Review of The Divergent Series: Allegiant Full Movie: After the events in the Age of Ultron, the world has decided that these "superheroes" are more of a danger than a benefit, and the UN has attracted Segovia agreement with the legal capacity of the Avengers without limiting the competent authority.
I have all editions of Carillion included in crossover events division comic book in 2006, which gives the civil war and not much else, but I can say, screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McNealy have read a great job with all readjust the hook that originates frame with objectives of the MCU.
The first two films in the series were dreadful, to be honest. For some incomprehensible reason, I decided to soldier on and watch installment 3A. (Yes, there's a 3B.) I should have waved a white flag after Insurgent and admitted defeat. Allegiant is a tedious, more befuddling, and even more sexist version of Divergent and Insurgent.
The plot has not evolved or even changed one bit for that matter. Four and Friends (because let's face it, Tris is a nothing character in the trilogy) are lab rats running around a science experiment and getting up to incredulously stupid shit. Apart from an interesting genetic angle, Allegiant does not reveal more or resolve any nagging questions one might have. One closed society is simply replaced by another, the dystopian environment makes way for a more sci-fi-tinged world, and in the "baddie" category a bland Kate Winslet is replaced by a bland Jeff Daniels. How does one make the usually impressive pair come across as plain yogurt?
Tris is an arms-crossed, droopy-mouthed teenager. Four does his chest-thumping He-Man thing (but looks hot while doing it, granted). Miles Teller (Peter) is the predictable windbag. The other characters hardly do anything but die to move the plot along. It takes a lot for a film to offend me, especially if the film is meant to be no more than light entertainment. So far, Deadpool, probably one of the most offensive films ever made, is my cinematic highlight of 2016. (And Zombieland was my 2009 highlight. I will never forget the line, "Cardio mother...", or the scene with Woody Harrelson and the banjo ... Watch it or watch it again.)
I was quite surprised, then, to be so offended by the sexism in Allegiant that I had to write about it. Here goes. Tris is the damsel in distress that is easily duped by all around her. Four is always the voice of reason. She trusts everyone. Four trusts no one. She follows. Four leads. There is one particular scene that embodies this dynamic. Four runs into the room to save the day. He orders Tris to leave with him immediately. She meekly says no. Four then places his hand on Tris's shoulder and neck in a mildly aggressive manner. Is that what we need to teach girls (and boys) in 2016? That if you don't listen to your man, he can put his hand on your shoulder and neck and "sort you out"? A resounding no.
As a film, Allegiant is appalling, and as an example to hold up to young adults, it fares even worse. Allegiant, once again Hollywood has chosen to split the last book of a three book series into 2 parts. With audiences already unhappy with the last book in the divergent series splitting it into 2 parts was clearly not the best idea. The plot in "Allegiant" starts off with Tris portrayed by "Shailene Woodley" and her friends escaping the ruins of Chicago only to find out whats beyond the wall is all wasteland. After x number of hours of walking through the wasteland and invisible gate opens with soldiers who take Tris and her friends in. The leader of the Bureau, David, become allies with tris to test her, as she is 100% pure and everyone else is damaged. The story then drags on for about 30 minutes with nothing vital happening in the story. Four then finds out that David is evil and tries to persuade Tris to come with her back to Chicago.
Tris then realizes that Four is telling the truth as she finds out that David is going to erase Chicago. She then turns on David and goes back to Chicago with her friends to stop David. "Allegiant" defiantly proves itself to be the weakest in the series by having an extremely slow and useless plot and the realization of the franchise overstaying its welcome. "Shailene Woodley" in this film is obviously over the slow and cliché scripts of these movies and you can clearly see it too. "Miles Teller" on the other hand is basically the life of this movie, with funny lines and an unusual sense of humor it starts to feel like a comedy instead of a sci-fi as everything else just fades to the back mind.
Some visual effects in this movie are sloppy for an estimated $110 million dollar budget but some also fade in and you can barely tell it's CGI. What really annoyed me with this installment is that David reminds me a lot of President Coin out of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay", as he seems good at the start of the film but in the end turns bad. Overall "Allegiant" proves itself to be the weakest in the franchise so far and does not in any way make you excited for the last installment. I give "Allegiant" a 2/10.
The first two films in the series were dreadful, to be honest. For some incomprehensible reason, I decided to soldier on and watch installment 3A. (Yes, there's a 3B.) I should have waved a white flag after Insurgent and admitted defeat. Allegiant is a tedious, more befuddling, and even more sexist version of Divergent and Insurgent.
Tris is an arms-crossed, droopy-mouthed teenager. Four does his chest-thumping He-Man thing (but looks hot while doing it, granted). Miles Teller (Peter) is the predictable windbag. The other characters hardly do anything but die to move the plot along. It takes a lot for a film to offend me, especially if the film is meant to be no more than light entertainment. So far, Deadpool, probably one of the most offensive films ever made, is my cinematic highlight of 2016. (And Zombieland was my 2009 highlight. I will never forget the line, "Cardio mother...", or the scene with Woody Harrelson and the banjo ... Watch it or watch it again.)
As a film, Allegiant is appalling, and as an example to hold up to young adults, it fares even worse. Allegiant, once again Hollywood has chosen to split the last book of a three book series into 2 parts. With audiences already unhappy with the last book in the divergent series splitting it into 2 parts was clearly not the best idea. The plot in "Allegiant" starts off with Tris portrayed by "Shailene Woodley" and her friends escaping the ruins of Chicago only to find out whats beyond the wall is all wasteland. After x number of hours of walking through the wasteland and invisible gate opens with soldiers who take Tris and her friends in. The leader of the Bureau, David, become allies with tris to test her, as she is 100% pure and everyone else is damaged. The story then drags on for about 30 minutes with nothing vital happening in the story. Four then finds out that David is evil and tries to persuade Tris to come with her back to Chicago.
Some visual effects in this movie are sloppy for an estimated $110 million dollar budget but some also fade in and you can barely tell it's CGI. What really annoyed me with this installment is that David reminds me a lot of President Coin out of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay", as he seems good at the start of the film but in the end turns bad. Overall "Allegiant" proves itself to be the weakest in the franchise so far and does not in any way make you excited for the last installment. I give "Allegiant" a 2/10.
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