-Insurgent (2015) movie review: -Insurgent is the sequel to Divergent and part of the Divergent series based off the Divergent books, which is the whole dystopian future young-adult genre I don't really need to describe. In Insurgent, we pick back up with Tris and Four as they are hiding out from the government who it trying to track down Divergents because they represent a threat to the government. I am not going to say too much about it actually, because if you have not read the books like me, you won't know the plot until you see the film. Thanks unhelpful trailers.
-I got a lot of disagreement when I said Divergent was worth watching on Netflix (or for free) only, so we will see how the review of its overall lesser sequel goes! -The story did not progress very much, but that is probably because I expected it to be different. It also added a lot of plot points that made the movie a little too convoluted.
-The pace was good. There are enough interesting things that happen to keep interest most of the time. However I am slightly worried they put too much into wrapping up this film. One thing that I was happy about was that all the dream sequence tests or whatever that made up all of the trailers did not take half the film. It had its amount of space, but it was not too much.
-Shailene Woodley did a good job. But she and Theo James were the only ones who tried to do a good job. I say that because the entire supporting cast looked like they just did not want to be there. Probably because they have all moved on to higher things. Jai Courtney has Terminator now, so he was still good, but not as dislikeable of interesting as the first. Miles Teller was great, but he and Kate Winslet, being the best two actors there, did not have to try very hard. Mainly because all the star of Whiplash had to do was be sassy and all the Oscar winner had to do was stand and be angry. Also I was really worried that Ansel Elgort was going to just fall asleep. In every scene.
-The characters were at least interesting. Other than the fact that there were too many characters I was supposed to care about, I enjoyed the character development this film added. And I love Miles Teller's character. Even though he is a dislikable character, he was always entertaining.
-The film's music was about the same as the first, which means I liked it, but it was forgettable.
-There were some effects that were not great. But there were also some good effects.
-The film also had some good action sequences, a few twists, and some moments like the ones that made the first one good. The writing itself, even though the dialogue was a bit cheesy, has some of those moments throughout that made it honestly not too bad. There are soooooooo many little flaws throughout the film though. A few that, if pointed out, can really change the entire film. However, this film also lacked the two things I didn't like about Divergent: Attempts to appeal to a young-adult female audience by using mirrors, and the plot from The Hunger Games.
-Insurgent has its flaws and plenty of them, but it also has some things that the first one did not and had the advantage of breaking away from the now cliché YA origin film. I will be honest, I found myself enjoying Insurgent. If it were not for Miles Teller, I would be like "Yeah, Netflix" but a few small elements of the film helped me to actually be entertained through much of the film. It is not THAT good, but I did feel like I got some of my money's worth, so I will say that Insurgent would be worth buying in a $5 bin! -Insurgent is rated PG-13 for some mild language that doesn't get worse than one S-word and some partial nudity/suggestive content.
-I got a lot of disagreement when I said Divergent was worth watching on Netflix (or for free) only, so we will see how the review of its overall lesser sequel goes! -The story did not progress very much, but that is probably because I expected it to be different. It also added a lot of plot points that made the movie a little too convoluted.
-The pace was good. There are enough interesting things that happen to keep interest most of the time. However I am slightly worried they put too much into wrapping up this film. One thing that I was happy about was that all the dream sequence tests or whatever that made up all of the trailers did not take half the film. It had its amount of space, but it was not too much.
-Shailene Woodley did a good job. But she and Theo James were the only ones who tried to do a good job. I say that because the entire supporting cast looked like they just did not want to be there. Probably because they have all moved on to higher things. Jai Courtney has Terminator now, so he was still good, but not as dislikeable of interesting as the first. Miles Teller was great, but he and Kate Winslet, being the best two actors there, did not have to try very hard. Mainly because all the star of Whiplash had to do was be sassy and all the Oscar winner had to do was stand and be angry. Also I was really worried that Ansel Elgort was going to just fall asleep. In every scene.
-The characters were at least interesting. Other than the fact that there were too many characters I was supposed to care about, I enjoyed the character development this film added. And I love Miles Teller's character. Even though he is a dislikable character, he was always entertaining.
-The film's music was about the same as the first, which means I liked it, but it was forgettable.
-There were some effects that were not great. But there were also some good effects.
-The film also had some good action sequences, a few twists, and some moments like the ones that made the first one good. The writing itself, even though the dialogue was a bit cheesy, has some of those moments throughout that made it honestly not too bad. There are soooooooo many little flaws throughout the film though. A few that, if pointed out, can really change the entire film. However, this film also lacked the two things I didn't like about Divergent: Attempts to appeal to a young-adult female audience by using mirrors, and the plot from The Hunger Games.
-Insurgent has its flaws and plenty of them, but it also has some things that the first one did not and had the advantage of breaking away from the now cliché YA origin film. I will be honest, I found myself enjoying Insurgent. If it were not for Miles Teller, I would be like "Yeah, Netflix" but a few small elements of the film helped me to actually be entertained through much of the film. It is not THAT good, but I did feel like I got some of my money's worth, so I will say that Insurgent would be worth buying in a $5 bin! -Insurgent is rated PG-13 for some mild language that doesn't get worse than one S-word and some partial nudity/suggestive content.