The Maze Runner Movies (1 and 2) [Spoilers!]
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The Maze Runner Movies (1 and 2) [Spoilers!]
There are some adaptations that I've liked such as the Harry Potter movies and the Hunger Games movies. But there are too many that left more to be desired. One such movie series is the Maze Runner movie and the second one, the Scorch Trials. The first movie, the Maze Runner, I was actually okay with. I was even able to overlook the fact that they changed the entire method of how the Gladers escaped the maze. It was close enough to the code and the griever hole in the book that I could forgive them since it was still one of the better movie adaptations I had seen.
I should have known it wouldn't last. From the first scene, they CHANGED the ENTIRE PLOT! In the book, they are safe after they escape the maze for like one day, but then they find out that they were actually in the second phase of the experiment and had to cross the Scorch to reach the next destination. In the movie, they basically ignored the plot and created an entirely new problem with some weird lab facility and experiments. In the book there were only the Gladers in the facility, and then they see the new kid Aris. In the movie, they are suddenly with dozens of other kids who were in a similar maze?!! And then they just randomly escape into the Scorch and try to reach a "safe haven" that they've heard about? And also, in both movies, what happened to telepathic communication between Theresa and Thomas?!! I cannot fathom why you would change a perfectly good plot that was working, what is the point?
Anyways, as you can tell, I am really mad about these movies. In fact, I was so annoyed with it that I stopped watching it about half way into the movie. Maybe it improved later on but I just couldn't watch another minute of it. Well that's was the end of my rant. This was my first post in the forum so let me know if I'm doing it wrong lol. What are your thoughts on the movie? Did you like it or hate it? Did you want to pull your hair out while watching it?
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You already mentioned a few changes that were pretty important, but there were more that I was very upset about! They changed the way the Flare affected people, making it more like a zombie-virus than what was described in the movie. It was not airborne, either. Anyone could get it if they were bitten/scratched by someone who was infected. That alone is frustrating, because it changes a major plot-point for the entire series.
The girl they cast for Brenda is nothing like Brenda is described, which is disappointing. Also, Winston's death was done incorrectly, because he got "infected" with the Flare.
Even though I was disappointed with the movie, I'll still be seeing the third one when it comes out. It's going to be really wrong, and there's gonna be a lot of important stuff missing because they killed off characters that were necessary for the third one, but I'll still see it.
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In retrospect, I definitely enjoyed the book series more than it's film counterparts, as reading will always take first place in my books. And come to think of it, did they not kill off Newt in the film adaptation of the Scorch Trials? Shame on them.
Currently I am reading Warm Bodies and hopefully it doesn't make me disapprove of the film, because I really enjoyed watching it.
My daughter is rereading the Harry Potter books with me and we both love the books as much as watching the films.
It just goes to show that some things can actually live up to your expectations, where others completely destroy it for you. It's life, I guess!
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This reminds me of how old stories get twisted (like the game telephone). The Brother Grimm stories for example. They were hardcore, but throughout the years were slimmed down and changed. They are not the same stories!