As you probably know, Veronica Roth's Divergent has recently been turned into a film starring Shailene Woodley and Theo James.
Firstly, the book is simply amazing, one of my favorites. It tells the story of Beatrice Prior, who lives in a future version of Chicago where citizens are divided into factions based on their personalities. This is done in order to keep peace but is doing a pretty terrible job. On Beatrice's choosing day, she switches from her birth faction, Abnegation, to the faction for the brave, Dauntless, where she changes her name to Tris. It's beautifully written and packed with action, humor, tragedy, and romance.
I believe that having read the book or having not read the book affects one's opinion of its corresponding movie. Having not read the book, one could almost certainly have enjoyed the movie if they typically like dystopian plots. However, it is a wonderful movie both for fans of the book and nonreaders.
Admittedly, I was a little upset about the absence of "the butter knife scene." Also, the aptitude test was drastically changed. They added a really cool effect with some mirrors, but they cut the old man on the bus and changed the cheese to meat. A few other details were changed, but another major one was the ending. The way in which the simulation is shut down and who shuts it down are changed.
Despite the numerous changes, the Divergent movie was still good, but it is still inferior to the book.
Until next post,
Rae
P.S.- The above images are not mine. I got them off of Google Images.
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