Sunday, December 28, 2014

Divergent

I really enjoyed the concept of Divergent. In a dystopia sometime off in the future, a society has emerged in the ruins of Chicago. The city is walled in by some sort of electromagnetic fence and the city is comprised of 5 factions: Abnegation (the selfless), Amity (the peaceful), Candor (the honest), Dauntless (the brave), and Erudite (the intelligent). At around 16 or 18 years of age, members of each faction take a personality test that determines the appropriate faction for them and each person is only supposed to have one faction, but if your personality test reveals you are a mix of factions you are considered divergent. Our main character Beatrice Prior, played by Shailene Woodley, is divergent. We watch her as she unravels the plans of the Erudites spearheaded by Jeanine Matthews, played by Kate Winslet. Along the way, Tris (as she calls herself after choosing Dauntless), gets involved with a love interest Tobias Eaton aka Four, played by Theo James. As I said, I liked the concept, but the execution of the movie itself doesn't let itself to much better than a 3 star recommendation in my opinion.

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