Movie Review: Divergent

Synopsis: Beatrice (Tris) Prior lives in a futuristic Chicago where society is split up into five factions (or groups) based on personality traits.  (Dauntless- Bravery, Amity- Kindness or peacefulness, Candor- Honesty, Abnegation- Selflessness, and Erudite- Intelligence).  When you turn sixteen you take an aptitude test to tell you which faction you belong in.  Tris's results come up inconclusive making her Divergent, which means she doesn't fit into one of the categories, and that is a dangerous things to be.  On choosing day Tris leaves her family in Abnegation and joins Dauntless.  The story follows her through her journey in becoming Dauntless, along with her relationship with her instructor Four.




What can I say?  This movie was A-MAZ-ING!!!!  Being a huge fan of the book, I was absolutely terrified that this movie would fall through the cracks into what I like to call the....dun, dun, duuuuuun...  book-to-movie-adaption-curse.  BUT, much to my surprise, this YA book was one of the extremely few exceptions to the afore mentioned curse that seemingly all books of the fiction variety fall into when transferred into movies.   

None of the important scenes or characters (cough, cough, The Hunger Games) were left out, nor did there seem to be any gaping plot holes.  No unnecessary scenes were added in, either (also, cough, cough, The Hunger Games).  Some lines seemed to be pulled directly from the book.

The acting in this movie was nothing short of spectacular.  Every actor portrayed their part (big or small) beautifully.  AND the actors fit their character descriptions extremely well.  I felt that I was actually watching the book come to life, which, to me, is very important in a book to movie adaptation since you are making an author's words become a visual. 

The camera work and special effects in this movie were also great and nothing felt overly done or cheesy. 

And don't even get me started on Tris and Four.  Let's just say my squealing inner fangirl self was definitely happy at the end of the movie.

Overall, I would rate this movie a bajillion on the awesomeness scale.  (And, yes, it was so amazing I had to create my own number).  I definitely recommend this movie and cannot wait for the next one!!!!!!!!!!!!