ladytrol (sorry for my bad English, I am Serbian) I gave this movie high score, because I was annoyed with low score and bad comparison with the Hunger Games trilogy, so although I don't think that this movie deserves score 9 when comparing to all kinds of movies especially classics, I think it deserves score 9 when comparing to similar movies ...ok, here is a brief comparison of the both movies which are the first in their trilogies. First of all, the Divergent has much more better plot, much more interesting story, the world is post apocalyptic - not only post- war like in Hunger Games, and these are first things that come to mind. Second, the chemistry between the characters is excellent in Divergent, and although great team of actors plays in the Hunger Games, their chemistry and excellent acting doesn't really have a good story to tell. Although the Divergent has pretty predictable love story (that is not so relevant to me, I find many mistakes in other places concerning some practical problems) and some other problems that annoy me like : why no one investigates murder attempt on Tris, and how could she be expelled from her fraction after the fight when she wasn't give up or surrender herself, after she had all those points which ranged her up? The actresses are both very very talented, and although I love Jennifer Lawrence, I must say that Shaileen Woodley is far more better (or maybe the character itself is more suggestible) in the Divergent, than Lawence is in Hunger Games. The camera is far better in the Divergent because in the Hunger Games 1, the camera is so nervous and moving that it's really annoying the eye of the viewer (when the movie is action, there is no need for this ''nervous''camera)... Although the Hunger Games has more critical implications on this our world of today (the critic of the reality shows, society differences and most of all, the horrible dictatorship and all of its wickedness) - in that matter both movies are not so comparable - since the Divergent is placed in the post apocalyptic world of tomorrow - which seems to be in some, more or less, justice and order. These are the reasons why am I so annoyed with comparing these two franchise. The other thing I must say is that The Divergent reminds me on the Twilight trilogy in many ways. For both of them I am very sorry that they are basically MADE FOR TEENAGERS, with lots of juvenile moments and commonplaces, and with illogical mistakes (the Divergent) and much more ''girly'' moments (the Twilight) but what can I say, the writers of the books did it that way so the movies probably couldn't go far from that. The Bottom line is: the Divergent is very good action movie, with interesting post appocalyptic world (some kind of mixture of the movies Gattaca and Brave New World book , and some moments from Equilibrium - by far more mature movies or better written novels) but which has appealing atmosphere, at least for me. You will certainly have much more fun watching the Divergent tha the HUnger Games!

invisibleunicornninja This movie is almost all filler. If you sit down to watch this movie expecting there to be some kind of climax or entertainment, be warned - there isn't. They're saving that for the next movie. This thing is all filler. There is mild entertainment to be had, and I did not pay for this movie (borrowed it from the library). These are the only two reasons I'm giving this an extra star. This movie is designed to get you to see the next one. Pretty much everything in this movie from the plot to the acting is - at the high points - below average. This movie is not worth the energy it takes to type out these words. Don't watch it.

cinemajesty Summit Entertainments LLC presents in Spring 2014 the first ""Divergent" movie directed by Neil Burger, who had been a solid choice for this franchise establishment in the shadow of a largely successful "Hunger Games" Series awaiting its split in two third installment for an November release of the same year. Even by putting the "Divergent" movies as far from releasing third and fourth "Hunger Games" movies, the success could not be match by producer duo Douglas Wick & Lucy Fisher, too complex had become the load of characters involved of creating the story around Beatrice aka Tris, portrayed by Shailene Woodley steady raising since Alexander Payne's "The Descendants" (2011), who has become the chosen one to train full-contact combat and weaponry in one of the five factions of a dystopian Chicago city behind walls as novelty written by twenty-something year old Veronica Roth.Director Neil Burger, responsible for Part 1 "Divergent" did well by restraining his cinematographer Alwin H. Kuchler to establish the characters furthermore Tris nemesis Jeanine, performed in freezing powerhouse mode by Kate Winslet, who puts the character of Tris in the first two movies of the series in imprisoned situation, starting put from conference room, to fighting Tris love interest the character of Four aka Tibirius in a corporate hallway before coming full circle in Director Robert Schwentke's Part 2 called "Insurgent", where a developed dreamscape serum gets used to confront inner fear challenges towards the ultimate core of Tris' existence, marvelously paced character intergrations in dissolving urban CGI environment, which raised the bar for the entire production in part 3 called "Allegiant".Director Neil Burger had been able to restrain himself of focusing the mass of characters surrounding Tris in the hand-to-hand combat environment of "Divergent", keeping the coverage steady in a classic approach of three to four angles per scene with an occasional finesse of dutch angles, character-emphasizing color forces, but mainly neglecting connecting dolly-shots to deny "Divergent" being a visual feast as reference films, starting out from "The Matrix" (1999) over "Equilibrium" (2002) to the all-to-well known "Inception" (2010).A fact Director Robert Schwentke used as alibi to let cinematographer move the Digital Camera Alexa manufactured by Arri in Munich, Germany with all gadgets from cranes, jibs, dolly and Steadicam actions, justifying a 220 Million U.S. Dollars budget for two movies in one production. Nevertheless through all the technical directions, Robert Schwentke were able to use, he could not convince actress Shailene Woodley to create a breakout performance in the role of Tris, coming out of her skin in one of the many action scenes to share at least one mind-blowing confrontation, preferably with left-alone potential of actor Miles Teller, who had not once the chance to explore the dark side of the character of Peter in order to become the most hostile beast in part 3 "Allegiant" after the character of Jeanine gets shot in cold blood, keeping it movie historically speaking between Naomi Watts & Kate Winslet before the credits roll.The "Divergent" Series could have been more then just 2nd rate Science-Fiction in the years to come. The two involved Directors had been competent and researched enough to concentrate on a solid cast ready-to-go beyond the ordinary then dealing all-day long with demanding special effect departments, which in the case of Robert Schwentke made the conclusion sequence of "Allegiant" look like a unforgiving, draining flush of everything what had been built carefully out-going by Director Neil Burger's novel-translated character arcs for Tris, Four and Peter, which must have needed ultimately the inner core of a new generation clash between Shailene Woodley fighting off menacing Miles Teller and final second hit-rescuing Theo James to an surprisingly deep darkening score by Joseph Trapanese.© 2017 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

Evan Wessman (CinematicInceptions) This does not, in my opinion, qualify as a true dystopian movie/book. At it's core, it's a teen novel that rides the coattails of the Hunger Games, though in fairness, it is original enough not to be called a copy. But the focus is much more on the teen novel aspects of it with the young characters and the romantic storyline with Tris and Four. The dystopian aspects that the movie is named for is pretty shallow. A major point of dystopian fiction is to examine how the actions we are taking right now could affect the future if they are unchecked. Nothing of that nature is present in the regime of government regulated stereotyping. There are no points made or debates raised concerning what it means to be Divergent. Additionally, the strictness of conformity that was expected from the people was not made clear, which I disliked, but I guess that shows how important it is to the story.A major place where it lacked was its weak protagonist. Tris and Four are Divergents, and yet they have very little personality. Tris didn't feel like someone who is different. Honestly, she comes off as one of the most normal and colorless characters I've ever seen. She definitely has the least personality out of any of the other characters she interacts with. She has nothing driving her, and while that may be understandable for someone in her position, that's not the kind of person I'm going to root for. Now, part of that is probably because this was first a book, and that means that Tris' personality could be revealed to readers through her own thoughts instead of "character moments". I haven't read the book, but I've read Hunger Games, and I there were a couple of moments and shots that felt like they were trying to translate some of Tris' little interior monologues visually. It didn't help that Shaline Woodly gave a stiff performance that was comprised in large part of her gaping into the camera every few minutes. The other characters had some more personality and a couple had evident beliefs or motivations, but none of them were believable. Now, I don't want to slam on the movie too hard, because it held my attention the whole time and was adequately entertaining, which counts for something. There were enough interesting and active scenes to keep me interested, and there was some good technical work done on it. The action was fine, but there was a problem with people handling injuries a little too well. Tris gets shot in the leg and then is walking on it just fine a few minutes later, and Jeanine seems largely unaffected by the knife that goes *through her hand*. Probably the most striking thing about the movie was the sound mixing. I don't know why that stood out to me, but there was a lot of intensity created by the blending of the score and the other sounds of the movie. However insignificant that may be, it speaks to how unremarkable the rest of the movie was. There was nothing special about the characters, plot, or the world that was created. Yeah, it looked nice, but that doesn't really make up for the fact that it was essentially a pretty bland movie. It was like somebody made an amazingly well-cooked loaf of Wonder bread; as good as it is, it's still Wonder bread so there's only so good it can be. So I won't recommend this one way or the other. If you liked Hunger Games, yeah, you'll like this, but I think this is a couple steps down from that. But don't feel like you're missing out if you haven't seen it. Overall Rating: 7.2/10