Review of Divergent (2014) by Austin G — 10 Aug 2015
I really liked the books and while I thought the movie was decent, it wasn't anything brilliant. I think I'm getting spoiled with book series like The Hunger Games & especially Harry Potter making AMAZING film adaptations, so the bar is set pretty high.
Everyone is searching for the next big thing and The Mortal Instruments & Beautiful Creatures didn't work out, so it's Divergent's turn. I thought the cast was pretty right on, Shailene Woodley was good as usual.
I wasn't happy with casting Theo James as Four at first, but I actually liked him in the film. I really don't know why I didn't completely LOVE the movie, it is a solid adaptation, but I guess most of the time the book is always better.
It's an okay start to the series, but I'm hoping Insurgent is an improvement.
This review of Divergent (2014) was written by Austin G on 10 Aug 2015.
Divergent has generally received positive reviews.
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