Comments on: Review: ‘The Maze Runner’ Starring Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Patricia Clarkson, Will Poulter And More

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:01 +0000

I saw this today, too, and I have to agree with the review. All smoke and mirrors but little substance. As the start of a franchise, it isn\’t very inspiring. And I\’d have to disagree about Josh Hutcherson in THG movies. He stepped up to the plate and is totally convincing. Hemsworth is just a wooden plank, much like Kristen Stewart in the emoting department. He\’s being carried on in THG franchise much the way she was carried on by better actors in the Twi franchise.

By: Meh

Meh — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:01 +0000

Hunger Games was exciting? Maube the second, but the first was boring and mediocre.

By: Meh

Meh — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:01 +0000

"It\’s superfluous "world building" for a universe nobody would ever want to return to, unless they\’re a big fan of olive-colored clothing and repressed sexuality…"

You think because you disliked it, nobody would enjoy it? Like you opinion on this film is fact? How full of yourself can you be…

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:01 +0000

Don\’t listen to this review. This movie was sooooo good. I give an A!

By: jawsnnn

jawsnnn — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:01 +0000

"…subtle socio-political commentary of "The Hunger Games"…" Y\’all need a dictionary in your lives.

By: Thor

Thor — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:01 +0000

Ignore this review. The movie is so great! Meanwhile Playlist does only a good job working 24/7 as Robert Pattinsons promotion team. But that\’s it.

By: mclein

mclein — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:01 +0000

Completely disagree. This is a good movie, nothing exceptional, but enjoyable, good thrills, decent acting. I really think the author of this review expected THG Redux, or something, the thing is, it\’s nothing alike, except being based on a book, and disregarding it only because it\’s main target is YA audience it\’s stupid. The only thing I hated was Poulter\’s face (his eyebrows or lack there of freak me out)

By: Virgínia

Virgínia — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:01 +0000

What? I loved the movie, I just decide to watch it in last minute and I never heard about it, and I lvoe it! It\’s really good, I mean for first movie on trilogy is really more exciting then hunger games 1, and the fact of don\’t having romance, and being so real, and making the public feeling that could be them in this freaking insane apocalypse world it\’s so amazing. Hunger Games, Divergent just seems so unreal, and The Maze Runner makes us think that yeah this could be us. I give the movie a A in the YA movies world! Dylan O\’brien is amazing I didn\’t know much about him, but now I really want to see more about him, is going to be amazing.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:01 +0000

I saw this film today and it was truly great. The acting is stellar (overall better than in "The Hunger Games", where Jennifer Lawrence is a marvel, but where Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth leave much to be desired); the movie is dark, gritty and genuinely scary on occasion; it looks much better than its $35 million budget suggests, with some great CGI; and its overall a very capable launch of a franchise, with a delicious tease of the (likely) sequel\’s rather different setting at the very end. I\’d give it well-earned B+.

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:01 +0000

Terrible movie.. I literally skipped 20 minutes forward just to make it end quicker

By: lou

lou — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:01 +0000

I don\’t know what movie you were watching but it sounds like you went into this film wanting to hate it which is unfortunate because you missed some really good filmmaking. I thought it was extremely well done and enjoyed every minute of it…as did most of the audience in my theatre. Story always kept moving, had everyone on the edge of their seats, the acting was SUPERB (much better than many of these YA adapts), set design was very impressive, score was beautiful, cinematography was gorgeous. Not to mention the fact that this film cost 30M instead of 100M (like Hunger Games & Divergent) and has no big names in it….I thought it was fantastic.

By: joseph

joseph — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:01 +0000

There is some social commentary that you kind of have to dig for about education entrapping students and being more of a study of student performance in spite of poor education rather than a place that equips them for the real world. At the end of the movie when the kids exit the maze and are confronted with a wasteland we see the metaphor extended to the problem that despite what education one may have gleaned from their time in the walls, there are no opportunities outside. I\’m not convinced that the movie-makers had this commentary in mind, but it fits rather nicely.

By: sal jenks

sal jenks — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:01 +0000

Glad to see someone else felt like this movie never really got going. The premise was interesting, but the character never asked the right questions and the plot didn\’t go anywhere meaningful. The worst of it all was the tacky "expect sequels" non-ending. 2/5 from me

By: rob r

rob r — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:01 +0000

I disagree with this review. Yes, there is the obvious comparisons to Lord of the Flies and Hunger Games, but I felt the movie was quite suspenseful and action packed throughout. I thought the fact that they introduced the only girl later in the film worked well. These boys had their memories wiped and many had only been around other boys for years so it was interesting to see how they adapted.

Sad as it was, I like that they killed the Chuck character. It gave some real life credendce whereas many other films always find a ridiculous way for a beloved character to survive.

I didn\’t read the novel but based on the film I may now read the rest of the trilogy and look forward to the next film next year.

By: MuddledMaze

MuddledMaze — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:01 +0000

his movie was terrible. Total waste of time. Thin plot, weak acting and at the end it made no sense. It looks like the writers didn\’t know where they were going with the story. Don\’t waste your time.

By: Robbie

Robbie — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:01 +0000

I give the movie a 60/100, because it didn\’t stay true to the book.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:01 +0000

So your issue with the film is that it wasn\’t metaphorical enough? Seriously? How many PBRs did you consume before seeing this?

By: TJ

TJ — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:01 +0000

The maze runner well it would have been easier to climb up the walls and wall your way out, obviously the IQ levels have decreased over the years. And if the world is all desert how come the commune has woods and streams ? Am I missing something?