If you are not of my race, you will be punishable!

Eleanora 2022-03-18 09:01:02

Another film adapted from a best-selling American novel was shipped to China. When the 2014 summer vacation was nearing its end and the Mid-Autumn Festival was about to enter, it was launched on the Chinese mainland screen on a large scale. This film is another youth-themed series of the same type after "Liongate Pictures" successfully operated the Twilight and Hunger Games series. The original novel of the film has already been published and republished in countries all over the world. The trilogy "Divergent", "Rebel" and "Loyalist" have been published, bringing countless fans to the young author, Veronica Rose. , Also directly pushed him to the position of the leading figure in American youth literature, and also brought a huge natural ticket warehouse for the film.

Lionsgate still adopts the "Hunger Games" strategy in the face of "differents", following up the whole process from the beginning of the project. Whether it is casting, director candidates, and Kate Winslet's joining, they are all publicized on Lionsgate's official website on a large scale. , And reapplied the old technique to hold a book club, inviting readers to exchange experience, and at the same time let the movie posters appear on the covers of many media magazines.

In the world created by Veronica Rose, human beings are classified into five factions according to all the most beautiful characteristics, selfless, fearless, honest, friendly, and knowledgeable. In such a world, will there be killings, disputes, and seizures of power. riot? If there weren't so human beings would not be called human beings, and there would be nothing to write about novels. The ugliness has never disappeared, it is just dormant and hidden, although it will always rush out from the shadows at a certain day, when it is brewing and mature, in an attempt to subvert the world.

The film meets all the elements of the “teens best-selling” novels, with a female first point of view (it turns out that there is no future for the little ass boy as the protagonist like in “Ender’s Game”, because after “Harry Potter” such “ The main viewing group for “teens best-selling” is women. What they need are handsome and tall male characters. The female protagonist’s harem boyfriends "men" can meet this market demand. There are often many good men around and play out from time to time. Click "Brothers and Sisters" drama (such as "The Holy Grail Artifact"), many young characters with different personalities as the green leaves ("The Hunger Games 2"), and well-known adult actors join (a bunch of "Harry Potter", "The Holy Grail Artifact" A pile of "Percy Jackson", Harrison Ford of "Ender's Game", Kate Winslet of this film, etc.). "Divergent" is the same as "The Hunger Games", In the plot, it doesn’t just stop at simple children’s love, talk about love, and join the main line of anti-antibody system and pursuit of freedom. Instead, the protagonists’ appeal for love has become one of the puzzles, reversing everything like "Twilight". The elements are all serving the main line of love.

The film’s storyline is more rapid than the Hunger Games. At the end of the first episode, the two protagonists have basically determined the relationship between their lovers, and they have also successfully shattered Kate. The erudite conspiracy led by Winslet used his talent to save the world on the verge of subversion, but at the same time did not have the slightest nostalgia for the fruits of victory. He boarded the train far away and abandoned the city where he lived and the long-standing rules. And the system, marching towards the unknown world. The plot of the whole story is not bad. The logic of the world constructed by the author is rigorous and wonderful. The people of the whole city seem to have a clear division of labor and keep their respective duties, but in fact they are undercurrents. The pursuit of power and profit has long been deeply rooted in the soul. Any seemingly perfect system has flaws and loopholes, and this subtle loophole in the story has become a subversion of the entire city and system in the face of several long-planned conspirators. Of cancer.

In addition to the story itself, I have to talk about several important roles in the film. The choice of the heroine and the actor, I can only say that it is a bit too economical and practical. The two young people seem to be even familiar with their faces before this. If not, he has become the protagonist of this series of movies that are highly anticipated by Lionsgate. The heroine has a little baby fat face, plus the male protagonist's far from handsome appearance, this combination is compared to Twilight. The gap with The Hunger Games is really a bit big. It’s not bad that the big villain Kate Winslet is supporting the scene, otherwise when it comes to the Chinese market, there are relatively few original readers in this place, and I really don’t know how to promote the starring lineup of this film. .
After watching the movie, the children's shoes that want to see the original work are still too late. Waiting for the sequel to arrive is also a good choice. Anyway, wait!

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Divergent quotes

  • [from trailer]

    Caleb Prior: You're nervous, aren't you?

    Beatrice 'Tris' Prior: Why would I be nervous? We just decide the rest of our lives.

  • [from trailer]

    Tori: You're different. You don't fit into a category. They can't control you. They call it Divergent. You can't let them find out about you.