I did not particularly warm to the first film , but gave it the benefit of the doubt. My 18 year old daughter emphasized that these type of movies are simply not tailored to the taste of middle-aged gents, and sure she was right. The entire movie - save for some impressive CGI - feels like brewing a cup of coffee by hand having the filter fold and having a watered down cup of something as result. Plenty of action, but no suspense. There is simply no feeling the dystopian world itself exists outside the studio's interior and the heroine is just another big-eyed babe with made-belief toughness. These type of movies need rougher edges, real bad-ass opponents (Kate Winslet, give me a break) , a better pacing and less running around within studio's. Fortunately my 18 year old did appreciate the layered intensiveness of Minority Report, though still switch-tasking between movie and tablet. Insurgent just made me yawn..
Review of The Divergent Series: Insurgent
