My thoughts on the Divergent movie

#spoilers

For all three books. Mostly I need to vent.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

So, I went and saw "Divergent" today. Overall, I thought it was pretty well done. There were some casting issues I had and a few complaints on things they really shouldn't have omitted, but it wasn't bad. On a scale of horrific movie adaptations from one to "The Last Airbender," I think it ranked on the better side, along with "Ender's Game" and "City of Bones," both of which I thoroughly enjoyed in book form and was only slightly disappointed with in movie form.

I really liked how they did Jeanine. They showed her seeming flawlessness from afar, but they also showed her imperfections and fallibility in the closer shots. Also, my little brother thought the whole knife-in-the-hand thing was pretty cool.

30 complaints:

1. Give me Uriah.

2. Like, yesterday.

3. Seriously.

4. He's the best part of the series.

5. I only love him a lot.

6. Christina was too short.

7. Tris was too pretty.

8. It wasn't clear that Christina and Will were in love.

9. It wasn't clear that Al had a crush on Tris and it wasn't clear how much the other initiates were struggling.

10. Edward and Myra served the purpose of showing that Peter isn't just a bully, but a psychopath bent on getting exactly what he wanted.

11. Peter's posse should've been a thing. He needs backup. Peter isn't just a floater. He had to have people behind him to tell him he's the best.

12. Seriously, just give me Uriah.

13. Eric looked like Macklemore.

14. You didn't know who the other two guys who tried to throw Tris into the chasm were. Al was the only one she knew about, when it should've been clear who the other two were. It would've been clear if they hadn't cut Edward and Myra.

15. ALL I WANT IS URIAH

*allegiant spoiler/life ruiner*

16. I'll be honest, when Tris and Four were kissing, I just thought, "have fun while it lasts. She'll be dead in 2 books."

I'm a terrible person.

17-30. They should've cast Uriah.

On the bright side, Four was cast exactly perfectly. Now, if we could just get Uriah....

*another spoiler*

I probably cried more when he died than when Tris died, despite the fact that she's one of the best YA heroines. Actually, I could write a whole blog post comparing and contrasting Tris, Katniss, and Tally Youngblood. (Hint: Katniss would lose. I've never really liked her. Tris and Tally are badasses, though, so I'm not actually sure who'd win out there.)

I know you didn't ask for my thoughts on "Divergent," but I shared them anyway. So, sue me.

--Alis