Although divergent might not have been top box movie of 2014 it was still a wellproduced, realistic, and emotional movie compared to the book. In the book, the group are relegated to an old conference room in what was once the airport, and they. An englishlanguage film adaptation of blindness was directed by fernando meirelles. Fernando meirelles adapts jose saramagos novel about the vision. Two of the things that bothered me, other than the eye stab and complete obliviousness of the edd character, were. Divergent book and movie comparison and contrast in the book, tris gets to see her mother again on visiting day when all the families come to dauntless to see their children. Divergent divergent is the latest in a long line of young adult novels to be adapted into films, with the hopes of spawning a lucrative film franchise for lionsgate. The six most important differences between the film and stephen kings book the latest stephen king adaptation comes pretty close to capturing the 1986 novels sprawling story. The divergent book vs the divergent movie book series in. I was super excited to see this movie as i loved the books first, liked the last two movies and was curious to see where the would go with this one. Divergent posted on november 20, 2014 by mamie the first thing that strikes most people myself included about these two series is their similarities. May 04, 2014 divergent is a thrilling story of romance and action that will leave viewers on the edge of their seats and readers racing to the book store to find out what happens next in the second book in the trilogy. However if you have not read the first book yet please do that. Blindness is one of the most unpleasant, not to say unendurable, films ive ever seen.
Though the movie stays true to the book, there are a few key changes to look out for when divergent hits theaters march 21. Jul 15, 2014 veronica roth, divergent divergent trilogy, book 1 divergent is about a girl called tris. Let the vicious vixens beatrice prior and katniss everdeen duke it out until. I expected the divergent movie to at least portray the book as well as the hunger games movies did. And theyre going to do so by mindcontrolling the dauntless army. Okay, onto divergent the book versus divergent the movie. First of all this article will contain spoilers for the book movie divergent. But tris doesnt get brainwashed because shes divergent, so she destroys the villains plan, and rescues everyone. People suddenly become unable to interact as they did before and this.
The setting takes place in the future rundown chicago and is separated into five factions. The society author veronica roth created in divergent is a complicated one, with five very different ideologies pieced together to create factions of humans who dress together, eat together and dont really have much in common with outsiders. The test is in a mirrored room and tris can see herself from all angles. The climax of the movie occurs as tris fights herself in the final simulationtest to. In the movie, one of the main antagonists, jeanine, is shown quite often, has a lot of direct contact with tris, and is very involved. Everything you need to know about shailene woodleys movie. It will not contain spoilers for insurgent or allegiant, the latter two books in the divergent trilogy. Divergent is out in theaters today, and though your enjoyment may rest on whether youve read the book or not, if you did read the book, the movie is a special treat.
Blindness is based on a novel by the nobel prizewinning. Kourtneys compare and contrast essay 1 running head. Divergent will be released on april 4, 2014 in the uk. Movie kourtney bryant ecpi online websters defines dystopia as an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives. Mar 17, 2016 a look at eight big ways the divergent series. This post is meant to compare the third book and third movie of the divergent series, but fair warning, there will be spoilers throughout. I guess i can let the character appearance go because you cant always find someone with the exact features of the person in the book but you can come close which was not the case in divergent but still. Its rare that a movie is as good as the book on which its based.
Tris doesnt fit in to any of the societies, she is. It is her time to choose a faction and the choice is a difficult one to choose to remain in abnegation. Even so, as with just about any booktoscreener, the movie did take its fair share of creative liberties with the story, and roths legions of. Mar 16, 2014 shailene woodley and theo james topline the first of three features based on novelist veronica roths postapocalyptic trilogy. Tris has characteristics of multiple factions in the book but ends up joining the dauntless faction because she thinks it will fit her best. Get an answer for what are some major differences between the book divergent and the movie. Nov 21, 2014 the movie left its mark in the hearts and souls of everyone, young or old, who watched the movie. Divergent book to film differences divergent wiki fandom. Packed full of action, danger and underlying conflict, the first book in roths divergent trilogy was a pleasant surprise.
Divergent book and movie differences popsugar entertainment. What are the differences between the divergent books and the. I ended up reading all the books very fast with divergent being my. It is an allegory about a group of people who survive under great stress, but frankly i would rather have seen them perish than sit through the final threequarters of the film.
In the movie, tris mother must sneak around and find a way to secretly meet with tris because it almost. Tris is known as divergent in the novel, and this means that no matter how hard she tries to fit into a specific group or faction, she will never be able to. Led by a powerful, all star cast featuring julianne moore, mark ruffalo and danny glover, this unflinching story begins when a plague of blindness strikes and threatens all of humanity. Much like most people after the hunger games, i was looking for a new young adult dystopian series to read. Mar 20, 2016 that said, the movie adaptation of the final novel in the divergent series was terrible. Another tris tells tris to choose between a knife or meat.
Blindness is a novel by portuguese author jose saramago. Relying on the popular virus genre, the films epidemic of blindness serves as an apt. The age range reflects readability and not necessarily content appropriateness. This is a list of major and minor characters in the divergent book trilogy and its subsequent film. Although the movie was very accurate to the book, there were some scenes that differed from what occurred in the story. In the ninth episode of the fan club, i talk about the new movie divergent and compare scenes in the book versus the movie. There are many spoilers in the divergent book to movie comparison. Apr 06, 2014 in the ninth episode of the fan club, i talk about the new movie divergent and compare scenes in the book versus the movie. Everything you need to know about tris prior, four, the factions and more. The movie makes two major additions to the storys ending. The simulation means they are aware of whats going on, but unable to control their actions.
Divergent wishes it had nearly the imagination, creativity and angstridden scope as its obvious competitor in games. Sure enough, the sequel, insurgent, has already been greenlit for release next year after a successful opening weekend. Set in a dystopian chicago, divergent specifically focuses on a teenage girl named beatrice prior shailene woodley, whose family belongs to the selfless faction, abnegation. Dystopia is no picnic for most everyone involved, but in the future. Insurgent picks up where author veronica roths divergent left off with tris, four, caleb, peter and marcus living in the amity faction, waiting to decide their next move after narrowly escaping the attempted takeover and attack lead by jeanine. Mar 15, 2016 will allegiant have a different ending from the book. Blindness fernando meirelles, julianne moore, mark ruffalo. Divergent book and movie comparison and contrast prezi. Even though i knew what was going to happen, the amount of detail and world building found in the bookas opposed to the moviemade for a highly entertaining, addictive read.
Big brother is watching harrison bergeron relations to each novel 1984 comparison in harrison bergeron, the main character, harrison, shares the same characteristics as tris prior in divergent and winston smith in 1984. Divergent offers exciting danger, sweet romance, intriguing psychiatric excavations, and nonstop captivating action. Welcome to my very first book to movie adaptation comparison. The film is far from dull or careless but its not convincing as a lesson in human frailty. This futuristic thriller book by veronica roth is the first in the divergent series and is published by katherine tegen books, an imprint of harpercollins childrens books. Divergent book the ending jeanine matthews, the leader of erudite, activates a serum that induces a simulation in almost every member of the dauntless faction. The novel is the first of the divergent trilogy, a series of young adult dystopian novels set in a divergent universe. Its main point of divergence is the fact that humans can think of more. In the book, the reader is not as familiar with jeanine. One major question that fans have been asking is whether allegiant the movie will have a different ending. Its such a big aspect that at times it didnt feel like we were watching a story from the insurgent book. Do not delve in if you want the film to be a surprise. I originally read the book a few years ago but never got around to seeing the movie until recently.
It had a well thought exposition understandable to any age group. I was skeptical when i started reading it since i was told by many that the third book in the series was the worst because of something tris does. Instead of all black costumes, the dauntless also wear red, and their hq pit is made of. Fans of the trilogy will be happy to know that divergent closely follows the original story by veronica roth. For todays post i wanted to compare the book and movie adaptation of divergent. Have any suggestions for books to read or movies to watch in the future.
He symbolizes uniqueness and difference of his society. With the film adaptation of divergent, the first novel in veronica roth. Mark ruffalo and julianne moore as a married couple in the allegorical film blindness, directed by fernando meirelles and based on a novel. Here i tell you all the differences i found when watching divergent for the first time. The blindness study guide contains a biography of jose saramago, literature. Veronica roth is a welcomed and talented new addition to the ya book world. I happened across divergent and wow i was absolutely hooked.
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