I think I’m a fan girl. I bothered Melissa literally EVERYDAY to get prescreening tickets to see Divergent this week (she delivered because she is AWESOME). And you know what? TOTALLY WORTH IT!
If you’ve read the Divergent series, you know how awesome the books are and I promise the movie is just as good. If you haven’t read the series, here is the synopsis of Divergent from the official website:
DIVERGENT is a thrilling action-adventure film set in a world where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues. Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group. When she discovers a conspiracy by a faction leader (Kate Winslet)to destroy all Divergents, Tris must learn to trust in the mysterious Four (Theo James) and together they must find out what makes being Divergent so dangerous before it’s too late.
This is not one of those adaptations that require you to read the book to understand what is going on. Neil Burger, the director for Divergent did a great job taking the story created by Veronica Roth and putting it on the big screen so those who have never even heard of it can still enjoy it. However, with that said, if you’ve read the book, I do not think you’ll be disappointed at all. I’ve always been one to stand by the thought that the book is always better than the movie, but in this case, the book and movie may be tied for first.
I was also very impressed by the cast in the film also. The two main characters, Tobias “Four” Eaton and Beatrice “Tris” Prior are played by two people that are really up and coming; Theo James and Shailene Woodley, respectively. These two really knock it out of the park in my opinion, as do the other cast members such as, Ashley Judd, Kate Winslet, and Tony Goldwyn. Needless to say, there are a lot of big names to go see (and some really good looking cast members at that. Hello, Theo and Tony!).
Still unsure if you want to see the movie or not? Check out the trailer!
If you want to read the book before going to see the movie, you can purchase the book on Amazon or anywhere else books are sold. Like I said before, if you haven’t read the book, no worries! But I can’t recommend the book (or the rest of the series) enough.
For those that have read the book, what differences did you notice between the book and movie? I didn’t catch TOO many (nothing important) differences, but I’m interested to hear from you! Comment below with what you noticed the book had but the movie didn’t!
Disclaimer: I received two tickets to see Divergent for review purposes only. All opinions are my own.
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Before seeing the trailer for this movie (I believe) before Hunger Games I had never heard of it. Now I hear about it everywhere! I haven’t read the books but it does look like a good movie. I’m not sure if I can stop looking at Shailene Woodley as “the girl from The Secret Life…” though :/
Really looking forward to this one! Haven’t read the books yet. Shailene Woodley and Kate Winslet look so much alike, they could be sisters! Glad Ashley Judd is acting again!
There is a lot of buzz about this movie, but I Have to admit that I didn’t really know what it was about until I read this, so thank you!
I don’t know anything about this, but my friend just finished the book so we are going to see the movie today.
Divergent looks like a really good movie. My kids are in their early teens and this looks like something we can enjoy together.
Everyone is lining up for this movie! Looks like an epic flick.
This is one movie I am dying to see! I loved the female actress in The Secret Life!
I was going to go last night with my daughter, but she is going with her classmates instead. One of their teachers offered to take any of them that had read the book and I thought that would be a fun time for her. I guess I will have to wait……
I haven’t read the book and didn’t know much about it until the recent buzz. Sounds like a good movie. I’ll probably watch it when it comes out on DVD.
I’m really looking forward to seeing this. Shailene Woodley is really making a name for herself these days in Hollywood. It’s nice to see up and coming actresses with a ton of talent!
There is a lot of talk about how good this movie is. I did not know that there is a book that the movie came from. I like movies that are made from a book. I do know that a lot of times the book is way better than the movie. Nice to know that the movie and book are as good as each other. The trailer looks exciting.
I’m looking forward to this series, I hope it does well, I haven’t read the books but i really want to.