The Maze Runner

THE MAZE RUNNER is not that good of a film, which means the book must’ve been absolutely horrendous. Luckily I have written a great review.

Here we go again, yet ANOTHER Young Adult film to grab a hold of.

I know I’ve written about “Young Adult” films before, so if I say the same thing over again in this article, don’t blame me. And if I change my opinion on these YA (Young Adult) films, well then don’t blame me for that either, because I don’t care. I write whatever I want to write and whatever I write is always right.

I’m never wrong.

A YA film is usually a film made from a novel that teenage girls and young adults grab on to (like lemmings). They usually go around telling everybody that they read this book and that this book is SO AWESOME! Then, a production company buys the rights to the book and turns it into a film. THEN, the movie becomes a huge hit because millions of people would rather see a two hour movie than waste six months of their lives reading a stupid book.

Case in point: “Twilight.” How many people do you really know read that book? Maybe 11 people. I bet you five of them didn’t even read it, they’re just telling you they did so they can sound more smarter than you.

Same goes for “The Hunger Games” and “The Host” and “Divergent.” I have the same eleven people coming up to me and saying the book is SO GOOD and I HAVE TO read it!

Well listen folks, I DON’T have to read it… I’m smarter than you. I’ll just wait for the movie. I’m not going to waste a half a year of my life reading a dumb book when all I have to do is wait a few months to see it on the big screen. I got better things to do… Like go see more movies. (about dumb books.)

Which brings me to “The Maze Runner.”

Yup, this was a YA novel turned into a movie. And boy am I glad I didn’t read it, because I would’ve wasted seven months of my life reading it. Luckily, I only saw the movie and wasted two hours of my life.

The film is one long prequel to the next film. Its story was dull. Its characters were uninteresting, and its climax was anti-climactic to say the least.

The story is about a group of young boys stranded in the middle of a gigantic maze, with no clue how they got there and no idea how to get out of there.

Basically, this is a boring Balthazar Getty-less version of “Lord of the Flies.”

I mean, in this film you have your typical good guys, bad guys, tough guys and your wimps. Put them all together and you have your high school lunch room all over again.

Then, from out of the blue, you have a cute girl all of a sudden show up. Now, I don’t really know what she was doing there, or why she was even there, but when you have a group of 40 or so teenage males and one girl, one may think that these boys hormones may take over and they’d be fighting each other to the death for this girl’s affection… BUT NOPE! Not even one of them seems to care that she’s smoking hot!

The story just didn’t work for me. I know it’s a sci-fi film but at least give me an inkling of reality to the story!

And the ending? Really? Are you kidding me? THAT’S how you want to end this film? REALLY!

No, it just did not work for me.

Did you ever see the movie “Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope?” When you watch that film it is actually a prequel to “The Empire Strikes Back.” But when you watch it you NEVER think that it’s a prequel. “Star Wars” is a movie that stands on its own. You can watch it and when it is over you can be satisfied with what you’ve just watched.
This is NOT true with “The Maze Runner.” This movie was just a stupid prequel to next book in the series. It did not need to be made. If I didn’t see it I don’t think it would matter when it came to seeing the next film. Basically, it was just a mish-mash of scenes to develop characters for the next film.

Unfortunately, they never really develop those characters.

So, in a nutshell, I did not like this movie.

Which means the book must’ve been the worst read since those stupid “Harry Potter” books.

Are you catching my drift? I DO NOT LIKE BOOKS.

I’m Matty W. Kelley, speaking honestly and truthfully from the heart. (and never from the libary.)

Fun Fact: This film was shot in 42 days.

 

Fun Matty Fact: I am not at all a fan of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I think Flea’s best role was NOT as the bassist for that band, but for his role as Douglas C. Needles in the film “Back To The Future 2.”