&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;Insurgent &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reviewed by Miranda Boyer&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;When I read this book series, Divergent, I was deeply torn between a woman who was more of a bad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; ass then I could ever dream of being, and a women who was so broken she felt&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; unlovable, unforgivable and more often then I’m sure some of us would like to&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; admit, completely relatable. Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) is simultaneously&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; both of these women. She pulled at my very human heartstrings and I fell in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; love with her story.There is a moment near the beginning of this follow up film&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; to last years block buster, when Tris and Four (Theo James) are ready to fight&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; a group of fractionless foe on a train. The shear anger is palpable on Tris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; She closes her eyes, centers herself and just like that, is taking on a train&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; of baddies without a second beat. Moments like this remind me that Shailene&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Woodley has come a long way from her early days on Secret Life of the American Teenager, to the kick ass - ask&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; questions later - character she plays in Insurgent.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;Insurgent picks up&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; at the very end of Divergent leaving&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; no room for questions about time laps. I was pleasantly surprised with this&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; book to movie adaptation. While I know going into such movies that there must&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; be cuts, I wasn’t overly surprised at anything left out or changed for the sake&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; of forward momentum. I’m sure that there are some purists out there that will&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; argue otherwise, but I’m a realist at heart and I can understand that from book&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; to screen some changes must occur. I could spoil all of the goods for you, but&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; since I saw this on a rare opening night, I’ll save them and let you watch it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; for yourself. It has been a little over a year since I read this series myself,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; but it still felt fresh enough to say with conviction that this movie justified&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; it well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The cinematography was raised a notch, if you can believe it. They manage to&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; take this to the next level, using the simulations as an opportunity to blend&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; the surreal with the real leaving the audience stunned and wondering what’s&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; next. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;There was one moment that I feel the need to mention. I was&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; laughing out loud, annoying my fellow moviegoers, when a perfect moment took&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; place tonight. Theo James, who plays the love interest of Woodley’s, Four, in Divergent and this film Insurgent; Miles Teller, who plays Peter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; in this film and Woodley’s love interest in The&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Spectacular Now; and lastly Ansel Elgort, who plays Caleb in this film but&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; also plays a love interest of Woodley’s in The&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Fault in Our Stars – were all on screen in one perfect shot with Woodley&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; herself making for a beautiful moment. I wonder if this was a nod to each of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; their work, and a moment for fans like myself to get excited about. Or perhaps it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; was simply cinematic serendipity; either way, I’ll take it. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;At the end of the day, I enjoyed this film a lot and will no&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; doubt add it to my collection when it comes out on BluRay later this year. Did&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; you watch Insurgent yet, what were&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; your thoughts? 