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Divergent series…
Posted on 6/4/24 at 8:52 pm
Posted on 6/4/24 at 8:52 pm
The story can be SO interesting. The direction, cinematography, music, etc. make this trilogy hard to watch.
I’ve watched Divergent before and enjoyed it, however I’ve tried to watch part 2 & 3……can’t get through it.
I’ve watched Divergent before and enjoyed it, however I’ve tried to watch part 2 & 3……can’t get through it.
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Posted on 6/4/24 at 9:49 pm to BigNastyTiger417
Can’t help you, man. I barely made it through the first one. I just wanted to post the Pitch Meeting about the series.
“…each one ends with an ‘ent’ sound… which is fun, and not at all forced.“
Pitch Meeting - Insurgent Series
“…each one ends with an ‘ent’ sound… which is fun, and not at all forced.“
Pitch Meeting - Insurgent Series
Posted on 6/4/24 at 10:31 pm to BigNastyTiger417
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I’ve watched Divergent before and enjoyed it, however I’ve tried to watch part 2 & 3……can’t get through it.
I finished them but it was awful
Posted on 6/5/24 at 3:32 am to bad93ex
I read the first book and I could barely finish that. Knew the movies would be the same
Posted on 6/5/24 at 8:10 am to BigNastyTiger417
The setting of the stories, or universe or however they call it, was interesting with factions and all that.
The story itself was weak and, to me, a blatant attempt to get tween girls into it.
The story itself was weak and, to me, a blatant attempt to get tween girls into it.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 8:13 am to BigNastyTiger417
The moment the 1st movie lost me was when Dauntless (fighter group?) came running up, skipping and jumping.
I couldn’t help but laugh.
I was half expecting them to break into song and dance, just like in West Side Story.
I couldn’t help but laugh.
I was half expecting them to break into song and dance, just like in West Side Story.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 8:21 am to Scruffy
I don't remember if the other 2 had the same quality, but the first had high levels of unintentional comedy. Its still not something you'd watch unless you're WAG suggests it, but it's not nearly as bad as you'd think once you realize how absurd it is.
Like the OP said, it could have been a solid scifi series, but it clearly wasn't aimed at the traditional scifi audience. This was part of the "Hunger Games blew up, let's green light adaptation of any dystopian future novel with a teenage female lead" era.
Like the OP said, it could have been a solid scifi series, but it clearly wasn't aimed at the traditional scifi audience. This was part of the "Hunger Games blew up, let's green light adaptation of any dystopian future novel with a teenage female lead" era.
This post was edited on 6/5/24 at 8:22 am
Posted on 6/5/24 at 8:26 am to TigerinATL
quote:Truth.
it's not nearly as bad as you'd think once you realize how absurd it is.
Woodley is also about as wooden of an actress as you can get in these movies too (at least the 1st one).
Fight choreography is just hilarious.
Props look like they were purchased at Kmart.
It was sold as a big budget movie to tween girls, but it looks so damn low budget.
Now, a trilogy that I think is pretty underrated from that genre (post-apocalyptic) is Mazerunner.
I thoroughly enjoy all 3 of those movies.
This post was edited on 6/5/24 at 8:28 am
Posted on 6/5/24 at 9:10 am to BigNastyTiger417
Its a good first movie that just gets more and more ridiculous as it goes on.
This post was edited on 6/5/24 at 9:13 am
Posted on 6/5/24 at 10:14 am to Scruffy
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Woodley is also about as wooden of an actress as you can get in these movies too (at least the 1st one).
Have you seen her interviews? She is a "wooden" human being. I've had more relatable interactions with trees than I could with her.
Stoned and drunk I never made it the 1st movie and by the 3rd I couldn't even tolerate the tv ads pitching it.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 10:19 am to Sidicous
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Have you seen her interviews? She is a "wooden" human being. I've had more relatable interactions with trees than I could with her
She was definitely forced down our throats in the 2010s despite very low talent level. Her being an angsty teenager in Descendants and whatever ABC family show she was on wasn’t real talent.
She wasn’t terrible in Big Little Lies but she was waaaaaay outclassed by Witherspoon, Kidman, and Dern.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 10:40 am to BigNastyTiger417
I halfheartedly watched the first movie. It seemed that everyone ran everywhere for no reason. That was the entire movie, just people running.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 10:59 am to L5UT1ger
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The setting of the stories, or universe or however they call it, was interesting with factions and all that.
The story itself was weak and, to me, a blatant attempt to get tween girls into it.
Agree, the concept is solid and the politics/social manipulation of factions worked well. I thought the Dauntless training was a great concept. That said the action scenes weren't good, the characters were mostly 1-dimensional, and by the 3rd movie it turned into a sub-standard sci-fi superhero movie with insane plot armor surrounding the main characters.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 11:07 am to 3nOut
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She was definitely forced down our throats in the 2010s despite very low talent level
I felt the same about Molly Ringwald in the 80s. Not that cute and plays the same boring character in every movie.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 11:16 am to 3nOut
quote:Definitely agree. Very basic overall.
She was definitely forced down our throats in the 2010s despite very low talent level.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 1:03 pm to BigNastyTiger417
Yet another series young progressive kids for some reason love... even though the evil authoritarian people in the movie are everything they actively strive for IRL. It's almost like they just want to rebel and have no clue what they really want.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 7:01 pm to Scruffy
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Definitely agree. Very basic overall.
my wife made me watch a movie where she banged the 50 shades of guy and the winter soldier and she was naked and had a lot of sex, and she's so miserably boring that i fell asleep.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 7:14 pm to BigNastyTiger417
Shallene Woodley, Miles Teller & Ansel Elgort were among a crop of young stars in the 2013-14 era that appeared in movies like The Fault in our Stars & The Spectacular Now. Basically dramatic YA stories. All 3 would end up in the Divergent series.
All these movies tend to have a pretty solid cast from Brie Larson, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Bob Odenkirk, Sam Trammel, Willem Dafoe, Kyle Chandler, etc...
Enjoyable to watch, for the most part. Though I didn't get into the Divergent stuff. Just not for me.
All these movies tend to have a pretty solid cast from Brie Larson, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Bob Odenkirk, Sam Trammel, Willem Dafoe, Kyle Chandler, etc...
Enjoyable to watch, for the most part. Though I didn't get into the Divergent stuff. Just not for me.
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