![]() This sequel is just too quick-paced and too desperate to move from one scene to another. But that’s not much of an accomplishment. Now, some say that Insurgent is a better movie than Divergent. I read all the Divergent books (including “Four”) and I watched the Divergent movie. The soundtrack also fits into the overall ensemble. The sets and costumes were very well done, the highlight being the Amity headquarters, which looks like a mix of futuristic planting and a hippie camp. Incredible, but not coherent: if the entire human population was there, wouldn't more space be needed? Why not rebuild the buildings? Didn't they have two hundred years of peace to do so? Another thing I liked and found amazing was the action and fighting sequences. The cinematography is excellent, vibrant and sharp, and I loved the landscapes of a half-destroyed and decadent Chicago, of dry rivers and lakes and devastated buildings. Technically, the film is visually impressive. On the negative side, I was sad to see the way Zoe Kravitz almost disappeared from the film and I hated the constant changes in loyalty of Ansel Elgort's character. Kate Winslet goes from coldness to absolute inhumanity and transforms Jeannine into a potential genocide, while her arch rival, Evelyn, was brilliantly played by Naomi Watts, clearly implying that she is not, and will never be, a good option to rule the city. Miles Teller is good, but hateful, and Jai Courtney is even more hateful, brutish and sadistic than in the first movie, which was great, given that the character demanded it. Theo James was also excellent, particularly in the action scenes, and I feel that he had more space and screen time to work here. Shailene Woodley is beautiful, and I was surprised to see her without her long hair, but it was a change of look that fits the film and marks how much the character was marked by the previous events. ![]() Imported from the previous film, the cast is quite good and competent. I think it would have been better for the film to follow the original book more closely, which was not done. For example, the strange way in which Tris looks traumatized and in shock with the events at the end of the previous film and quickly overcomes this, being able to fight. Nevertheless, and like the first film, the script suffers from serious logic problems. ![]() Personally, I think the film is a very dignified continuation, which honors the predecessor and entertains the audience quite well. The truce, however, is short: while Jeannine needs to find a specific, particularly strong Divergent, who opens a box where the Founders recorded a message, Four will find an unlikely ally, determined to overthrow the Erudite: his mother, Evelyn, who all assumed to be dead. They lost friends and family in the military coup against Abnegation, and they take refuge with the Amity. In this film, the follow-up of "Divergent", we will see Jeannine's rise to power and the escape of Tris and Four. "Maze Runner" and "Divergent" were two of the most evident cases, with scripts and source material that, in everything, remind us of "Hunger Games". In this film, the After the resounding success of "Hunger Games", American studios were hungry for more films and trilogies for young adults. After the resounding success of "Hunger Games", American studios were hungry for more films and trilogies for young adults.
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