergent however was exactly like The Mortal Instruments movie. As someone who read the books, this adaptation was an absolute embarrassment.
One: This movie was over adapted! Too many important, meaningful scenes and components from the books were cut out, leaving us a Hollywood wrecked, cobbled together pretender of the book.
Two: The evil characters were not evil. Plus an added bonus, most of them were devoid of character development Peter wasn't evil, he barely got any screen time! And his entourage of sociopaths, who oppressed and tried to kill Tris in the book were done terribly. Molly had two lines during the entirety of the film, and one was complimenting Tris! Drew was the worst, he was non-existent in the film. No screen time for him. And Eric, totally a one dimensional character. Lack any emotion or character development or even a reason for him to even exist in the story!
Three: There was little to no conflict in this movie for the protagonist Tris. Without conflict, there is no narrative, no plot progression, and ultimately no entertainment value. Things were resolved so easy in the movie it was ridiculous. Tris is told she has failed initiation; which never happened in the books, and she just stays against orders of her superiors without complaint. What? Not plausible by any means.
They should just cancel the squeal because there's no talent, evident of this movie.
1/10