A month before the movie premiered last year, a snippet of the novel was available for free on my local cinema. I personally thought it was terribly written, but whent to see the movie anyways the following month.
I must say, I liked it - despite that I already noted a few Sue-traits. For instance, during the first kissing scene the girls in front of me said "oh, I imagined being her all the time till now!" Shailene Woodleys performance was actually good, but nothing compared to Kate Winslets terrific performance as Jeanine - I got goosebumps. A few months later, I realised that I only enjoyed the movie because of Winslet. Via some sporkings I noticed more and more what a Mary Sue Tris is (The fact that the shortened the name made it very sueish).
I then watched Insurgent with a friend this year, and here Tris had more sue-moments, for instance her scene at the start where she attacks Peter. Shailenes acting also had lost some of the touch she had in the first movie - I blame the different director for it. Also, again Winslet was the best thing in the movie - too bad she got killed off.
The worst thing about both movies is however Theo James - his acting is horrible, and he only has ONE facial expression. Also, the whole romance seemed so forced from the start.
And from all I have read now, I must say that Veronica Roth is a horrible writer/suethor.
Sues, sues, sues....
A month before the movie premiered last year, a snippet of the novel was available for free on my local cinema. I personally thought it was terribly written, but whent to see the movie anyways the following month.
I must say, I liked it - despite that I already noted a few Sue-traits. For instance, during the first kissing scene the girls in front of me said "oh, I imagined being her all the time till now!" Shailene Woodleys performance was actually good, but nothing compared to Kate Winslets terrific performance as Jeanine - I got goosebumps. A few months later, I realised that I only enjoyed the movie because of Winslet. Via some sporkings I noticed more and more what a Mary Sue Tris is (The fact that the shortened the name made it very sueish).
I then watched Insurgent with a friend this year, and here Tris had more sue-moments, for instance her scene at the start where she attacks Peter. Shailenes acting also had lost some of the touch she had in the first movie - I blame the different director for it. Also, again Winslet was the best thing in the movie - too bad she got killed off.
The worst thing about both movies is however Theo James - his acting is horrible, and he only has ONE facial expression. Also, the whole romance seemed so forced from the start.
And from all I have read now, I must say that Veronica Roth is a horrible writer/suethor.