{"id":32977,"date":"2014-03-20T23:53:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T03:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=32977"},"modified":"2014-03-20T23:54:39","modified_gmt":"2014-03-21T03:54:39","slug":"new-releases-march-21-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/20\/new-releases-march-21-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"New Releases: March 21, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Divergentposter\"<\/a>1. Divergent (Lionsgate\/Summit, 3,936 Theaters, 139 Minutes, Rated PG-13):<\/strong> So, of all the contenders to the crown of “next teen lit book to hit big on the big screen”, this film might just have the best shot of making it.
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Based on the 2011 novel by Veronica Roth, the story has young people sorted into different “factions” based on a test of their attributes, much like Harry Potter;\u00a0<\/strong>there is a hint of a star-crossed romance between two people of two different factions, much like Twilight<\/strong>,and there is the class warfare and kid’s killing kids aspect that resembles The Hunger Games<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And there certainly is a demand for it. Thanks to savvy marketing, demand for the books rose in anticipation of the film.<\/p>\n

However, it is opening opposite the Muppets. I don’t want to live in a world where this film beats the Muppets in the box office.So, don’t see this movie.<\/p>\n