Film Freak 2014 - Divergent

First Twilight, then The Hunger Games and now Divergent, yes these young adult novels are making an impact on the movie world.

If you haven't caught the trailer, have a look at my Easter Blog here, if you have just continue on reading.

Now this film also like the above mentioned young adult film mega franchises includes music and lot's of it. Also they have targeted the artists you know and love, Ellie Goulding, Snow Patrol, M83, Aussies Tame Impala and Skrillex. It's an all star soundtrack and the film itself features music from Junkie XL (remember that Elvis remix he did years ago?) and produced by Hans Zimmer.

So Hans Zimmer has worked with everyone and on so many films, but that said enough about the music I will leave that to my other BLOG Flashing off the Record.

So back to the movie, is it as good as The Hunger Games - not quite, is it as bad as Twilight, most definitely not. This film sits in the middle and amused me for a while but it's running time was a little long and the thought of Ashley Judd (what was the last film she was in) and Kate Winslet in these type of films is a little strange. They both just seemed a little out of place.

Shailene Woodley & Miles Teller star again together (they were both in the indie Summer flick "The Spectacular Now") and also features Aussie Jai Courtney as an unfriendly trainer. Lenny Kravitz's daughter also makes an appearance. Having a famous dad must really help in getting into these films, since Lenny does Hunger Games his daughter can do Divergent.

There are plans to create the other two novels into film. Of course with the third and final book split into two. Those movie studios really see the profit in splitting novels don't they.

So I could safely give this film 3 solid teen stars. Not the best film of the long weekend but maybe close to the worst after The Other Woman was a clear winner with Captain America and Grand Budapest a close second (equal).

Now back to the music, here is Ellie Goulding from the soundtrack: