Another Win: Newt talks about how he tried to kill himself by jumping off the top of a ledge and ended up breaking his leg in the book, in the movie when newt "runs" he jog-skips, giving the indication that they implemented that into the movie version
He even mentioned in the movie they'd "tried to climb the vines before" there's some really cool hints at Newts story in the booked in all three movies, as much as they deter from the original material in the end
I read somewhere so i don't really know if its true... The actor for Newt (Thomas Brodie Sangster) actually put pebbles (rocks) on the bottom of his shoes so that he would have a limp. But again i don't know if thats the full truth so. :)
The difference between Maze Runner and Hunger Games I find to be this: Hunger Games: OMG! The world sucks! We have to do something about it! Maze Runner: WHY does the world suck?! Who did this?! Why do it?! How can we fix it?!
I agree. I like both series.....but I felt like with Hunger Games and Divergent and the Gender Games it was following the exact same formula while changing a few details. It was the same story. With Maze Runner, the story felt different. It was mainly a group of boys for one and they were all in one place instead of divided into factions and like you said, I liked that instead of just saying "The world sucks, let's kill everybody". they are delving into the WHY. And they were all really cute. Especially Newt.
you realise it does tell you why they're trying to kill Snow? There has been 74 years of 23 kids being killed. 10 districts live in poverty. Two districts and another section live in complete richness. The maze runner is a great book, but you can't say that another book is bad cause' you haven't read the books in a while or something. :)
@@bonk254 - Who said The Hunger Games was bad? Not sure if that was a deleted comment, but I only saw people comparing the difference. And it seemed their points didn't have anything to do whether we ever understood why (for any good book, you should be able to understand why the world is as it is, and why the characters do or don't want it to stay that way). It looked more like everyone was saying that The Hunger Games wasn't about learning why. Characters already knew why everything was as it was in The Hunger Games, minus a few new details later on that any book should have to make sure readers aren't trapped in a static world and characters don't seem to have all information (that's unrealistic). Maze Runner, on the other hand, was propelled through the question "why". That was the reason every action was taken. The goal of escape was important, but the driving force was "why is it this way" and "how do I change it". The goal of Hunger Games was "We need to survive" and "We need to stop this from happening".
After reading the Kill Order I thought I would understand but the fact that she technically faked her friendship with everyone really hurt me, probably because of personal things but even though she suffered I can’t forgive her
The original books, as well as these movie adaptations are fantastic and underrated stories. Love them. And Dylan O’Brien deserves way more than he gets credit for.
One detail I love is that while Gally is an asshole, he actually has several moments of being a nice dude. He does congratulate Thomas for remembering his name and when they hide in The Box and the last guy asks to be let in, Gally actually tried to help him in.
Hey man, I have a request. Can you make a video on "Everything GREAT About E.T. The Extraterrestrial." It's a classic and deserves your wins. Thanks man.
This movie really had standout actors like Dylan O'brian and Teresa Agnes, but I think the one that stood out after this franchise was Will despite only being in the first movie. But those 3 were the standouts of the film.
i think the venom of a griever sting actually contains the flare, because ben was really violent just like the flare makes you, and you could see alot of veins on albies body, just like the flare did to newts face in the deathcure
The Grievers remind me of a mix of the baby spider thing in Toy Story, a Demodog from Stranger Things, and the scorpion dog hybrid thing from Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
5:15 i think it might be bring back lies as: 1 - that's what it looks like in the shot 2 - could mean bring back hope to the people who don't know that the runners think there is no exit.
The real question is... *How did they save gally from a spear through the heart but not chuck with a bullet? Probably lead poisoning andddd how did they make a gun? Or did they just get that somehow?*
spolier warning for the people who havent watched the movies as far as i know, the bullet hit Chuck's *heart*, but the spear hits Gally's *lung* and that's why The Right Arm was still able to save him.
I loved it when they came to the outer rings of the maze with the big numbers painted on and the shifting walls. The fear you have to feel when you have to run like a maniac before it closes.
I still think this is one of the better book to movie adaptations. Being able to visualize the sense of scale of the maze and paired with them running in it shows you how long it really took for them to map it out. I liked it a lot personally but I think it’s pretty good.
What’s sad is that the people who stayed with Gally are still in the maze, obviously unless they went with Gally but they probably got killed, that would explain him getting stung
this is just my personal opinion but I like that the plot of the last two movies are completely different from the books. it gives you two different outcomes to one scenario. obviously, the people who die in the books die in the movies and the first movie is a little different but its the same gist. as I said earlier, I like that it gives you another outcome to the same scenario.
I've got one problem with this whole series, when Thomas is being told about the maze, one character says that a new person comes once a month and then says they have been there for 3 years, so there should be a max of 36 people maybe a few more or less cause of death but it seems there are hundreds of kids there, idk still a good series just something I thought about that bugged me.
Yeah but in the beginning of the maze experiments wckd has sent a larger group of boys up there so it's actually a mistake when Newt says that Alby had to spent one month alone in the glade.
I really really like your videos! I really liked this movie, but your video gives well-explained reasons why it's good and that makes me appreciate the film more than before.
He brought up one point I’ve always thought about that has always been complained by people. The main character is always the chosen one. It’s a cliche but it happens because no one wants to watch a movie that’s centred around a side character that watches someone else do things and change things themselves. It would be terribly boring to watch a character that isn’t special because their lives would be absolutely boring and they won’t be the driver of the story.
Another win for this is I like how when Thomas first enters the maze to help Minho and Alby, we see Newt try to stop him as he charges forward. Its brief but its there....like he's only known this guy for a day or two and already he wants to protect him.
Spoilers................. They were friends before the maze so it may have been a natural reflex and he just didnt remember why because of the memory wipe.
I mean idk if I liked the movie as much as you because because you didn't say how much you like the movie. I could get my friend trevor to find out though.
@@arbiterprime2145 yeah fun moment when you wanted a car that looked like bumble bee (as a little kid when the first transformer came out) then bumblebee came out I kinda now realize i got the car Dylan played as.
In “the fever code” we find out that Thomas and Teresa planned to free the gladers. They had it all planed out (they would keep their memories and supposedly report back to WICKED ((WCKD)) but would actually escape) up until the point where Teresa snitched (I think) or WICKED found out and Thomas gets his memory wiped. Teresa was totally on board with WICKED’s plan and pretended to be with Thomas until he got his memory wiped. Teresa actually did keep her memories but Thomas didn’t which is why she remembers her name so quickly, she was told to act like she had amnesia. So I don’t think different people have different levels of amnesia.
@@spartannige3296 I started reading the books after watching this movie. I got to like her so little that when it came time to read the prequel, I checked out. I couldn't stand to keep reading about her character.
@@cchavezjr7 Book Teresa is awful. I can't stand her. At least in the films, they gave Teresa a more sympathetic reason for doing the things she does. But the book version of her is so unlikeable that when she dies it's more of a relief.
@@mish375 Exactly. You're right, in the movie at least she had more of a redemption side but damn, after the main series I just could not go to the prequels because she was in it. I've never had the kind of hatred for a book character before either.
@@cchavezjr7 Well she does all these terrible things in the books, physically assaults Thomas at one point, and then is just like "Yeah I betrayed you. Sorry but we have to move on. Oh do you want to get back together?" All in one go. And Thomas is understandably like: "Uh...no, you're crazy and unstable." At no point did she seem genuine after all that. So at least the films made her somewhat likeable, even though she's very flawed. But she was the worst in the books by far. I mean, as much of a prick as Janson is, you can at least chalk it up to him going insane from the Flare eating away at his brain near the end. Teresa had no such excuse.
i don’t like or agree with gally, but he has good reasons for his actions. like you said, it’s not because he wants to stir up trouble or because of a girl, it’s because he doesn’t like the change that’s happening. he’s not a bad person, his views just differ from the main characters, so we dub him as bad.
Let's just say he's more reasonable in the film than in the book. In the book, he hated Thomas because, having gone through the Changing, he had seen glimpses of Thomas before meeting him, and assumed that Thomas was a part of the cruel experiment going on around them (again, he's not wrong. But he was a despicable character in the book because he flat out despised Thomas).
camhasproblems also he uses sound logic bad things started when Thomas showed up and Thomas killed a greaver which the others had never done so maybe the greavers only want Thomas and don’t give a shit about the others
I was disappointed with the lack of accuracy in the movies. I do still think they're good movies but reading the books first definitely ruined my enjoyment of them.
I watched the movies as I read the books, which I think in some roundabout way helped me appreciate both story’s because the differences were more highlighted. It somehow made it easier to seperate them and see it as 2 stories unfolding instead of just me constantly comparing them.
if anything, i like the movies *more* than i liked the books. the books got more and more confusing and harder to read the closer to the end it got, but the movies were easier for me to understand maybe that's just my simple brain but still
12:16 that's what i always think! When there's arguments about how the main characters are always the best at everything or how are they always ended up being the superior, well, it's because there are always people who ended up being like that. And we are just happen to follow their story. That's why they're the main characters, it's because they have amazing stories to tell to begin with.
@@lucyicanel there are actually books i’ve come across like that, where the story is told from the person we’d generally consider to be a ‘side’ character - the ones that come to mind immediately are ‘the deathless girls’ and ‘the rest of us just live here’ though i know i’ve read more but i can’t remember them rn lol
brillow sorry I wasn’t clear earlier! Thomas and newt (along with Minho!) have probably one of the greatest bromances ever. I’m a total lover for minewtmas or thominewt, however you put it just bc they are like, perfect together and part of the life time friendship goals. Scratch the love triangle with Brenda. There’s actually a lot of examples of Thomas being attracted to Theresa romantically. Especially in the first book on how he describes her hair and blue eyes, right at the box and later on. The second book has the “you’re not her”. Third book I’m the least knowledgeable about but the movie, when Gally interrogates her and threatens to cut her thumb off, he’s the only one that stands up and the scene which ends with newt putting Thomas against a wall and then reveals his diagnosis (and suicide attempt in deleted scenes). My version of the ending is that it goes according to the movie but newt and Teresa don’t die. This affects Thomas and the story by making WICKED still out there and Thomas has constant thoughts about saving the rest of the world and is forced to move on and has to learn to trust that whatever rescission he makes is for the best. The epilogue for that (in six months) would be Thomas leading alongside Minho and Newt and is slowly improving to focus on the island and preserve the major advances from the world they left (mainly medical, common manufactured inventions such as glass, and basic technological). This would actually contrast to the canon aftermath where I envision Thomas to blame himself for all the deaths and struggles accepting the leadership role (I’m assuming he becomes leader, Vince just has no mention anywhere and him struggling to accept his role would be a result of him not having newt). He and Gally form a close and unique friendship which is the result of many “midnight outings” to chuck and newts grave. They connect over both knowing how it feels to kill a close friend or the trauma of killing someone so innocent. The epilogue for that would be that Thomas has a talking parrot, the reincarnation of Newt (confirmed by James Dashner). He’s sitting at the edge of the biggest cliff on the island, that overlooks the activities and the horizon, his favorite spot by far. Suddenly, an old man appears beside him and is revealed as Thomas when he’s much older and gives a speech about being able to move on and enjoying the present as well as how he’s one of the greatest if not the greatest people in history.
MazeRunnerFan ok maybe, but that’s not the point. Here, it’s a « ship ». It’s not based on a reality but on a fantasy. It’s obvious that Thomas is hetero and likes Theresa in the movie but fans prefer pairing him with Newt (and I really agree, I love their chemistry and also the behind the scenes helps with that)
To be honest, Thomas is so bORING in the books. Dylan O’Brien does an incredible job at breathing new life into the character, while still capturing book Thomas’s stubborn, curious, impulsive side.
Olivia Martin James Dashner is excellent at world building, he spins out believable, grounded, and immersive worlds at the drop of a hat. It's his greatest talent as a writer. He's not very good with his main characters though. They all feel exactly the same. I feel like they're all totally interchable and boring.
Olivia Martin SPOILERS FOR BOOK READERS! I couldn't even finish reading Death Cure because Thomas was being so annoyingly childish about what Theresa did in to him in the Scorch Trials, when she made it clear she HAD NO CHOICE it was pretend to kill him or he would REALLY die. She tried to apologize profusely after, but he wouldn't hear it. Then later on he goes to say that she acted nonchalant about it after when she clearly didn't. I just got so tired of him being a baby about WCKD in The Death Cure too. Others may be on his side, but thats just my opinion.
+Olivia Martin I’m glad to hear that. I haven’t read this series (one of the few YA series I haven’t) but I expected some backlash for saying he created a likable character since he didn’t technically “create” Thomas, but I think some people often take for granted how much actors bring to particular characters. Not to take anything away from the writers, but acting is not an easy job.
Aw man, I used to be obsessed with this franchise! But then… well, I got a little salty when The Scorch Trials movie was VASTLY different from the book (which is my favourite of the series). I get that they had to make the change for the sake of “better” story telling, buuuuut 🤔
I don’t care what anyone says, I enjoy the hell out of the first Maze Runner! The second one is a different story.. but the first one is pretty damn good!
Exactly! The first movie is awesome. Had me on the edge of my seat (which was a first for me; I was 12 back when I first saw it, and had never been that excited) throughout the whole movie. The second one is still a good film, but so different from the book.. I still very much enjoyed it, though. I'm super excited to see how they're gonna get the final installment of the series back on track, because they did say it was closer to the book!
I make myself like Scorch Trials because, despite what they did WRONG, they still did a lot RIGHT. I'm upset they cut out the one-on-one scene with Thomas and Newt, but Wes Ball says it's still canon!
oh yeah I definitely would've liked the movie a lot more if that scene was still in there. It just shows a lot of Newt and Thomas's character. And did he? I didn't know that! That makes everything a bit better :D They did a lot right, yes, but a lot was also done wrong. Brenda getting bitten? Changing the whole point of traveling through the scorch? Changing Teresa's goal (like she was with group B in the book and they kidnapped Thomas and everything)? I don't like those changes at all. But I do get some of them; the movie is still a beautifully designed, action-packed adventure, and definitely very enjoyable. I just really want to know how they're gonna make TDC resemble the book more after the changes they've made.
I expected to see a similar scene like the deleted scene from the scorch trials movie with Thomas and Newt, in the book, but it didn't happen. However there is a scene where they talk a bit in the night sky the night before Thomas was kidnapped by Group B. I also watched the movies first, and now i am reading the books.
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I was stoked to see Will Poulter portraying a strong leader and still love the scene in which he throws Thomas like 10 feet. I love seeing actors who played dorky characters getting a moment to shine in the action genre. Felt the same way when Jesse Eisenberg starred in American Ultra (not the best movie I agree, but I can't help enjoying it).
when i first was introduced to this film through a trailer i was SO invested i read the 3 books in the week leading to its release and the first adaptation was AMAZING!! truly those books gave me some emotional damage but DAMN were they good
