Die Bestimmung – Divergent
Divergent
Regie:
Neil BurgerKamera:
Alwin H. KüchlerMusik:
Tom HolkenborgBesetzung:
Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Zoë Kravitz, Miles Teller, Jai Courtney, Kate Winslet, Ray Stevenson, Ansel Elgort, Ashley Judd, Maggie Q, Tony Goldwyn (mehr)Streaming (3)
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DIE BESTIMUNG - DIVERGENT ist ein spannedes Action-Adventure, basierend auf dem gleichnamigen Weltbestseller von Veronica Roth. In einer Welt, in der Menschen auf Basis ihrer Tugenden in fünf verschiedenen Fraktionen aufgeteilt werden, erhält Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) nach ihrem Eignungstest Ergebnis. Sie trägt mehrere widerstreitende Begabungen in sich und ist somit eine Unbestimmte.
Aus Angst ausgestoßen zu werden, verschweigt sie ihr Testergebnis und schließt sich den wagemutigen Ferox an. Doch schnell kommt sie hinter eine Verschwörung gegen die Unbestimmten, die von Jeanine (Kate Winslet), der Anführerin der Ken, angefacht wird. Triss muss lernen, dem geheimnisvollen Four (Theo James) zu vertrauen, um herauszufinden, was die Unbestimmten für das System so gefährlich macht, bevor es für alle zu spät ist...
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Except for the last twenty minutes or so, not exactly a stupid dystopia. But there’s a strong sense of the female element from the source material, so in places it has the spirit of magazines like 'Bravo Girl', or whatever the young girls of today are into (I’ve no idea). As long as they are just testing, it has an original atmosphere, but when they start shooting at the end and try to make an action spectacle, it rides the wave of films that are great material for parodies. And the ending simply killed the carefully constructed – and quite interesting – atmosphere. The comparisons with other contemporary popular sagas by female authors are warranted. Not the Twilight crap, but for example Hunger Games, which benefits from shameless rip-offs of other dystopian works (especially Battle Royale), entertained me a bit more and I didn't feel like banging my head against the wall, as I did with the overly dull conclusion of Divergence.
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If Starship Troopers had been meant seriously, it would have looked like Burger’s sunny dystopia. The central idea of Divergent is likable, and if I were a teenager dealing with the feeling that nobody understands me and I don’t belong anywhere, I wouldn’t have a problem seeing myself in the story. The subject skilfully uses the mental processes of adolescents who feel pushed by society into narrowly defined pigeonholes. Unlike in the real world, failing the test of adulthood here is not a cause for despair, but rather an opportunity to step off the path laid out by parents and to follow one’s heart. ___ But what does Tris accomplish by running away from her assigned role? Violence becomes her main form of self-expression, which remains unquestioned by the narrative. She earns respect through risky behaviour and toughness, not through composure or ingenuity. Though she voluntarily chose her faction, she can’t be herself, as she has to dissemble in front of the others in order to convince them that she belongs among them (she will then have to undergo a great test of dissembling in the Resistance). The militarisation of youth is not coded negatively, but is only abused by another faction, fittingly the Erudite. Weapons are superior to books in the film’s value ranking, which could be understood as a warning about the radicalisation of not only American society – if there was any irony or distance from the characters in the film. ___ The film equivocates with respect to who or what poses a threat, who or what the Dauntless are supposed to protect the city from. There is no ongoing war that has to be stopped. The necessity of a strong defence comes across as a paranoid ideological construct from the Cold War era. ___ The greatest paradox consists in the fact that Tris’s betrayal of her parents’ trust leads back to where the film began. Her rebellion doesn’t lead to revolution, but to the need to restore the previous order. The concept of social engineering, which displaces human nature in favour of a predictable and thus more easily manipulated society, is not questioned. Only individuals like Jeanine are corrupt. The old (parental) system is automatically understood as being correct, which is how Divergent inadvertently “holds up a mirror” to teenagers dreaming in the virtual space that they will go against the tide, while in reality they are terrified of losing their current certainties and accept the status quo as the truth. ___ The concept of life as a video game is contained at least in the choice of factions (as in an RPG), the inclusion of the popular CTF game mode and in the fact that most of the film comprises training with minor skirmishes rather than vigorous action with serious conflicts (which is largely true of the Resistance, where only tranquiliser bullets are used instead of lethal ammunition and where the most spectacular action scenes take place only in the protagonist’s mind). Whereas in her dreams the protagonist is able to withstand all of the elements (earth, birds, fire, water and – the biggest threat to every untarnished girl – a man), when the harmless pseudo-rebel training ends, Tris has to be rescued by her mother – the girl can’t cope on her own in the real world (for a change, she is repeatedly rescued by her male partners in the Resistance). ___ Besides the fact that the film version of the bestselling book gives the impression of being just as confused as a person facing the problems of adulthood for the first time, it essentially fails in dramaturgical terms. The story is slow for 140 minutes. The characters take either needlessly complex detours or unconvincing shortcuts in the pursuit of their objectives. For more than half of the film, the suspense stems only from the anticipation of when Tris’s inability to assimilate will be revealed – there is no more serious conflict in sight. The literalness of the screenplay is apparent from the bookish exposition, which uninventively lets the characters say who they are, what they feel, what they want to do and why. The whole film takes place in a strangely sedated and very inconsistently thought-out world. Add to that bad CGI and another negative character of a powerful woman (as in Elysium, The Hunger Games and Snowpiercer), which darkly stigmatises women’s efforts to get into leadership positions. Thematically, this would need a dystopia for adolescents that is itself adult and does not discourage growing up. Stylistically, something at least suggestively revolutionary. 50%
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This film’s world makes no sense, not even at its most elementary level. Why should permanent peace and quiet be guaranteed by dividing society into five fractions? The system separates children from their parents and creates hundreds of outcasts, and yet it seems that everyone quietly agrees with it and that it works? And if it does work and everyone is where they belong and there’s peace and quiet, why does this society need a cast of lawyers? And a police cast? Or, on the contrary, do these five narrowly defined casts have all the necessary professions? How many people live there? It doesn’t seem that a lot. And why I’m a bothering with this when the adolescent author of the book probably didn’t even think about it? And what was the conspiracy of the intelligent exactly about? I’m just asking. But it’s nice that there’s room for that adolescent cow (whom are supposed to root for, even though her first decision in the film can be summarised as “I don’t want to help people, I’m going with those sexy athletes because they are cool”) to fall in love with the beefcake. Bugger me!
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I expected a lot, but I definitely didn’t expect a distinguished post-apocalyptic world adaptation. And that made me happy. The story was a lot of fun and I have a feeling that I’ll go see the sequel at the cinema. Although, the story reminded me of the arrival of the little pupils to Hogwarts and their subsequent sorting into individual groups. Then it was a little like Hunger Games for a change. But as a result, it still had its own little world which has a potential to develop further and I’m personally very curious about the sequel. I was also happy about Junkie XL who made such a good electronic soundtrack, even though it might not have been completely of his own writing. I also liked that the authors succeeded at the tactic of fresh-faced actors. I simply liked it and now I wonder – what about the sequels?
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Habe ich das richtig verstanden, dass es sich hier um die Geschichte zweier Roboter handelt, die eben das Ganze beim Formatieren ihres Speichers träumen? Eine Art Ender's Game für treue Bravo-Leser, oder was auch immer die Kids heute so lesen, ich weiß ja nicht, den ich hab den Kontakt mit Trends verloren, ähnlich wie es diesem Film mit der Logik und Sinn passiert ist. Außer dieser wenigen soliden halluzinogenen Burger war das eine schreckliche Reduktionsdiät.
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It is hard to say whether it's because Neil Burger is obviously maturing into a top director, but he managed to take reasonably successful source material and turn it into the most surprising film of the year. Even the first installments of the genre-similar Hunger Games pale in direct comparison, despite their stronger literary foundation, as they lacked a greater connection and subtle explanations in the adaptation. Divergence does this perfectly. The transformation of the main heroine is emphasized until the last sentence, making Shailene Woodley probably the most attractive Hollywood commodity for those aged 20 and above. Maybe it was thanks to the room full of twelve-year-old girls who were leaping into each other's arms with joy that they had actually made it to the highly anticipated premiere, but the atmosphere of the five factions chewed me up much more forcefully than I expected. I don't want to be just one thing.
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Genre-wise, it is not as pure and systematically politically incorrect as Hunger Games, although there are certain parallels. The heroine, on the other hand, is similarly attractive and vital. There is also much less political subtext and much more survival and love story – by the way, it's okay, you can survive it. The main characters are extremely well-cast, the visuals are stylish, and the dialogues are smart and acerbic – enjoyed it, even though it's full of clichés and has quite uneven action that is gripping at times (full-contact fights) and confusing at others (shooting). That said, it’s good stuff for a wider audience. After Hunger Games, people were craving something new, here it will be like a new sandwich from KFC, not the best food in the world or a revolutionary novelty, but it generally tastes good to everyone.
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In den ersten Tagen des Jahres 2015 denke ich darüber nach, dass das Jahr 2014 filmisch fast in allen Bereichen schwach war, die Enttäuschungen waren größer als die erfüllten Erwartungen. Die Bestimmung - Divergent wirkte den Trailern nach zu urteilen auf mich wie ein weiteres aus der Reihe von Buch-Filmen für die Jugend, so etwas im Stile von Die Tribute von Panem - The Hunger Games, nur etwas anders verpackt. Trotzdem habe ich dem Film eine Chance gegeben, und irgendwie hat es toll gepasst. Wenn ich nichts groß erwartet habe, bekam ich eine gehörige Portion Unterhaltung, die bei den meisten meiner Lieblingsnutzer durchschnittlich bis unterdurchschnittlich gewertet wird. Es oszilliert zwischen einem und fünf Sternen. Wahrscheinlich ist das recht individuell. Ich bin zufrieden, ans Lesen mache ich mich wahrscheinlich nicht, umso mehr werde ich mich auf den zweiten Teil des Films freuen, den ich mir ganz sicher im Kino anschaue. Shailene Woodley ist auf einem guten Weg, dahin zu gelangen, wo heute Jennifer Lawrence steht, sie hat sogar eine ebenso sexy Stimme.
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Really terrible. The film rips off a lot of other films, the logic is lacking like in The 100 and unless the characters are raging with puberty hormones, they have no chance of survival. What got me was a scene right at the outset where the kids are being sorted into Gryffindor, Slytherin, and.. oops, sorry, a different film. Instead of a talking hat, they all cut themselves with the same knife, so I suppose this society has already tackled the issue of HIV. What follows is the usual mix of weird action, overblown romance, ridiculous acting, and melodrama accompanied by an awful soundtrack, culminating in the film's ending. Considering I gave Season 1 of The 100 one star, I can't go any lower with Divergence, which is a shame. On a final note – 139 minutes!!!
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Action-Science-Fiction, die zu fesseln weiß. Die Kritiken zum Film sind widersprüchlich, daher hatte ich keine hohen Erwartungen, aber ich muss sagen, dass ich Divergent genossen und jede Minute des Films ausgekostet habe. Die fesselnde Handlung und die Qualität der Schauspieler haben mich beeindruckt, und ich muss zugeben, dass der Film eine Fortsetzung verdient. Das Ende legt das mehr oder weniger nahe, und ich bin dafür. Das Einzige, was meinen Eindruck ein wenig trübte, war die Ähnlichkeit mit Die Tribute von Panem. Er ist keine Kopie, aber der ganze Film hat mich irgendwie daran erinnert, was jedoch die Bewertung nicht wirklich beeinflusst.
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