Hello World !
One week ago I went to see Insurgent to the cinema. And what can I say about it? In one word: surprising.
I'm explaining. One month ago, I watched the Insurgent trailer on my computer like 80 % of the fans. I admit it when I saw it I was.. a little perplexed about the movie because there were many special effects (and you have to know that I hate special effects -I'll make an article about that soon), and there were concepts which were not in the book like the Box for example.
So yesterday I expected to be disappointed. But then the lights went down and the movie started. Two hours later I went out of the cinema, I was totally dumbfounded.
Indeed, I was pleasantly surprised.
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| The box, a new concept |
The scenario although it was changed is quite good and allows the spectator who didn't read the book to understand the story - because it's very complex.
The movie lasts almost 2 hours but sinceriously -like said Stephen Amell - I totally lost track of time. The reason? Well it's simple I never was bored.
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| The special effects are good |
The special effects are very well made and there is action all the time, I mean most of the time. But like I said at the beginning I hate special effects and for me, there were too much.
Of course this story which takes place in this apocalyptic version of Chicago needs special effects. I understand that. But this is my opinion.
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| The Amity faction |
It's very colourful and bright. I loved Octavia Spencer as Johanna but it's really a pity that she doesn't often appear in the movie. Because I know that she's an amazing actress.
Now let's talk about the bad points, because there are some. I noticed 2 big travelling: the first is after Tris cut her hair, we can see Amity people working; the second one.. I don't remember when it is ^^ .
Anyway, it was a good idea but the problem is : the camera moves too fast so the image is blurred and we can't see clearly. So my eyes started hurting.
Second thing and I know that some people will hate me for that -sorry : the actor's set.
Why am I say that? I can hear you scolding me but I have to say it. This kind of movie belongs to the big family of the apocalyptic films for teenagers (and I'm a teenager so I know what I am talking about).
For example I'm sure you know Hunger Games. Well Insurgent (Divergent and soon Allegiant) has the same problematic : the hero who's a teenager or a young adult (often a girl by the way) lives in a strange (dystopian) world where there is poverty and a bad guy who is rich or get the power. People are oppressed. But the hero has something different compared with the others- Tris is divergent, Katniss is a good archer. But suddenly there is a problem and the hero becomes a rebel. At the end the hero saves the world and overthrows the bad guy. Of course there is some love.
This is the classic scenario of this kind of movies. And unfortunately teenagers and young adults love it. People especially young ones haven't a critical mind anymore. Now when someone who's young just saw a movie, he/she will say that it was amazing just because there was action (special effects) or love.
Anyway. About the actor's set I want to talk about Shailene Woodley. She's not a bad actress but when I saw her playing in a movie I feel nothing. I mean for example we can't compare Woodley to Meryl Streep. Do you see the difference? Oh no I have an other example, could you compare Woodley to Naomi Watts or Kate Winslet (who are in this film) ? Of course Shailene isn't the worst actress I ever seen but she's not the best too. But you know she's good for this sort of movies which are superficial. I talked about Woodley but she's not the only one-I think about Ansel Elgort for example.
So in conlusion : this movie is good. It's not a masterpiece but it's not that bad for passing the time. I forgot to talk about the music but it was good actually, it accompanied well the movie. If you like dystopian films you're gonna love this one. But if you prefer amazing movies with great actor's sets, move along. That's all I'm gonna say today.
And you, did you see Insurgent? What did you think about it?
The Insurgent trailer if you haven't seen it yet :
