A nerdy guy
with Rage Issues, among the last of the human race
He was just
a media nerd, he ranted a lot, it was quite absurd
But he was
special for some reason, so bad men decided it was Rage Issues season
He’ll star
in 3 movies, 4 if we squeeze him dry
He’ll go and
join a rebel force, as he’ll slowly lose his mind
Now keep in
mind, he’s just a guy, no different from you or me
So, he’ll
have to learn how to survive, with the help of YA Movies
Franchise
Roll call:
Hunger Games
Maze Runner
Diiiiiiiivergent
If you’re
wondering how he posts his thoughts, and who he’s posting for
Repeat to
yourself, it’s just a theme, and think about it no more
It’s Young
Adult Month!
We come to
the end of the road for the Divergent series: The Divergent Series: Allegiant
The
Divergent movies had never been box office smashes, which makes the move of
increasing their budget with each release perplexing to say the least, but here
we are, Allegiant had a $140m budget at its disposal, given the box office
returns of the other 2 films, it would struggle to break even if it matched
them, and it didn’t. The film earned $170m at the box office, resulting in a
net loss and the planned follow-up instalment to be tossed in the garbage. I
know there were talks of TV movies and mini-series but the actors involved in
the films didn’t care and these ideas have largely been scrapped now.
Here’s the
weird thing though, usually when it comes to making a 2-part movie adaptation,
you film them back-to-back with a joint budget to save costs then release them
about a year apart to allow for editing. This movie wasn’t released like that,
and you might argue there’s a reason for it. Anyway, the film was critically
panned with a dismal 12% Rotten Tomatoes Rating with an average critical score
of 4.1/10, audiences too seem to have had enough, giving it only a 41% audience
score with an average of 3/5
I know I’ve
been pretty detailed in my synopses anyway for this series, but again, major
spoilers for both film and book, as I’ll try and summarise both.
