VS.
INSURGENT
(the movie)
Holy cow! I have been
so busy lately! It’s been crazy, but I’m
finally seeing the light at the end of the long and tedious tunnel. For the last two weeks my husband had been
out of town, and it was just my kids and me.
No breaks, no “go ask Daddy”, no nothing. Don’t get me wrong, I love my kids, but they
can be enough to make a grown man succumb to weeping in a corner at times.
To my much needed relief, my parents took the kids one day last
week, and what did I do??? I went to go
see a movie. Yep, for the first time
ever, I went to the movie theater by myself and found that I absolutely LOVED it! It’s great going to a theater and watching
the wonder in a child’s eyes or joking with the husband, but who would have
thought that being alone would have been just as great. It was so relaxing, and just what I
needed.
In this case, I got to go see the movie INSURGENT, and got
to focus solely on the movie.
Its great watching movies that were first books. Actually, the more I think about it, it’s
kind of a love/hate feeling. I love watching
what I pictured in my head come alive in front of me, but I hate it when things
get altered too much that you have no idea what you’re watching **Cough Cough**
The Mortal Instruments **Cough Cough**.
Insurgent was a little bit of both. Let me start off by saying, I loved the
book. It got a 5 star review from me,
and I was completely ecstatic to see the movie.
My review...
I left the movie and said, “What the hell just happened?”
It wasn’t a bad movie.
It was actually really good at parts, but this review isn’t about the
movie itself. It’s a review that
compares it to the book.
I get it when directors leave parts out because it would
make a movie too long, but it really bugs the crap out of me when they change
it all together. If you’re going to make
a movie from a book, don’t say, “Well, I know this is what actually happened,
but wouldn’t it be cool if it were like this instead.”
*SPOILER*SPOILER* I tried to write this review spoiler free, but there's just no way. Don't keep reading if you haven't watched the movie OR read the book! *SPOILER*SPOILER*
Here we go….
- Where is Tris’ other tattoo? If you’re going to put specific tattoos on her, make sure you get them all. (Its only a small thing, but bugged the hell out of me.)
- After they escaped Dauntless at the end of Book 1, Tris was too nervous to hold a gun, let alone shoot it. That was a huge thing with her emotional state even into the third book. However, the movie must not have thought that that was very compelling scenario, so they did away with it all together.
- Lastly… How it ended… The book pulled you in, and made you want to read the last book. The message stated that the outside world needed their help, and everyone was confused and at odds over it. What was going to happen? How was it going to end? No one knew, and everyone was compelled to find out. The movie ended giving off a fairly complete vibe. It’s as if they’re not planning on making the third movie. (Trust me when I say that the world would not be disappointed if they stopped now.) **My opinion and hatred of Book 3 seems to be showing.** The message talked about how great being divergent was, all the factions were joyous and happy, Tris and Tobias weren’t at odds, and there was no strife between the factions and factionless. Any other movie that they were to make later would be more of a “Where Are They Now” type of thing.
There were too many significant things altered to the
storyline for my taste.
When it came to the actually movie. I thought the casting was good. They all did a good job, and I think they
nailed their characters spot on. Even
though it went off on its own and away from the actually storyline, I thought
that the movie was compelling. If I hadn’t
read the book, I might have actually liked it more. One or two changes is fine but the numerous amount
was too big of a distraction for me.
If you’ve made it this far down the review, I’m guessing you’ve
watched the movie and read the book. If
you haven’t… Well, you basically know what happens in both now, don’t you? Never ignore a reviewer when they warn about
spoilers! Chances are pretty high that
they’re going to “spoil” something for you.
Anyways, comment below and let me know what you think. Do you agree, or am I speaking totally off
the wall from your opinion?
Always and forever…
Happy Reading, Everyone!
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