Anyway, on to the movie review. Can I just say, the Divergent series are my absolute favorite, hands down. After reading the whole series, I went and watched the Divergent movie. It.blew.my. mind. I legit sat there and was trying to comprehend how amazing the movie was. Neil Burger did a GREAT job on directing the movie.
Being THAT amazed by Divergent, I did have quite a high expectation for Insurgent. I was so excited for Insurgent. I went into the theater and was shaking from excitement (I don't know..). Before the movie started my head was just flowing with the plot and my undying love for the casts.
Okay friends, here comes the spoilers. If you have yet to watch the movie, then please do not continue reading and do come back after you've finished watching the movie. Well, unless you like my writing so much you just want to read what I've got to say (yeah right). Hey, let me have some self-esteem.
Let's begin, shall we. I liked the movie. I just didn't fall in love with it like I did with Divergent.
I was really confused when I came out from the theaters. I just couldn't wrap my head around the idea of the movie. They've changed so much of the book and left out a few major parts, which was disappointing.
I've really liked the beginning of Insurgent. The anger Tris had when Peter insulted her and the way they shot the fight between Tris and Peter. Gosh. The start of the movie portrayed Amity very well. But I felt like they didn't carry out the reason of Tris cutting her hair short quite well. Tris also had a major fear of using the guns in this book but she was using the gun throughout the whole movie? Her fear was so important in the book and it brought up so many other issues. The movie did not do well on that.
The movie was all about Jeanine wanting to get 'The Box' open but I don't seem to recall the presence of 'The Box' in the book.. If it did, then I'm even more confused haha. The movie did a lot of special effect which was nice but it felt a little bit over-done.
I liked the part when Tris was announced dead and Tobias got furious. The way Peter explained to Four about what happened injected a dose of fun into the movie and lightened the mood a little. That scene showed how much Tobias cared about Tris and gosh I love them. That scene was touching. Theo played the character Tobias really well. I mean, who doesn't gawk over Theo James?!
I would've liked it better if they stressed on the hatred Christina felt towards Tris after she found out Tris killed Will. It broke their friendship and the movie did not show that at all. That scene was very messily pushed away and correct me if I'm wrong, Christina forgave Tris in Insurgent, right? Or was it in Allegiant? I'm not too sure. If that was in Insurgent, gosh that was such a huge plot they missed out.
I just realised that if I told you everything I felt about Insurgent, you couldn't even finsih reading this post. Hm. Well comment down below of what you thought of Insurgent. I would LOVE to hear what you all thought about Insurgent. Until next time!
Love,
Hui Wen
