To some extent, Divergent is a combination of The Hunger Games and Inception. Anything that resembles Inception has to be good right? First of
all it would be difficult for a film by Scorsese about the mob and their involvement
in dreams to be as good as Inception. Secondly, Divergent’s
quality is tee ball compared to Inception.
The fact that Divergent was adapted from a book series and its futuristic feel
from the tiring futuristic setting is where it draws comparison to The Hunger Games. Of course, also there
is the young female protagonist who is way out of her comfort zone but must overcome
difficult odds. It is here that it is important to note that, although she
never knocks it out of the park, Shailene Woodley is respectable in the ‘fish
out of water’ role as her performance can easily be digested by target
audiences. The reason I even bother to mention Inception is the physically induced dream/fantasy like sequences in
Divergent. There is scene where Theo
James’s character Four comes face to face with his abusive father that is very Inception like and is really well done
but quickly becomes far less interesting. It is these types of decisions that
keep Divergent from going anywhere.
Although arguably unoriginal, there are decent foundations built in the film
but when it could be something with actual emotional value, these situations
just become messy and boring action scenes. Eventually they all add up to a drawn
out, vision-less ending.
Grade:
D+
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