[REVIEW] Divergent (good)
I am going to empty my backlog on these reviews. Expect 7 reviews between today and tomorrow
This was an entertaining movie - although I do wonder how people who didn't read the books fared, because it seemed to me that more than a few plot points weren't explained enough in the movie.
Of course, the movie, like the book, suffers from inconsistencies in its worldbuilding (I do wonder at the prevalence of caste societies in YA dystopias. I guess they're there because they relate to the teen-aged experience, both in terms of groups not mingling and of black-and-white thinking, but I have very rarely found any of these caste systems build on something that actually makes sense.)
I don't remember if it was particularly feminist-friendly, aside from having a heroine as the primary role.
This entry was originally posted on DreamWidth.
Comment there ||
comments
You can post on DreamWidth using OpenID.
This was an entertaining movie - although I do wonder how people who didn't read the books fared, because it seemed to me that more than a few plot points weren't explained enough in the movie.
Of course, the movie, like the book, suffers from inconsistencies in its worldbuilding (I do wonder at the prevalence of caste societies in YA dystopias. I guess they're there because they relate to the teen-aged experience, both in terms of groups not mingling and of black-and-white thinking, but I have very rarely found any of these caste systems build on something that actually makes sense.)
I don't remember if it was particularly feminist-friendly, aside from having a heroine as the primary role.
This entry was originally posted on DreamWidth.
Comment there ||
comments
You can post on DreamWidth using OpenID.