This one is probably going to make Divergent fans mad as Screen Junkies has released their latest honest trailer and it takes no time pointing out the plot’s similarities to The Hunger Games… “It’s not like ‘The Hunger Games’!” I can already hear hordes of young fans screaming. Well, like The Hunger Games or not, one thing it most definitely is is awful.
As I wrote in my review:
Director Neil Burger (The Illusionist, Limitless) is equally complicit, relying heavily on redundant scenes and shots of Woodley training to fight with a strange, “Whack-a-Mole” attack, not to mention some of the worst action scenes I have ever seen in a major motion picture. There’s a point a character is given the chance to cry over a dead body for a solid minute before the enemy decides enough is enough and it’s time to start shooting again… but only at the wall near her. You know, so she can get away, a cliched narrative technique this film isn’t ashamed of abusing over and over again.
I personally love the “Ugh, the bowl of names and sorting hat were much more straight-forward”. Indeed!
Check out the honest trailer below, it’s a good one.
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