THE MAZE RUNNER

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Introduction:

         When the lift cranks open, the only thing Thomas remembers is his first name only. But he’s not alone. An army of boys welcome him to glade, an encampment at the centre of a terrible maze. The Gladers have no idea why they are there or what is happened to the world outside. In glade they are many guys and suddenly one day Teresa came to the glade and she is the only girl in the glade. And following the arrival of the girl with a massage, they must find a way out or die.

                                                   

Review of the books: 

On the chapter one Thomas can only remember is name on entering the glades but on the movie He can't even remember that when he first gets there. And Thomas is afraid and just stands there in the Glade if in the movie He attempts to run and falls down and realizes he is in the maze. The Gladers create maps of the maze that they study.Theresa is unconcious for several days after arriving but on the movie she wakes up shortly after arriving. Theresa ignores the others besides Thomas initially. She interacts with the others and tells them to leave her alone.Thomas and Theresa can communicate via telepathy in the books but in the movie they do not. Ben was banished to the maze while wearing a collar attached to a one long metal pole,Ben was banished to the maze by the Gladers holding many spears and other wooden devices on hand for such occurrences in movie.The serum exists before Thomas and Teresa arrive in the Glade but in the movie Teresa brings vials of serum with her to the Glade.Thomas and Minho kill the Grievers by sending them off the Cliff to survive the night in the maze. 

Thomas and Minho kill a Griever by getting it smashed in a moving wall to survive the night in the maze.Thomas spends a day in the Slammer for entering the maze and Thomas spends a night in the Pit for entering the maze in the movie.There is no difference in weather in the Glade it is always sunny during the day but in the movie the weather changes in the Glade it's cloudy and rains.Teresa comes up in the box and says everything will change in the books but in the movie Teresa comes up in the box and say Thomas Gally runs away goes into hiding and is gone for most of the book only to come back and get taken by a griever and then once again when the creators make him attack Thomas but in the movie Gally doesn't run away go into hiding and is in the whole movie. He also isn't taken by a griever. Runners run with their left hand brushing the side of the wall in the maze. Runners just run in the movie.Gally is portrayed to be a boy with longish black hair but Gally is portrayed to be a boy with short ginger hair in the movie. Newt is second in command as in he watches the other gladers and make sure they are doing there job he's like alby but in the movie Newt is keeper of the gardeners.

Review of movie

Thomas wakes up in an elevator, remembering nothing but his own name. He emerges into a world of about 60 teen boys who have learned to survive in a completely enclosed environment, subsisting on their own agriculture and supplies. A new boy arrives every 30 days. The original group has been in "The Glade" for three years, trying to find a way to escape through the Maze that surrounds their living space. They have begun to give up hope. Then a comatose girl arrives with a strange note, and their world begins to change. There are some great, fast-paced action scenes, particularly those involving the nightmarish Grievers who plague the boys.

- Written by KelseyJ

The Maze Runner film released on 2014 is a YA-novel formula that’s reliably produced so many hugely successful film adaptations in recent years. And indeed director Wes Ball’s film is based on the best seller by James Dashner. It features a similar structure, hits some recognizable beats and includes some character types that will seem pretty familiar to anyone who’s seen the “Hunger Games” films, or “Divergent,” or “The Giver.THE MAZE RUNNER is a dystopian thriller based on James Dashner's best-selling YA book trilogy. The action starts immediately, with an elevator taking a scared teenage guy, Thomas as Dylan O'Brien, up into the unknown. When the doors open, he is introduced to the Glade, a mysterious all boy commune surrounded by an even more mysterious Maze that changes every day and is home to killer mechanized bugs called "Grievers." Every month, the elevator delivers supplies and a new amnesiac resident. None of the imprisoned boys can remember anything but their names, with the newest guy being Thomas.

Actually, he doesn’t even know his name is Thomas at first. Dylan O’Brien (MTV’s “Teen Wolf”), who resembles a young Rob Lowe, plays the confused young man. At the film’s start, he finds himself rising quickly in a big, rickety freight elevator that’s also loaded with supplies. The film’s sound design is quite startling and effective it puts you on edge from the earliest moments. Thomas is the main character of this movie.Played by Dylan O’ Brien. First of all, He is immune amongst many others. He was one of the creators of The Maze. In my opinion, people are attracted to watch this movie because of his good looks.

Main character Thomas by O’Brien is a great role model, helping his friends and standing up to authority when necessary.Thomas has no memory of who he is and no idea how he got there, people also attracted to O’Briens because he proves to be brave, loyal, and clever, with isolated telepathic powers and a very limited memory of previous knowledge of the Maze film. Soon after arriving in the Glade, Thomas makes both friends and enemies and proves a leader among the boys.But as the newest arrival to the Glade, he is dubbed a “greenie” and duly hazed until he can prove his worth to the key figures he meets.O'Brien has always been a standout actor he routinely steals the show on Teen Wolf.He is good at the connections with the other guys, all of whom are played well by the cast of young actors particularly head runner Minho by Ki Hong Lee, leader Alby by Aml Ameen, second in command Newt by Thomas Brodie-Sangster, and the youngest of the Gladers, chubby and charming Chuck by Blake Cooper.

The charismatic Alby played by Aml Ameen who was the first to arrive, is the factor leader. The leader of the Gladers, Alby is a dark skinner, very tall and tough man.Alby has authority over much of what goes on in the Glade. He is hot-headed but experienced after being stung by a Griever, Alby undergoes the changing and becomes convinced that they should not return to the outside world. He wishes to stay in the Glade and even tries to sabotage an escape plan by burning the maps drawn by the Runners.The scenes when Alby dies during the escape attempt by throwing himself onto a Griever was so touched and sadness.

Another character is a Minho played by Ki Hong Lee is the head of the runners boys who dare to enter an opening in the giant walls and explore the maze that lies behind them.Ki Hong Lee was a good actor and people like he on the film because of he is the runner and the tough one and the runner that can be save the gladers. He is an Asian mix.

Review of the press

‘Story didn't develop enough for you to feel part of it all and for some reason we didn't really even like the main character’.  (Hotpapy, 2014 US)

According to hotpappy ,I disagree with the above review,it’s is amazing and my opinion is when The Scorch Trials and The Death cure are out, we will see a lot more of the story and the main character and for me The Maze runner is a good movie and Daylan O’Brien doing a great job for the main character.

 ‘This movie, like the monster-mad maze it pulls us into, is full of lots of twists, turns and surprises (some of them stomach-churning, others heart-enriching)’. (Plugged in, 2014 US)

According to plugged in I agree of their statement about maze runner because in my opinion there is a scene when griever slug a gladers and the scenes really surprised me.

Conclusion

From my personal point of view, the book and the film itself shared same mistake, they are both rushed to get to the ending.The story line for the novel was full of gaping plots that creates confussion.The beginning of this film is imaginative and incorporates the viewer right into the 

mystery of it all. Apart from all the weakness, the movie itself beautiful .

Some people said the movie of The Maze Runner is better than the novel but some people say the novel is better than movie. But for me movie is much more better than novel and I am willing to pay twice the ticket to watch the movie in cinemas because the movie was too interesting for me. This movie suitable for teenager and adult.

The story centers on a group of teenagers who find themselves mysteriously transported to a maze known as the Glade.This movie and the storyline is full of adventure, mysteriously and I also like the hero Thomas by Dylan O’ Brien he being doing a good job played the main character as a hero in this movie. And I like the scene when chuck as Blake Chopper die and Thomas promise to save chuck and bring him to his family.The scene was  so touched and can make me cry in the cinemas I also like the scene when Thomas became a runner.

As the film progresses, Thomas takes a chance and decides to run through the maze with hopes of escaping. It is at this point that the cinematography and special effects are at its best. The movie itself paints a world of hostility and courage, allowing its audience a suspenseful adventure through a maze they may never get out of alive. The first half of this film is creative, suspenseful and overall exciting to watch. However, it becomes obvious that the first half of the film largely makes up for the lack of creativity in the second half of the film.

I personally think The Maze Runner movie  should have received high reviews for its excellent quality of acting, its good pacing, appropriate suspense and plot twists and it deserves four stars because of the special effects, imaginative cinematography and dystopian sense of mystery is something not to be missed. The movie leaves its viewers with gnawing questions that are unshakable

For me the most things I like about this story is when the teenager united to save their life and back to the normal life. But I think the novel and the movie both are good and interesting.