Quick Review: Divergent: Directed by Neil Burger, Starring: Shailene Woodley, and Theo James3/20/2015 I liked Divergent more the second time I watched it. It was difficult to find out why? The reason it's so difficult is the first time I saw it I thought that it was a cheap looking knockoff of The Hunger Games that had too much going on. But all those things I'm ok with now. The fact is the first time I saw it I also thought it was a lazy movie. A movie that couldn't be bothered to try and seek it's own identity,and just be something that has been done to death. I suddenly realized that this is the wrong way of looking at it. That was me being a stuck up and pretentious type of critic. Now that works sometimes,but not always. Sometimes you have to sit back and take entertainment like this for what it is,and you'll have quite a bit of fun. Divergent as most of us know is about Tris a girl who lives in a world of factions. When she takes a test,and finds out she doesn't fit into one aka "Divergent" she has to join one and disguise herself in it. There's other stuff but it's difficult to explain how it even starts,and I don't actually know quite how that story does. But these are all half measures I'm talking about here. How if your not a snooty pretentious asshole like me you'll like it. Not exactly the biggest praise ever. Well here's something that I can truly say that's good about the movie. It's exciting. This is probably more for me then for anyone else because I am close to it's target audience,but enough of it works. I think this can be attributed to some spectacular and sweeping cinematography that I didn't pay attention to the first time. Seriously while most movies opt to use shaky cam in action scenes these days Divergent doesn't. That makes it even more exciting the fact that it actually has some streamlined action scenes. The acting also passes. I say passes because while only one person is truly good the rest are fitting enough to keep the movie going even though that's it. Shailene Woodley is the best new actress we have working. The Descendants,The Fault in Our Stars, and the previously quick reviewed White Bird in a Blizzard prove that. Divergent thankfully keeps it that way. Woodley sells this movie, and it's too bad that the other actors are only serviceable. But again it works as a teen movie that's best watched if you don't take it so seriously bolstered by exciting cinematography,and one great performance. I give Divergent a 7 out of 10. Reviewed by Stephen Tronicek,
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