Divergent

I expected a lot, but I definitely didn’t expect a distinguished post-apocalyptic world adaptation. And that made me happy. The story was a lot of fun and I have a feeling that I’ll go see the sequel at the cinema. Although, the story reminded me of the arrival of the little pupils to Hogwarts and their subsequent sorting into individual groups. Then it was a little like Hunger Games for a change. But as a result, it still had its own little world which has a potential to develop further and I’m personally very curious about the sequel. I was also happy about Junkie XL who made such a good electronic soundtrack, even though it might not have been completely of his own writing. I also liked that the authors succeeded at the tactic of fresh-faced actors. I simply liked it and now I wonder – what about the sequels? (08/15/2014)

I can't believe my eyes. I was worried that Divergence wouldn't be too different from its competition (Mortal Instruments, Twilight and The Host), but I was wrong! Divergence has an excellent idea, a decently thought out story, a nice pace, a perfect cast from the cute central couple to the creepy bad guy, and most importantly more survival and love story than Hunger Games. The highlight of the film were definitely all three phases of the training, which had my heart racing and I'm sure I would have ended up in the abyss after two days, the emotions and empathy really worked at the highest level here. So, for me, a very disturbing post-apocalyptic affair and the best film with a "fight against the system" theme. I shudder to think that in 50 years such a system will be in place here, as the totalitarianism here made me sick to my stomach. Quality appeared where I absolutely did not expect it this year. (07/27/2014)

Really terrible. The film rips off a lot of other films, the logic is lacking like in The 100 and unless the characters are raging with puberty hormones, they have no chance of survival. What got me was a scene right at the outset where the kids are being sorted into Gryffindor, Slytherin, and.. oops, sorry, a different film. Instead of a talking hat, they all cut themselves with the same knife, so I suppose this society has already tackled the issue of HIV. What follows is the usual mix of weird action, overblown romance, ridiculous acting, and melodrama accompanied by an awful soundtrack, culminating in the film's ending. Considering I gave Season 1 of The 100 one star, I can't go any lower with Divergence, which is a shame. On a final note – 139 minutes!!! (08/17/2016)

This film’s world makes no sense, not even at its most elementary level. Why should permanent peace and quiet be guaranteed by dividing society into five fractions? The system separates children from their parents and creates hundreds of outcasts, and yet it seems that everyone quietly agrees with it and that it works? And if it does work and everyone is where they belong and there’s peace and quiet, why does this society need a cast of lawyers? And a police cast? Or, on the contrary, do these five narrowly defined casts have all the necessary professions? How many people live there? It doesn’t seem that a lot. And why I’m a bothering with this when the adolescent author of the book probably didn’t even think about it? And what was the conspiracy of the intelligent exactly about? I’m just asking. But it’s nice that there’s room for that adolescent cow (whom are supposed to root for, even though her first decision in the film can be summarised as “I don’t want to help people, I’m going with those sexy athletes because they are cool”) to fall in love with the beefcake. Bugger me! (08/01/2014)

Did I understand (I hope correctly) that this is the story of two robots that dream all of it during memory formatting? The film is like Ender’s Game for Bravo magazine teen consumers, or I don't know what the kids are reading these days, I lost contact with trends similarly to how this film lost contact with logic and meaning. If it weren't for those few solid hallucinogenic burgers, it would have been a horrible reduction diet. (04/28/2014)