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Divergent: A Rant, Not Really a Review

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This is not a movie review, rather not the type I usually do. This is the sound of my brain screaming, then calming down, then screaming, then just zoning out. I will be blunt. Divergent  the movie was disappointing. Before I judge, I first have to set the background of my watching the movie. I guess it's hard to make a dystopian young adult novel come to life on the big screen. I guess it's hard to make a dystopian young adult novel come to life on the big screen when it's a best seller and has a large fan base. I guess it's especially hard to make a dystopian young adult novel come to life on the big screen when the Hunger Games  has already established its throne on that genre. I may be biased to the Hunger Games  and I understand that Divergent is not the same as the Hunger Games , but I cannot help myself from seeing the similarities . . . similarities I need not discuss because I'm sure other fans have exhausted that topic. My guess for the disapp