Review: Insurgent

I recently watched Insurgent (after reading the book, of course :D) with my close friends and to be honest, I was surprised the way the movie was put together. For those of you who aren't familiar with the Divergent series, Insurgent is the second part to Divergent. The movie is about a girl named Tris who was in an almost perfect society, but strong forces threatened to pull the society apart. The book has more content than the movie (duh), but compared to the Harry Potter series or The Hunger Games series, the movie is less like the book in many ways. 

If you already read Insurgent, be prepared to be a bit disappointed with the level of organization  and the change of direction of the movie, but the story line and plot was still not bad. If you haven't read the book (READ IT), I would recommend the movie, but watching Divergent would be a good idea, otherwise, you won't understand anything. 

The acting was great, and featured Hollywood stars like Kate Winslet, Ray Stevenson and Octavia Spencer. Also, the character that Shailene Woodley portrays is nothing like Tris from the book. Overall, I was a bit disappointed with the change of the plot and the way Tris was shown in the movie. My rating out of ten, would be a 3.5-4. I would watch it for the first time, but probably not for the second. 

My Review on Snowpiercer

Snowpiercer (an adaptation of a French graphic novel) is an undoubtably well-made film by director Bong Joon-ho, with male lead Chris Evans. As a fanatic of Evans, I certainly enjoyed his acting in this adventurous sci-fi.

This film takes place in the future where the entire planet has been frozen due to a chemical. The human race is almost extinct, but some have survived. The lucky survivors live on a train and the society on the train is very similar to the Hunger Games trilogy society. I don't want to spill the beans, so I won't say what happens on the train. (The poor basically have to fight their way to the front of the train where the wealthy live.)

There are many talented actors in this movie and I truly admired their performance. This movie has a really meaningful theme and would encourage all sci-fi and/or action-packed movie lovers to watch this film. It is rated-R for language, violence, and some disturbing images due to violence, but as a young teenager, I think mature youngsters that can easily handle frightening fighting and bad language will really enjoy this movie. Overall, this movie really changed my view on society and people's way of life.