Review of The Divide (2012) by Bett3Rthanyou — 11 Apr 2012

The storyline is seemingly broken in places to take you off guard in order to generate an actual emotion inside of you.

The movie does this very well. The reason it gets so many bad reviews is people it has grabbed people and dragged them down into it. And frankly, it's disturbing and uncomfortable.

Which is exactly how the movie is designed to make you feel. From the characters to the decisions to the flow. It's designed to crawl under your skin and make you frustrated. You should feel injustice, hopeless and anger.

Do you know what it feels like to be in a basement with the whole world gone and just a matter of time before you are too? If you watched someone in a basement would this be able to convey that feeling? Or all the psychological horrors that spawn from isolation overtime? Disconnect with reality, no police, no justice system while your peers are going crazy and become a danger to your life?

If I set up the movie so that you have little to no choice but to get this feeling how is that a bad movie?

It seems many aren't able to make this link or appreciate the seemingly unique approach. But this is what the movie is based on and it does it wonderfully. And if you actually crawl under the skin of the movie instead of it crawling up yours you see that there is a very strong thread keeping everything together.

Look for the thread instead of being blinded by rage. If you can't comment on the why don't bother commenting on the what. You simply have nothing to add.

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder so if you're blind the world will look like a dark place. Try not to be blind.

I'd rate it a 7.5 - 8 for a general realistic grade however if there are gonna be deluded votes because people vote 1 I'd rather not vote at all. You rate that low because you don' t want others to see the movie and understand it while you don't.