Divergent

My assignment for last Wednesday, (which I'm slacking on) was to review a recently released movie.  I postponed this post because I was going to go see this movie...on Thursday.

And it was a good thing I did, too. 

Typically, I will tear a book-to-movie adaptation to shreds, especially if it's one that I really liked.  To be perfectly honest, if I have any complaints about the movie adaptation of Divergent, they are fairly minor.

Peter wasn't enough of a villain (and I was really looking forward to seeing Miles Teller as a badass).  The initiates looked soft to me, whereas in the book they all seemed to harden up upon arrival.  And they missed the scene with Tris and Four at the bottom of the chasm.

Other than that (excluding the typical changes for putting 400+ pages on screen) I thought the movie was pretty darn impressive.  FINALLY a director listened to the fans and stuck with the book ON THE FIRST INSTALLMENT.  (Even The Hunger Games had issues with the first one, though Catching Fire was pretty spot on.)  Well done, Neil Burger. 

If you've read Divergent by Veronica Roth---or even if you haven't---the movie is a must see.  Shailene Woodley and Theo James as Tris and Four do not disappoint. I plan to see it again. :)