Convergente

While the emphasis on technical gadgets in the plot has grown, there is also a deviation from the original source material. In this case, however, it is a good thing. Veronica Roth had a great idea with the whole Divergent series, but in the last installment, she took on too much. The whole plot went in all possible directions, new characters were introduced at such a rapid pace that there was no time for their thorough development, and in the end, we were left with a bearable book, but definitely the weakest part of the saga. To this day, it saddens me because I used to recommend it everywhere I went. Therefore, I had considerable concerns about the film adaptation, especially since it was divided into two parts. However, I was astonished by the result in the cinema. It took enough time to explain the motivations while still delivering great action sequences (such as the Four in the hovercraft) and allowing all the usual stars to shine (Miles Teller, for the third time, stealing scenes). From a tangled mess, it quickly turned into a fantastic blockbuster, which I must nonetheless remember with almost burning pain. Knowing the future twists from which this team would clearly have created a phenomenal finale, their cancellation and all subsequent manipulations with a TV movie or series that have led nowhere even three years later, are tying me up in knots. (14/03/2016)

Quinze minutos de cenas de ação bastante fáceis de esquecer e brandas não podem compensar a conversa demasiado longa e a constante explicação de novas e novas leis deste mundo distópico criado de nada, dominado pelas jóias digitais que tentam apimentar uma história idiota plana, vazia e desnecessariamente prolongada sobre engenharia genética, sociedade pós-apocalíptica e o significado de classificar as pessoas em castas. Nada mesmo remotamente interessante, suspenso, engraçado ou divertido acontece o tempo todo. Os únicos pontos positivos provêm do artesanato decente e do facto de que o romantismo primitivo e os traumas irritantes da personagem principal foram significativamente reduzidos em comparação com os filmes anteriores. Convergente, apesar de não ser completa e desagradavelmente chato, é ainda incrivelmente fraco e inútil e não há realmente qualquer razão para prestar atenção a ele. (10/03/2016)

If this series was somewhat interesting at the beginning, which I don't really think it was, at this point, it's falling into a sad stereotype and trying to be essentially just predictable, and visually appealing, but only for a moment, and then it becomes boring. The actors are extremely stereotypical and it is clear how the plot will develop. This just goes to show that modern young adult sci-fi doesn't have much potential. (10/08/2016)