This action flick truly captures the feeling of being a young person preparing for adulthood
"Divergent" is the latest film to try to capture the magic of "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games" and begin a new teen franchise that can sell countless movie tickets for years to come. But where "Ender's Game," "City of Bones" and other recent films failed, "Divergent" succeeds. This is a film with a clear concept and a genuine love story. And director Neil Burger brings audiences into this world in a way that is both exciting and engaging.
Tris Prior (played by Shailene Woodley) lives in a post-war future in the semi-ruined city of Chicago. Locked away from the devastated outside world, this society still functions because it has been divided into "factions." There is the Candor faction, which values honesty above all things. We have the Amity faction, which is made up of the workers and the land-loving farmers. The Erudite faction is the smart, scientific class, and Dauntless is the reckless soldier faction made up of young fighters.
Finally, there is Abnegation, which is the faction of public servants. Tris, or Beatrice, as her parents call her, grew up in that class and it suits her family. Abnegations reject vanity and wear drab, gray clothes. When teens hit a certain age, they go through "The Test" and are told where their strengths lie. And like a college kid declaring a major, there is a "Choosing Ceremony" where you choose your faction — for life.
Tris is kindhearted but fearless, smart but down-to-earth. Her "Test" provides inconclusive results and the tester tells her she's "Divergent," and that the factions fear people like this. So Tris must keep her secret as she chooses the Dauntless faction and learns how to fight and how to conquer her fears.
Woodley is a wonderful actress who lets us see her thoughts and feelings, especially when it comes to the hunky character named Tobias Eaton who trains her. Film critics and her peers noticed this quality about Woodley right way — the way any film she takes on instantly feels more real because she's in it. "It's science fiction. You need somebody as real as her to make it feel real," said Ansel Elgort, who plays her character's brother in "Divergent."
For her part, Woodley said it's "not so much a skill as just how I am. I grew up with two psychologist parents, which explains a lot. They established compassion in me at a very young age. I wonder if that helped me connect, emotionally, with this character."
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