Ok so let's be honest. I was not going to see this movie. The campaign for it really didn't blow me away. I thought.. eh... another teen movie. Then I had some friends come to town for spring break and their teen daughter wanted to go and see it. So we headed off to the IMAX theater to check it out.. and I am sooo glad that I did!!
I really didn't think it was bad. The movie follows the book quite well. I have noticed though that the movie hasn't brought in much money this weekend. I read on Forbes that "domestic gross of Beautiful Creatures ($19.4m), The Host ($26.6m), The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones ($31.1m), and Vampire Academy ($7.7m)." Divergent made 22.8 million so compared to these other films it did OK. I think one of the major problems with this becoming a successful movie is the market is saturated right now with these teen movies. We have Hunger Games still in the theaters and Maze Runner coming out this fall. I think those that have read the books will enjoy this film, those who haven't I'm not so sure. We have characters living in a dystopian world.. where these teens must survive.
I see that right now on Rotten Tomatoes this movie as a score of 41%!! Wow! But of course the critics never feel the same as the audience which has given the film 80%! I never try to pay attention to what critics think only the fans/audience. I hope that by word of mouth this film gets more of an audience so that there is more of a chance of a second movie being made.
The film is left up in the air at the end for a second movie.. but I think it also ended well if this does turn out to be the last movie in the series. I do think this movie is worth going to the theater. Skip the IMAX prices... we only went to IMAX to see it since we had some friends from out of town here who had never been to one of those theaters before. I give this movie a B.I really didn't think it was bad. The movie follows the book quite well. I have noticed though that the movie hasn't brought in much money this weekend. I read on Forbes that "domestic gross of Beautiful Creatures ($19.4m), The Host ($26.6m), The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones ($31.1m), and Vampire Academy ($7.7m)." Divergent made 22.8 million so compared to these other films it did OK. I think one of the major problems with this becoming a successful movie is the market is saturated right now with these teen movies. We have Hunger Games still in the theaters and Maze Runner coming out this fall. I think those that have read the books will enjoy this film, those who haven't I'm not so sure. We have characters living in a dystopian world.. where these teens must survive.
I see that right now on Rotten Tomatoes this movie as a score of 41%!! Wow! But of course the critics never feel the same as the audience which has given the film 80%! I never try to pay attention to what critics think only the fans/audience. I hope that by word of mouth this film gets more of an audience so that there is more of a chance of a second movie being made.
Check out my book reviews:
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Allegiant by Veronica Roth
