Well yes, it took us some time to finally go watch the Divergent movie. But we finally managed to do it. And we loved it. Of course, there was absolutely no chance we wouldn’t, but as it is our tradition, we texted after the movie.
CHAPTER 1: MOVIE REVIEW & WE CHOOSE A FACTION
ALLY: So, we finally watched Divergent. Any thoughts?
GWEN: Yesss, finally! I loved it. Even if it wasn’t suuuuper faithful to the book, I think they did a great job with the adaptation.
ALLY: Me too! I loved the tone, the mood. The whole look of the movie.
GWEN: I did too. I liked that even if it was a “post-apocalyptic” scenario, it was still very relatable and current. Any differences between that Chicago and today were small details, like the guns, for example. Of course, there were the factions, but I mean, they didn’t make it look too futuristic.
ALLY: I know what you mean. I think that’s why I liked it so much. Cuz it was totally relatable and looked real. Like that could really happen. I think I like this approach more than The Hunger Games.
GWEN: yes, exactly.
ALLY: The sets, the clothes… everything looked real. Oh! And I looooved the music!
GWEN: It really did. Ooh, yes. I liked this score better than the later Twilight movies, for example. Ellie Goulding’s voice is perfect.
ALLY: Yup. It really is.
GWEN: I loved the aerial Chicago views, even if it was half destroyed.
ALLY: the zip lining scene was awesome! I would never do that, but the views were incredible! I’m so NOT Dauntless.
GWEN: Then I must be!!! I kept thinking “I wish I could do that!!!” That scene was awesome.
ALLY: I think I’d be Amity…
CHAPTER 2: INCOMES JOAN RIVERS AND THE FASHION POLICE
ALLY: Can we get girly for like 5 minutes and talk fashion???
GWEN: YES PLEASE!
ALLY: I loooooooved Tris’s abnegation bun!!!
GWEN: That bun was EVERYTHING!!! I want to know how to make it. And Shailene’s hair!!! It’s so perfect!!!
ALLY: I will so search for a YouTube tutorial!!!
GWEN: Please tell me you’re already doing that!!!
ALLY: Shailene has the best hair ever!!! I can’t believe she cut it! Of course I’m searching for it.
GWEN: Argh! Why did she cut it???
ALLY: Oh, and by the way, there could never be a fat Dauntless with all those tight fitting outfits
GWEN: No. Never. All that training would take care of that, though. I have to say, I want a pair of boots like hers.
ALLY: Yesssss!!! The boots are so cool! The abnegation boots as well!
GWEN: I’m in a boot hunting kind of mood. Lol!
CHAPTER 3: LET THE DROOL-WORKS BEGIN
ALLY: Ok. Enough trivial things. Let’s talk about the important things: Theo and Jai
GWEN: The important things!! Yes. I want to be caught between them while they fight and taunt each other. I wasn’t a big Theo fan, and I still have a different guy cast as my Four, but I can see what everyone is talking about with him and I like it
ALLY: Good God!!! I wanna be caught between those 2 doing anything! Even reading the phonebook! Those voices! I’m a huge Theo fan. And seeing him on the big screen was too much! His lips kinda distracted me
GWEN: Oh God yes. The lips! Totally distracting. Killer kissing lips.
ALLY: He did an amazing Four!!! He was menacing, misterious and total leader material. And then he was so cute with the whole romance thing. The scene where he takes his shirt off is just perfect! And I could see every single one of his veins!!!
GWEN: He did a very good job. I gotta give it to him. And I liked the way he makes you just want to trust him and ask him to protect you.
ALLY: Yes! protect me! LOL! The scene with him in Tris’s fear landscape was hot.
GWEN: yes, it was, even if he was a bit forceful.
ALLY: Yeah… well…
CHAPTER 4: WE TALK ABOUT THE EVIL PSYCHOS
ALLY: One thing I didn’t like? I didn’t really hate Peter or Eric. I mean, I started the movie already disliking them because of what I know from the books. But they weren’t so hateful in the movie. Eric was a jerk and Peter was a moron and a bully, but they weren’t so evil like in the book
GWEN: Exactly. Eric wasn’t as scary or ruthless. And Peter was just an asshat, but not really a psychopath like in the book. I think they were trying to keep it PG13 and they didn’t want to make them so hateful. Which I think was a bit of a weak point in the movie.
ALLY: You just need the scene where Peter takes the guy’s eye out with a butter knife. That single thing totally sets his character. That he is a psycho and capable of anything. I know it was probably to keep it PG13, but Peter’s character lost a lot of depth.
GWEN: Yes, you’re absolutely right. I think they would have gotten away with the eye scene, if they hadn’t showed the blood. You just needed Peter’s sick satisfied face after he did it.
ALLY: Yup. That would have summed up Peter’s character perfectly and showed him as the sick bastard he is.
GWEN: We really hate Peter, can anyone tell? LOL.
ALLY: Yup. Peter-haters-r-us! And don’t get me started on Caleb!
GWEN: Ugh. Caleb. What was up with the girlie face when he cried? I can’t with Caleb. Now that I know what happens in the later books, I want to smack him
ALLY: Hahahahahaha! Go and cry somewhere else, you little traitor!!!
GWEN: Lololol!!
ALLY: Another thing I didn’t like? No Dauntless chocolate cake… And where was Uriah?!?!?!?!
GWEN: WHYYYY did they have to cut him!!??
ALLY: That sucked!
GWEN: I mean, he plays a major major role in the second one, they might as well have introduced him now!
ALLY: Yeah. I mean, a simple “Hi Tris, I’m Uriah” would have done it…
GWEN: LOL! Exactly.
CHAPTER 5: HERE THERE BE STRONG WOMEN
GWEN: Jeanine!!! I just couldn’t hate her. I could not. I love Kate Winslet too much to hate her. And I loved Ashley Judd as Tris and Caleb’s mom. She was spot on. She just has that motherly smile that makes you feel like everything is okay, you know?
ALLY: Ashley was spot on. I can see her as Dauntless all the way. And Kate Winslet as Jeanine was perfection! But, then again, everything she does is perfect. Can we talk how she hid her pregnant belly which we could totally tell anyway?
GWEN: Aww she did, I could totally tell she was pregnant, but that happens every time the actress is pregnant and they try to hide it. Once they’re finishing their second trimester, or entering the third one, it’s a total giveaway.
ALLY: The hide-the-belly-by-holding-a-
GWEN: Yes it does. But I forgive her for anything. She rocks and I have a total girl crush on her. Since I was 15! Another thing I found so cool and weird, but cool, was the flags they used for the war game. I loved that weird glowy fabric.
ALLY: Those flags are awesome!!! I need a dress in that fabric!!!! Hahahaha. Btw… didn’t Christina capture the flag in the book?
GWEN: No, it was Tris. She let Christina grab it and show it to everyone, but it was all Tris
ALLY: Oh. Ok. Didn’t remember.
GWEN: That is a point of tension between them in the book. Specially when Tris starts doing so well
ALLY: Yeah. I remembered about that, but not who got the flag in the end
CHAPTER 6: YES! WE DID TALK ABOUT THE FERRIS WHEEL SCENE
ALLY: Another thing: I thought the Ferris Wheel scene would be better…
GWEN: I thought so too. More play between them. More sexual tension and stuff
ALLY: Maybe I was expecting too much from the ferris wheel, but it was just blah… no tension at all!!!
GWEN: It was definitely written better
ALLY: The scene where Theo takes off his shirt is better (and not JUST because of that)
GWEN: Sometimes, they should just stick to the book, for some key scenes. LOL
ALLY: Couldn’t agree more. Like… the ferris wheel is on the freaking poster… could the scene be a little bit better?
GWEN: Yeah! They built it up too much and it disappointing
CHAPTER 7: YES! WE TALKED ABOUT THEO’S BACK AS WELL
GWEN: I didn’t like the tattoo, though. I had a different thing in mind
ALLY: I looooove the tattoo!!! It was so cool! why didn’t you like it?
GWEN: I don’t know, it was too rough. I had something a tad more “artisty” in mind
ALLY: Rough is just how Four likes it
GWEN: OMG! HAHAHAHAHA! Touche!
ALLY: Thanks! By the way… I’m so glad they went with older actors. An 18 year old Four wouldn’t have cut it.
GWEN: eeeeewwww, no! No fresh out of high school kids, please. That would have been yucky
ALLY: No jail bait, please
GWEN: Hey, 18 is just over the legal age, so it’s not really jail bait. But yeah… no babies.
ALLY: yeah, but 18 is still a baby. Four has to be all man. No baby.
FINAL VERDICT
ALLY: ok, enough drooling. What’s the verdict? From 1 to 10 you give Divergent a…?
GWEN: an 8!!! or a 9… You?
ALLY: An 8. A solid 8. It was actually very good, but it could have been better
GWEN: A very good first try, they probably will do better with the next ones. I hope, at least
ALLY: God I hope the 2 Allegiant movies are better than the book!!!
