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Sep 19, 2014 · Unlike many book adaptations, The Maze Runner, while constantly nodding at its source material, is very different from the book it is based on. It makes for a lively movie, although fans of the ...
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Jul 4, 2023 · Disclaimer: The following review contains brief content spoiler of The Maze Runner novel and movie in order to provide a better comparison. Recently, after each reading the book, my friends and I ...
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Sep 19, 2014 · THE MAZE RUNNER. Opens on Friday. Directed by Wes Ball. 1 hour 53 minutes. In “The Maze Runner,” the ratio of vocabulary to explanations is alarmingly high. The main setting is the Glade ...
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Sep 19, 2014 · Such is the stuff of "The Maze Runner," which hews pretty closely to the YA-novel formula that's reliably produced so many hugely successful film adaptations in recent years. And, indeed, director Wes Ball's film is based on the best seller by James Dashner. It features a similar structure, hits some recognizable beats and includes some ...
- The Gladers Are Nicer
- Timeline Feels Too Condensed
- No Beetle Blades
- Teresa Is Useless
- The Ending
- Conclusion
In Dashner’s book, Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) has it pretty rough after hopping out of that elevator. Alby (Aml Ameen), Newt (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) and the other Gladers don’t welcome him to his new “home” with a bon fire party; they call him names, withhold information and do an abundance of other things to make him even more uncomfortable in this n...
Part of what makes the situation in The Maze Runner so different is the fact that it isn’t like The Hunger Gameswhere kids go into the arena for X amount of days and just try to survive. Here, in addition to completing the mission, they’ve also got to make a life for themselves in The Glade, and that life is fascinating. These are teenagers who man...
The movie could have done without the Beetle Blades. In fact, having to explain the Beetle Blades might have been too much. But, one of the problems with not having them is that it diminishes WICKED’s presence in the maze. We do eventually find out that the Gladers are being watched (and can assume so long before it’s revealed), but having Beetle B...
Kaya Scodelario really got the short end of the stick with this adaptation. Whereas Teresa is smart, likeable and capable of making a major difference in the book, in the film version, it feels like she’s there just so that the movie’s got a girl in it, too. There was absolutely no way the whole telepathy thing would have worked – we learned that i...
Gally’s a nasty guy in the book from beginning to end. In the film version, however, he does have a few redeeming moments. It’s the one change I enjoyed quite a bit and in large part, it’s due to Will Poulter. He’s a great actor with a commanding presence who delivers a character that you actually enjoy hating, so when Gally gives Thomas a pat on t...
Clearly I prefer the book to the film, but again, The Maze Runnerisn’t a bad movie by any means. In fact, I was thoroughly entertained from beginning to end. But, this is definitely a situation where someone who hasn’t read the book might find it rather hollow and even a bit confusing to follow. But even then, the movie rocks a wildly engaging situ...
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The Maze Runner is a 2014 American dystopian science fiction film directed by Wes Ball, in his feature directorial debut, based on James Dashner's 2009 novel of the same name. The film is the first installment in The Maze Runner film series and was produced by Ellen Goldsmith-Vein , Wyck Godfrey , Marty Bowen, and Lee Stollman with a screenplay by Noah Oppenheim , Grant Pierce Myers, and T. S ...
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Parents need to know that The Maze Runner is based on the first novel in James Dashner's best-selling young adult trilogy. The movie, like the book, is a cross between Lord of the Flies, Ender's Game, and The Hunger Games and should appeal to fans of the books and of star Dylan O'Brien . There's more strong language ("s--t," "a--hole," "bitch ...
