《分歧者 異類覺醒》異軍突起
The Hunger Games saga is still running and already we have a successor — a franchise starring a tough heroine in a dystopian future that is targeted at young adult audiences.
《飢餓遊戲》的長篇傳奇未完，《分歧者：異類覺醒》已前來接班：同爲系列影片，同樣講述了反烏托邦式的未來中堅強女主的故事，目標羣體都是年輕觀衆。
Divergent, the first installment in the film adaptation of US young adult novelist Veronica Roth’s best-selling trilogy, is set in a futuristic Chicago. The population is divided into five factions: Abnegation, Amity, Erudite, Candor and Dauntless. If someone doesn’t fall into any of those categories, they are marginalized and left homeless.
《異類覺醒》改編自美國青春小說家維羅妮卡•託斯暢銷三部曲的第一部，其背景設定在未來的芝加哥。在那裏，人類被劃分爲五大派：無私派、和平派、博學派、誠實派和無畏派。而沒有派別的人則被排擠，無家可歸。Our 16-year-old protagonist Beatrice Prior (played by Shailene Woodley), or “Tris”, finds herself labeled as a “divergent”, meaning she has strengths in more than one area and is a threat to those in power. After arbitrarily choosing to enter the “Dauntless” clan, she begins training to prove she’s good enough to be among the elite.
16歲的主人公碧翠絲•普賴爾 (謝琳•伍德蕾飾演)，被稱爲翠絲，發現自己是“分歧者”，擁有不同領域的力量，並因此成爲當權者的眼中釘。在武斷選擇加入無畏派之後，翠絲在訓練中嶄露頭角，顯現出自己堪比精英的實力。
Much of the film focuses on Tris’ training, both physically and mentally. The training challenges her to face and surmount her fears. The movie feels a bit slow at times, and the first installment spends too much time on world building rather than offering a real first adventure for our heroes, which is frustrating.
影片着重講述翠絲在身體和心智的訓練。訓練中，她面對挑戰、戰勝恐懼。但是，影片有時節奏略慢，加之運用大量篇幅介紹背景，主人公們卻並沒有經歷真正的冒險，這不免有些令人失望。The only upside to this might be that we got to enjoy a terrific lead performance from Shailene Woodley. In Divergent, Woodley transforms from the sweet, girl-next-door from films like The Descendants and The Fault in Our Stars into a smart, plucky heroine akin to Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss Everdeen.
唯一值得欣慰的，也許是我們能欣賞到主演謝琳•伍德蕾的精湛演技。在《分歧者：異類覺醒》中，伍德蕾一改《後人》與《星運裏的錯》中甜美鄰家女孩的形象，化身成聰明勇敢的女英雄，讓人想起詹妮弗•勞倫斯在《飢餓遊戲》中扮演的凱特尼斯•伊夫狄恩。In the end, the film works as a metaphor for today’s competitive job market and education system. It’s about identity, finding out who you are, and discovering how you fit into society as you grow from an adolescent into an adult.
說到底，這部影片暗喻了現今競爭激烈的就業市場和教育體系，討論了青少年在長大成人時，探索如何適應社會，找尋並認識自我。Divergent is a fun ride that doesn’t ask much of its audience, but doesn’t reward viewers with much either. It’s not The Hunger Games, which has harder edges and elements of sadism, and it really doesn’t need to be. As the next great fantasy trilogy, Divergent offers enough to stand on its own as an independent franchise, and as many believe, may offer more and more in future installments.
《分歧者：異類覺醒》是部有趣的影片，雖然觀衆不會從影片中受益良多，但是觀看起來毫無壓力。它不像《飢餓遊戲》——前衛重口、含有施虐情節——它也不需要那樣。作爲《飢餓遊戲》之後又一科幻三部曲鉅作，《分歧者》本身就足以在觀衆心目中立足。許多人相信，該系列的後續影片還會帶來更多驚喜。
