Divergent review

So this weekend I decided to go out and catch another movie. I decided to go see Divergent as I read the book awhile back and wanted to see if the movie was true to the book.  Unfortunately the movie did not meet my expectations in the long run, and proved to be a disappointment for me in the end with it cutting many parts in the book and slowing many scenes down to almost a stop.

Divergent is a movie akin to the hunger games with a strong female lead in the main role. The plot is that society is split into 5 different factions, with each of them being different and consisting of people with the same personalities (Bravery, intelligence).  The film starts with our main character that is known as Beatrice. She lives in the faction abnegation that runs the government. But every year, the government gathers all of the 16 year olds together to determine what faction they best fit in with. But Beatrice has aspects of each of the factions shown in her test, and she is labeled as divergent. This is very dangerous for her as divergent means she can think on her own and poses a threat to the government. With this in mind, she quickly chooses to join the faction known as dauntless and starts her training; with the fact of her being divergent nestled deep in her mind.  She begins to start her training to join her faction, when she meets four, her main love interest. As their relationship begins to form,

Divergent was a book I quite enjoyed, with its new take on a dystopian society proving to being interesting and kept me reading from cover to cover. But unfortunately, the book puts the movie to shame with its slow nature and boring characters doing nothing for it. The age difference between the two leads was also a letdown, albeit a creepy one, with our heroine looking young enough but having our main love interest four being 24 leaving an almost 8 year time gap. The visuals were good and portrayed the book and the setting well, but they couldn’t help the movies slow nature and overall boring feeling it brings to the table. My suggesting is that if you wanted to see a movie with a strong female lead akin the hunger games, check this one out if you want, but any readers of the book will be disappointed and wanting their money back.