The action is okay and the story didnt quite grab me like the first two movies. One possible reason for its collapse is the weakness of the source material. I was on the edge of my seat through the entire movie. I steeled myself while anticipating the harrowing moment that was hinted at in the trailer. Mar 18, 2016 the third installment of the blockbuster divergent series franchise, allegiant takes tris shailene woodley and four theo james into a new world, far more dangerous than ever before.
Everything you need to know about the divergent series vox. I protagonisti sono shailene woodley e theo james film divergent 2014 lo stesso argomento in dettaglio. The divergent trilogy also known as the divergent series is a series of three young adult dystopiansciencefiction books by veronica roth and published by katherine tegen books. Mar 18, 2016 allegiant is a subpar installment in the divergent series that fails to justify the decision to split the final divergent novel into two movies the divergent series. My suggestion would be for anyone interested to buy all three because they are not going want to wait to see part two and part three. I did think the 4k ultra and dolby atmos sound really added to the movie experience, thus the 4 stars. It is the sequel to the 2014 film divergent and the second installment in the divergent series, produced by lucy fisher, pouya shabazian and douglas wick, with a. Divergent is all about identityabout searching your soul and determining who you are and how you fit in as you emerge from adolescence to adulthood. The society is composed of five factions, where members of each faction dedicate themselves to the cultivation of a particular virtue.
The setting is an urban matrix of glass and steel buildings bordered by a giant marsh that was once a lake. There are several drastic changes to the plot from the book. Four weeks earlier, a free electronic companion book to the trilogy titled the world of divergent. The protagonist and narrator is a sixteenyearold girl from abnegation named beatrice prior. Jan 29, 2016 whether youre watching them to get caught up with a series, get a brief idea what the movie is about, or to remind yourself of a movie you saw years ago, these summaries should give you a good. Insurgent also known as insurgent is a 2015 science fiction action film directed by robert schwentke, based on insurgent, the second book in the divergent trilogy, written. Divergent had the misfortune to be released in a year when guardians of the galaxy completely dominated the box office. As tris, the freethinking fugitive hero of the clumsily titled the divergent series. The plot this movie is absolute the characters are bland and have no personality, the special effects are terrible, and it is trying too hard to be the hunger games. The novel opens with beatrices mother cutting her hair. Based on the first half of the final book in veronica roths bestselling trilogy, the adaptation continues the saga of tris shailene woodley and her partner in love and war, four. If one has read the books, there is a disconnect in that the movie storyline evolves differently than.
Shailene woodley, theo james, kate winslet, jai courtney. Mar 18, 2016 the third divergent movie goes out with a bang. The meager financial returns of allegiant halted those plans, and in july 2016 it was announced that a tv movie would instead wrap up the story. Divergent is veronica roths first book, which may make you feel better or worse about your own accomplishments when you learn that it was published when she was only 22yearsold. Allegiant this first half of the artificially split twopart finally may diverge from veronica roths source material, but doesnt necessarily solve its. Beatrice prior and tobias eaton venture into the world outside of the fence and are taken into protective custody by a mysterious agency. When she discovers a plot to destroy divergents, tris and the mysterious four must find out what makes divergents dangerous before its too late. After the last film in the divergent series, allegiant, bombed at the box office, lionsgate decided to turn the final installment, ascendant, into a tv movie. The book took lessons from twilight about making a main female character that every middle school girl reading it could associate with meaning she thought of herself as plain and nondescript, made her magically special being divergent, and then shoehorned in the dumbest teenage romance plot imaginable. Insurgent, shailene woodley picks up what looks like a pair of gardening shears and manages to somehow transform her lengthy locks into a chic pixie cut worthy of vidal sassoon. Divergent summary from litcharts the creators of sparknotes. Divergent is a series of young adult science fiction adventure novels set in a postapocalyptic chicago. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
Each faction has a different persona and a different role in the city. They have been produced by lucy fisher, pouya shabazian, and douglas wick the series star shailene woodley and theo james as lead. Ascendant is an upcoming drama series on starz and is the second part of the film adaptation of allegiant by veronica roth. It is the sequel to the 2014 film divergent and the second installment in the divergent series, produced by lucy fisher, pouya shabazian and douglas. The novel takes places in a futuristic version of chicago, illinois, in which the population has been split into five factions.
When she discovers a plot to destroy divergents, tris and the mysterious. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of divergent and what it means. The film is the first installment in the divergent series and was produced by lucy fisher, pouya shahbazian, and douglas wick, with a screenplay by evan daugherty and vanessa taylor. Allegiant is the first of two movies based on divergent creator veronica roths allegiant source novel, with the second installment, ascendent, due to arrive in 2017. Divergent is one of the best things i have seen in ages. A summary of chapters 1 3 in veronica roths divergent. Ill begin by saying that after seeing the trailers for allegiant, i wasnt too sure of what to expect from the movie there is much to say about the new penultimate film of the divergent series, allegiant. So we pretty much already know this is a terrible world.
Insurgent is an inconsistent and sometimes pointlessly actiondrenched movie that, frankly, doesnt always make a lot of sense. In this movie, there are unexpected romances, tough battles, and extreme bravery shown through tris that she didnt know she had in her. Insurgent also known simply as insurgent is a 2015 american dystopian science fiction action film directed by robert schwentke, based on insurgent, the second book in the divergent trilogy by veronica roth. That made divergent different from the ya books that have worked as movies. Methought the movie ended abruptly with a nonsensical cliffhanger, but come to find out, the divergent series has jumped on the ya film franchise ltrain of splitting the final book into two films. There are chases, soliloquies about individuality, and yet another plot to gas an unwitting population. It stars shailene woodley, theo james, ashley judd, jai. Divergent is a 2014 american dystopian science fiction action film directed by neil burger, based on the 2011 novel of the same name by veronica roth. Insurgent was released on march 20, 2015, in the united states in 2d, digital 3d, reald 3d, and imax 3d. Allegiant is a 2016 american dystopian science fiction action film directed by robert schwentke with a screenplay by bill collage, adam cooper, and noah oppenheim. Divergent movie simple english wikipedia, the free. Beatrice was born into the abnegation faction, and though her familymom, dad, slightly older brother calebtotally rock the abnegation lifestyle, beatrice. Distributed by summit entertainment and lionsgate films, the series consists of three science fiction films set in a dystopian society.
With divergent, it seemed to be an especially risky cashgrab, given that most fans hated the final book. Tris and four are now fugitives on the run, hunted by jeanine, the leader of the erudite elite. Ascendant 2017 the next installment in the franchise. The novel was to be adapted into a twopart film, the first part, the divergent series. A related book, four 2014, presents a series of short stories told from the perspective of one of the trilogys characters. The nowtrilogys first entry, divergent, was enjoyable in spite of its hardtosell ideas. She soon learns that a sinister plot is brewing in the seemingly perfect society. Guardians was one of the best fantasy movies not just in 2014, but in the past several years.
Ascendant was supposed to wrap up the scifi saga but was eventually abandoned, and heres why that cancellation occurred. Divergent is a 2014 american sciencefiction action movie directed by neil burger. With shailene woodley, theo james, kate winslet, jai courtney. Divergent is set in the future, in a dystopian version of chicago that has been divided into five factions. It stars kate winslet, shailene woodley, theo james, and ashley judd.
On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. In a futuristic dystopian chicago, society is divided into five factions. Summary plot overview divergent is set in the future, in a dystopian version of chicago that has been divided into five factions. Jan 27, 2016 this video is a summary for divergent 2014. The dialogue and jokes seem like they were written by a five year old. Divergent is set in an american city at some point in the future, possibly after a cataclysmic event has changed the landscape and social order. The movie, based on the second half of allegiant, was titled the. The divergent series is a feature film trilogy based on the divergent novels by the american author veronica roth. Allegiant picks up not too long after the events of insurgent, as the residents of postapocalyptic chicago deal with not only the aftermath of the erudite factions hostile takeover of their city but also the revelation that. Insurgent this movie is a scifi, action and drama movie based on a book by veronica roth, about a girl who is running with her boyfriend and brother from the enemy, while unleashing new secrets about her familys past and her mysterious divergence.
Allegiant, is here and even those who arent massive divergent series fans will be talking about the allegiant ending. In a world divided by factions based on virtues, tris learns shes divergent and wont fit in. The film is the first installment in the divergent series and was produced by. Fans of the divergent novels are in for quite the surprise with the next installment of the movie adaptations, allegiant. Following the huge success of the hunger games franchise starring jennifer lawrence, there was a shortlived fad of movie adaptations of ya scifi novels. Unfortunately, the allegiant film adaptation suffers from the same main problem that has inflicted the penultimate chapters in such young adult franchises as twilight and the. Mar 19, 2015 i steeled myself while anticipating the harrowing moment that was hinted at in the trailer.
Allegiant renders the divergent series redundant with another completely. The violence is on par with the second film, but theres a conspicuous lack of blood, even. As a book series, sales for divergent and the hunger games are neckandneck, but as a movie, well the divergent series hasnt been that great. The structure of divergents fictional world was hard to understand, the plots were hard to follow, and the stakes were unclear. Allegiant is a science fiction novel for young adults, written by the american author veronica roth and published by harpercollins in october 20. So its all too appropriate that the film version of the wildly popular young adult novel struggles a bit to assert itself as it seeks to appeal to the widest possible audience. It is the first film of the series to be released in 3d formats and the second film in the franchise to be released in imax following the first film. Mar 17, 2016 there are chases, soliloquies about individuality, and yet another plot to gas an unwitting population.
Parents need to know that allegiant is the secondtolast movie in the divergent series. How divergent movies turned into a disaster buzzfeed news. The third installment of the blockbuster divergent series franchise, allegiant takes tris shailene woodley and four theo james into a new world, far more dangerous than ever before. Beatrice prior and tobias eaton venture into the world outside of the fence and are taken into protective custody by a mysterious agency known as the bureau of genetic welfare. Mar 21, 2015 as a book series, sales for divergent and the hunger games are neckandneck, but as a movie, well the divergent series hasnt been that great. The trilogy consists of divergent 2011, insurgent 2012 and allegiant 20. It completes the divergent trilogy that roth started with her debut novel divergent in 2011. Whats more frustrating for its tens of fans, the story ended on a cliffhanger.
Allegiant was published simultaneously by katherine tegen books and harpercollins childrens books in the uk. Distributed by summit entertainment and lionsgate films, the series consists of three science fiction action films set in a dystopian society. It will be directed by lee toland krieger and written by legend of tarzan screenwriter, adam cozad. The film, which hits theaters march 18, is the third movie. Tris shailene woodley and four theo james are now fugitives on the run, hunted by jeanine kate winslet, the leader of the powerhungry erudite elite. We start divergent by meeting beatrice prior, who has no nintendo and only one mirror in her houseand that mirror is usually hidden.
Yet as soon as the first divergent movie made money, lionsgatesummit announced that allegiant, the final book in the trilogy, would be split into two, following the moneymaking template set by harry potter, twilight, and the hunger games. Sixteenyearold tris prior shailene woodley lives in a society divided into five factions. If you purchased the first two you need to have this one to wrap up the story. The divergent trilogy is a series of young adult science fiction adventure novels by american novelist veronica roth set in a postapocalyptic dystopian chicago. Aug 04, 2017 after the last film in the divergent series, allegiant, bombed at the box office, lionsgate decided to turn the final installment, ascendant, into a tv movie. They have been produced by lucy fisher, pouya shabazian, and douglas wick. Young woman in weird future leaves her family for exciting life, learns its hard, and ruins villains plan to destroy government. If you are the publisher or author of this book and. Movie spoiler alerts is a channel where we take movies and condense them down into short, to the point summaries. This included the maze runner trilogy and the divergent series, with the latter set in a futuristic society where people are divided into factions based on their virtues. Beatrice prior and tobias eaton venture into the world outside of the fence and are taken into protective custody by a. It certainly doesnt live up to the first divergent film, which wasnt completely coherent to begin with.
The third and final installment in the divergent series, it is a sequel to insurgent and was intended as the first film in a twopart adaptation of the novel allegiant, the final book in the divergent trilogy by. They discover the unknown truths of their real world in the second and final part of the thrilling ending to the divergent series. The divergent movies based on veronica roths trilogy were supposed. Its the first book in a series, with insurgent 2012 and allegiant 20 as numbers 2 and 3. The film was shot on location in chicago, the setting in the book, and burger. It was the first movie in the trilogy, and you can say it was the best out of the three. Movie spoiler alerts insurgent 2015 video summary youtube. Mar 20, 2015 tris and four are now fugitives on the run, hunted by jeanine, the leader of the erudite elite. After the earthshattering revelations of insurgent, tris must escape with four and go beyond the wall enclosing chicago. The main character tris learns she is a divergent, meaning she doesnt fit into any one group, leading to her becoming a target. Whether youre watching them to get caught up with a series, get a brief idea what the movie is about, or to remind yourself of a movie you saw years ago, these summaries should give you a good. Methought the movie ended abruptly with a nonsensical cliffhanger, but come to find out, the divergent series has jumped on the ya film franchise l. Racing against time, they must find out what tris family sacrificed their lives to protect, and why the erudite leaders will do anything to stop them.
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