Loved the reaction. Teresas actions are so messed up, because she is IMMUNE, SHE could be harvested, but she doesn't sacrifice herself, only others!! Also Newt got infected in the crank tunnel, you can see him holding his arm. He probably cut it in the carsh and the virus (which is airborn now) got in him. He was put into the maze to see the difference between 'regular' brains and the immune's brains. In the prequel The Fever Code we learn Newt was taken by wckd alongside his sister Sonya as kids.
This movie broke me, Newt deserved so so much better. Something I wish they’d of included in this movie is part of Newts back story of why he walks with a limp, back in The maze he tried to commit by jumping off of the vines but broke his leg. Kind brought his death to have even more weight on the fact he wanted to die at one point and right when he wanted to live he died.. well shit now I’ve made myself sad 😅
What you said about Teresa is so true her reasons are selfish just because her mother died. What about all the other kids who they’re using and getting killed to find a cure they lost their parents and Family too not just her And she’s not even putting her own life on the line to find a cure
I'm so darn mad that Brenda survived and Newt didn't. I won't spoil you if you plan to read the books (which you should they're good) but it was very different there. And Newt dying made more sense there than it did here. Also, in the books Newt not being immune is something we found out back in the scorch trials, it wasn't sudden like this.
I can't express how much I adore your reactions! The way you also edit everything CRACKS ME UP! But know that you are not alone in the Gally love. He is *mad fine* in this movie, both in a physical and character way.
When the car turns over in the tunnel at the start (before Brenda arrives to save them), that’s when Newt gets infected. It is something you can see but it’s also done a bit sneaky so you aren’t totally sure if it happened until Newt starts to act strangely.
They cut the scene from the movie for time but on the rooftop Newt explains to Thomas how he once climbed up a maze wall and jumped in an attempt to never get back up but it failed and he instead injured his leg and Minho saved him and didn't tell anyone that Newt caused his own injury, it's why Newt has a limp and why he is willing to die to save Minho. Also, as a Newtmas shipper (Thomas and Newt lol) this movie killed me. :)
You didn't add it in the video but I absolutely HATED that Teresa said "Come back to me..." when the whole Thomas/Newt thing was going on like GURL this isn't about YOU 😭😭 it ruined the whole mood for me when I first watched it still does
book teresa is insanely different to film teresa . in the books she is mind controlled into betraying them and genuinely empathetic but in the film she’s just kinda messed up😭 but im a book teresa defender until i DIE🗣️
to make it clear, the reason why they created the maze was because they wanted to see how immunes and normies would react to the trials. newt and winston were chosen for the other half
I loved your reactions to this movies! Do I cry my ass out every time I react to newt’s death? Yes. Will I keep watching it? Definitely. Got to know you through the tmr reactions but now I will keep up with the reactions you upload! Lots of love! 💞💗
If you like to read, I highly suggest you check out the books! The movie diverges from the books pretty hard from the last two of the trilogy, so I personally like to enjoy them separate stories. There are also three more books after The Death Cure!
Loved the video! I’m sorry you had to experience the trauma of newts death. But you’re in good company cuz newts death broke a lot of people. I absolutely sob every single time I watch it.
Thank you for mentioning my comment!❤️😭 also I hate to make you sad but if you rewatch Newts death scene, he dies w a smile on his face. In the books he remembers Sonya as he was dying and smiled because she’s alive
the movies are rlly good but they don't explain the plot as well as the books, in the books everything that happens, especially in regards to Newt, makes complete sense because everything is set up from the begining where as the movies just throw stuff in when you need to know it - news death is also way sadder In the books because he forces Thomas to shoot him in the head which is obviously SO traumatic for poor Thomas
Newt dying was just so heartbreaking and unfair and a little fact Dylan got in a big accident shutting this movie that almost killed him and they had to delay the filming for months and that why he look kinda different in some scenes. 26:38 crack me up so bad 🤣
17:58 in the books the rat man (Janson) explained they needed a group of “controls” or people who weren’t immune to go though the same trials to see how their brains reacted differently wiht the flair then to the people immune, newt was one of the people who weren’t immune, also in the book the flare doesn’t make you turn into a zombie, I just slowly makes you go crazy until “your more animal then person”
Love this reaction, I feel like Teresa did the right thing, she really just wanted to get the cure so literally all of human can be saved, like the train question, if really you have to sacrifice even 500 person to save a few billion, I feel like it will still be worth it.
Here endeth the third lesson of this amazing heroic trilogy. Although these films were adapted from a YA series of books, they are adult films, not YA, which probably explains the reaction of some viewers of that ilk. There is no female protagonist with associated love triangle etc. However, there is a love story, albeit one that's subtly understated. The films do homage to the books, but the universe of the films is not the same as the books. Thomas is very different in the films. You could describe the film trilogy as about selflessness and about a band of brothers, who follow the principle of "No man left behind." You could also say it's about life's stages with the first film being about childhood, the second about adolescence, and the third about adulthood. This only touches the surface, of course. The films are deeply rooted in myth. The most obvious aspect being the ancient Greek myth of "Theseus and the Minotaur." Thomas is, naturally, both the hero Theseus and Daedalus, whereas Newt is Ariadne, and therein lies the trilogy's love story. Heroic stories often follow the same basic pattern. In his book "The Hero with a Thousand Faces," Joseph Campbell, distilled the world's myths into a common structure which he called the monomyth or hero's journey. It's very concisely summarized as follows: A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man. That's the "Maze Runner" film trilogy in a nutshell. What's the "boon" in the trilogy? Obviously, it's Thomas himself or, more specifically, his blood. He can potentially save mankind. By the end of the third film, Thomas has come to accept this as his destiny which he will meet even if it means his death. Tragic heroes almost always die, and Thomas is a tragic hero. This is without doubt what the epilogue of the final film means. Thomas is going back to the Krank-world, and he is going to offer himself up as a cure even if it means his life is forfeit. Unlike the books, Thomas is not going to remain in the Safe Haven with Brenda to live happily ever after. Even though WCKD's HQ was destroyed along with the city, there were more than one WCKD lab and installation referenced in the films. Ask yourself, where was WCKD evacuating to in the third film? The fact that the trilogy doesn't end with a conventional happy-ending like boy-gets-girl or vice-versa, if that's your preference, also sets it apart. Another reason these are adult films. Nevertheless, many people do crave happy-endings. Instead, the film ends on a hopeful note. Thomas is going back. He's not going to stay in the Safe Haven, which, if you think about it, is really a new Glade. He's going to venture out into the maze again, the krank-filled-world. He's going to try to save, in this case, not just Alby and Minho, but the world. It's an open question whether he'll succeed. We hope so, but we don't know. This time the maze might defeat him. The end of the trilogy brings us full-circle, and we're back at the beginning. Thomas and Theresa are basically mirror images of one another. They're both betrayers, and they both want a cure, but they're complete opposites otherwise. The key difference being Thomas is selfless, whereas Theresa is self-centered. Theresa often refers to her own personal history to explain her actions. Thomas never does. To be fair, Thomas can't because his personal history has been erased, but, even so, we can see his altruism is innate. Personal history would have no bearing on his actions. These attributes primarily motivate their respective actions. Hopefully, everyone realizes there's no way Thomas could ever kill Newt, even Flare Newt. The same is true for Newt, but not Flare-Newt, of course. In that gut-wrenching struggle, Thomas would defend himself, but always stop short of killing Newt. Inevitably, Flare-Newt would kill Thomas. To save Thomas, Newt kills himself, instead, and as the Bible says: "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." Whereas Thomas and Theresa were "oppositum ego," Thomas and Newt were "idem ego." What effect did Newt's death have on Thomas? It's profound. Thomas is palpably different afterwards. He presents a diminished lifeforce and sadness. Not only did Newt die, but Thomas did, too. He will never again be the same person. Newt's death marks a turning point. From that time forward, Thomas will focus on being "the cure." He's not staying in the Safe Haven, he's leaving to save mankind. Thomas is determined to complete WCKD's mission, and we have yet another instance of immense tragic irony when Thomas, for a second time, offers himself to Ava Paige in lieu of the immunes. This time she accepts, and mankind might have been saved then and there, but Jansen, out of pure selfishness, kills her, and destroys the opportunity. The interplay between selflessness and selfishness is another aspect of the trilogy. "Does the end justify the means" represents WCKD's agenda and is the central theme of the "Maze Runner" trilogy. It's a principle often associated with totalitarianism, and the phrase has its origin with Machiavelli, although the idea is much older. The principle is part and parcel of consequentialism, a teleological theory that says whether an action is morally good or bad depends on its outcomes. The more good outcomes outnumber the bad, the better/more moral the action. Under this rubric if WCKD finds a cure, then WCKD is very good, indeed. Therea/WCKD adhere to this end-means principle rigidly. This principle is, unfortunately, a too common belief today. It allows people to believe their actions are justified regardless of how they go about achieving their desired end result. It potentially allows for all sorts of aberrant behaviors. A rather trivial example of this is the following scenario: My end is to get a certain work promotion. To get it, I work to sabotage all the other candidates. Hopefully, we agree that's not a nice way to behave. This is essentially the viewpoint of WCKD and Theresa, although they are dealing with an end of much greater significance. WCKD and Theresa are totally ruthless in their pursuit of a cure. Thomas, on the other hand, believes that the means are just as important, or, maybe, even more important, than the end. His viewpoint is if the means are morally objectionable in themselves, then this outweighs any potential benefit from the end. In other words, the "how" is just as important as the "why." Thomas, just like WCKD, wants to find a cure to the Flare, he's only opposed to how WCKD tries to do it. Thomas is willing to sacrifice himself to obtain a cure and save humanity. He's not willing, however, to sacrifice the unwilling. Theresa's/WCKD's morality is relativistic and man-centric, whereas Thomas' morality is based on absolute principles and God-centric. Even so, the trilogy challenges both WCKD's and Thomas' perspective, and makes us wonder which one is "right." I'm reminded of Pilate when he said: "What is truth?" We have man's truth, and we have God's Truth. Some miscellaneous observations: Cranks/Kranks. Krank is German for sick, diseased, unwell etc. The English word also has that connotation if you think about it. The purpose of the VR torture/stress isn't to increase heartrate but to alter brain engrams/chemistry. The increased heartrate is only a side-effect. Newt was probably injected with Flare at Jansen's facility. Recall the giant hypo? He was injected in that arm. The mystery is why it took so long to manifest itself. Different people may react differently. Thomas was shot in what looks to be the exact same spot as Ben was stung. By the way, under the circumstances, Thomas would have died from that gunshot wound. The only gripe I have about the films, and it's not really that big a gripe, is that Thomas should have died at the end of the third film. Tragic heroes almost always die, and since there weren't any more films, his arc was incomplete or left to the imagination. Why was Theresa put into the maze? She was always meant to coax Thomas back to WCKD, should he survive, as befits her role as "temptress." Why was Thomas put into the maze? Well, for betraying WCKD, but also to serve as an experimental catalyst to complete the Trial. He was the best and brightest of the immunes. A real genius, actually. His selflessness makes him act impulsively, and he can seem foolhardy as a result. He was Daedalus, the maze-maker etc., after all. Why do Thomas and, apparently, Theresa remember bits of their past, whereas the others don't? That must be by WCKD's design. Perhaps it's part of the coaxing back plan? WCKD always seems to want Thomas back after he escapes the maze. Why does Ben not seem to remember being stung or, presumably, the Griever? We know WCKD can wipe memories. Perhaps WCKD wanted stung boys to return to the Glade sometimes to create the situation he did. So, they'd wipe the memory of the sting/Griever. The Ben episode certainly created a lot of stress/terror for the Gladers, which was part of what the experiment was about. Why does the mob destroy the city? It's part and parcel of the madness of mobs!! Finally, what a fantastic trilogy "Maze Runner" is, especially when you consider all three films only cost $157 million. The average cost for a major Hollywood movie is $100 million. You'd never know it watching these three movies that they were done on the cheap. They come across as much more expensive productions. Hats off to the actors for their incredible performances and the director, crew and SFX folks, too. Job very well done.
This is the movie that will make me cry every time, without fail. No other character death has hit me as much as Newt's did. No one else's death actually broke my heart.
They wouldn’t have been able to put all the details from the book in the movie so ig they did the best they could producing a storyline that follows it closely. But the books are 100% better like god 😮💨 these movies didn’t do the books justice in the slightest
I still had nothing for Teresa. Her dying was fitting to me since she got that doctor and others killed. Basically came to manipulate Thomas. So yes she helped, but she did harm too. Just like we didn’t see her sacrifice her blood they should have had the option not be forced and memories erased. While she got to remember everything.
hi!! i really appreciate your reactions and i love that you're emotional when it comes to movies because i'm the same and our feelings are valid!! 🫶🏼 if you're taking suggestions you could maybe consider watching "hairspray" sometime in the future?? it's one of my comfort movies and i'd love to see your take on it 🫶🏼
