Darkest Minds

Disclaimer: I have not read the darkest minds trilogy. I have gotten a brief overview so I know what happens but did not get emotionally invested in the novels. Having said that, and knowing the move differs greatly from the novel, it still boggels my mind how people can hold certain YA movies to such different standards than others. This is a perfectly serviceable film, it is not great but neither is it awful as many have described it. It is a perfect shot at it's target audience, YOUNG ADULTS!! Of which I am not one, so when this film doesn't hit exactly where I want it too, I remember it is not specifically aimed at me. This is also a great case of a young woman of color taking the forefront of a movie series that everyone claims to want but then trashes when it' s not perfect. Why give the Twilight series or the divergent series such good will when they are not very good and The Darkest Minds could easily stand about e any of those films? Is it because it those films had a bigger following as books? Or they are backed by bigger studios? All I can say is we adult critiques seriously need to look in the mirror when we are smashing an attempted at something new before it even gets out of the gate. The one criticism of Darkest Minds is that they criminally under use Gwendoline Christie. She could have been so much more than a random bounty hunter. She's Captain Phasma for goodness sake!!! I digress. A fine movie for a fine afternoon. B-

P.S. A+ for the of Mice and Men Lenny rabbit schene that most of the you get generation won't understand but for us English enthusiasts was a horrifyingly aweso.e delight