time to see just how much juice Teen Wolf's Dylan O'Brien REALLY has
you're watching Beyond The Trailer's review of the Maze Runner
- You guys can just keep me here! - I can't let you leave! - Why would you tell me what's out there?!
It's the maze...
Every morning when those doors open, the runners look for a way out.
- No one has ever survived a night in the maze. - What happens to them?
We call them Grievers.
We don't belong here!
Somebody built the maze! I think it's time we find out what we're really up against...
So far only Divergent has come anywhere close to even touching the flames and the girl on fire
but still Fox has high hopes for the Maze Runner for several reasons
first there's the obvious it's based on a series of popular young-adult novels
with built-in action all other Hunger Games and divergent
second it stars Dylan O'Brien a breakout star
MTV's Teen Wolf and no not the hot guy a funny guy on the show
think Wally West & Young Justice and this is not just his first big movie
since hitting the big time with Teen Wolf
but its first big movie period then third we have a less obvious reason but
perhaps the most important
Maze Runner is produced by with Godfrey the producer the Twilight films
and The Fault in Our Stars this guy is so in tune with these young adult
audience though I was on the red carpet for the vault in Our Stars
I had to wait interview him because so many fans wanted
his autograph and good all week seems to have put together a pretty solid movie
here
thanks to strong production design this movie seems to have a little more weight
to it than your average young adult cash grab
sure we think under games but also Lord of the Flies
that O'Brien has been surrounded with the strong supporting cast including
we're the Millers will Poulter
Game of Thrones Thomas Brady Sangster and skins Kaya Scodelario
plus the film has a diverse today although these cast members are
well-known
yet again Fox Hills they might be soon as the studio has already begun
pre-production on the sequel the scorch trials
may be happy if the Maze Runner performs on par with divergent but surely
they're hoping you will come closer to the Hunger Games can anyone really come
anywhere close to Katniss & Company
may there are a lot of red shirts in this movie
in fact several times during the Maze Runner I was reminded of Sam Rockwell's
character in Galaxy Quest being like
pay you guys don't all have names you're gonna die
I and there was a lot of death in the maze runner more so than is usual for
this type young adult
film it was usually on camera or at least the death began on camera
and was very violent inside and as I said all on it
I much more so than 100 games has ever had
which of course is supposed to be an entire movie about during our kids are
at least that
the first two entries were I and speaking of The Hunger Games The Maze
Runner
reminded me a lot the first Hunger Games film
and that probably means we're in for a hack
over sequel however this press and Gerry
hide in love so much and I a lot of problems
they have the first 100 games interestingly I and that's what I
thought
really poor job was done in terms of the world building
on the movie now to be fair I thought the end of the maze writer the last 20
minutes or so
got really interesting and that's another reason why I'm excited for the
scorched trials I was like
finally the end of the movie has like I O
I get the pitch for the Maze Runner I get the hook I get the clever idea
this author must originally had but I have to say
and he doesn't do a very good job realizing her maybe he does
but I think the movie doesn't realize it with its full potential the whole movie
I think
has untapped potential which again is why I feel sequel
could really be where this franchisor hopeful franchise
gets on its feeder begins to begins to run right now it's kinda just
stumbling around trying to find its way out what was my problem with the world
building well
I think it was really sloppy in that
exposition was handled by just a series of questions and answers and I know the
Thomas just came
to the Glade so actually has a lot of questions
I feel it is %uh to screenwriters Jon think a more creative
buried in interesting ways to get information across so it doesn't seem so
much like a
you know the audience asking questions and I know Thomas is supposed to be
step into the audience but just just almost became comical how many questions
he was asking
and that he had to ask questions before anybody would explain things to her
I just you know was caught off guard by that and again as I
is it sloppy exposition and not sophisticated writing his
you no one would hope to see in any and I think that
being discussed in the adult our film based on young adult novel may be aimed
at audience
is no excuse for unsophisticated sloppy writing
not now John Albright himself so did quite a good job but that he was very
likable
I thought he was great reacting to things Steven Spielberg's you give them
a call or GERD
Edwards courses taken over the spielberg I
you know bag of tricks and Brianna reaction shots don't know brian is very
good at a reaction shot
but it's not just a reacting to things emotionally or with his face
with his entire body I his running around the maze he really
me to show a bit they did a very nice job flailing all around you felt the
danger is very good
harrison ford also does kinda similar you know body reacting to action
sequences
use quite well indiana Jones you know a lot of people I think still use that is
that
watermark the benchmark for really good I acting in action
yes really making you feel like you're there to dawdle rhymes a great choice
for this
hazardous co stars there are some standouts wife
on my favorites were Thomas Brodie Sangster their
kit for Game of Thrones that he was really good is kinda like the leader
all that wasn't a little later in the movie that I realized get any kind of
leadership role
and again I blame the film for not setting up the hierarchy a little bit
better
I and also I liked ki Hong Lee that he's very good as me help me know
whenever main rotor he was excellent although well I can't really going to
spoil this year but
there are certain things rose like take all the time to do that instead
I don't know drying Toronto knows we're art but then
of course I notice will Poulter how could you not get very big role here
but I didn't think much what he did with it and I think you get not his fault
I think the script baby had too many characters maybe they
the names too many that I know they have a lot of characters they could have work
lateral damage
but I think that there were so many people to talk about so much
ground to cover you really don't know anybody I think very well
needed neither did Thomas and he's there for a very short
period of time how how do I miss that beat everybody else
who is this yes there was also a really funny I think you can make a lotta good
comedy sketches after the Maze Runner I think that what
with you know with all due respect in I you know I got a number of people
writing because I
had I get to go to a press Creek some little late to the party to review it
Thursday to join them but were too late could go to the exam
have Friday morning commit so I get so many messages from people across this
open brought II you know internationally for came here
a lot people to discredit seem to be very happy with the way this turned out
which is again
why I'm referencing the first 100 I think fans in the book
and babies and Sedona Brian in this kind of material
hosting this skews very young like what they see and that's great and so i think
thats it thats
should be considered a success for the Maze Runner however at the same time I
think if you're not into the sky
movie if you can take it or leave it I you know it certainly get totally
excited about
I think that you should totally right of the major franchise but
I don't think you need show up for this entry I think you could totally jump in
on the next one scorch trials were I hope they have
you know now that they've set established things we can go a little
bit
smoother and you know do a little bit more really the ground running
although I do have to point out that 100 games is a fairly simple concept and so
it's very easy to get across
I think there's something much more convoluted maybe he's going on over here
at The Maze Runner
and I think it is not set it up at all when the movie was over I still really
had no idea
what was happening I think that at some point your audience has had a little bit
better grasp on things
and your main characters even know you know I think in the beginning we're
supposed to be on the same
and the same page so that's my view of the maze runner
again wouldn't write it off but not too terribly excited about this first
century however I do have high hopes
for the sequel what do you think of the maze right do you agree with my problems
with the film
are or where you think I missed an aspect that
really made it stand out I what did you think about death and I feel like this
did you think it was good
do it was too obvious casinos you're like I wonder who's gonna die I mean if
you watch
on movies like this thank you in like paying what's going to happen what did
you think a bit last 20 minutes
did you think that was where the movie really can't lie final you things were
went off the rails
what are your thoughts on the maze I thank you so much for tuning in to my
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