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I just finished the book Divergent by Veronica Roth, and I absolutely loved it. So okay. Basically it's like The Hunger Games , with an interesting twist. It's a post-war culture where everyone has decided that the old methodologies about war and life are all messed up, but there are different groups that think there was something different wrong with life. As a result, people are separated into factions according to this belief: Candor, Abnegation, Dauntless, Amity, and Erudite. The Candor value honesty, and think the world went awry because people lied too much. They speak their mind constantly and are always honest. The Abnegation value selflessness, and think the world went awry because people were too selfish. They do community service and do not do anything remotely self-indulgent. They are also most of the leaders because they are selfless. The Dauntless value bravery, and think the world went awry because people were too cowardly. They serve as the protectors of the wo...

I am officially eleven minutes into this movie, and I am really enjoying it. Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Michael Sheen. I absolutely adore Michael Sheen, who also did a brief stint on 30 Rock - it's fun to see him do an American accent. I don't really enjoy Owen Wilson - I think he's self-indulgent and probably a total jerk in real life, but he has good comedic timing. And even though I want to hate him, the character they want us to hate is Michael Sheen, an obnoxious know-it-all who even argues with a tour guide because he knows best. Hilarious. Anyway, it's painfully clear that this is a Woody Allen film, because they are all eerily similar with that campy-independent-movie music. I am usually not a fan, but the script is usually funny and very true to real life. Anyway, Owen Wilson is a writer from California who goes on vacation to France with his fiance. He's writing a book about France in the 1920s and mysteriously is transported to... France in the 1920s a...