The Maze Runner Movie Vs Book

The Maze Runner, another adaptation of a popular novel for teens, seems to lack in originality and creativity. The movie begins with a 16-year old character named Thomas arriving in an underground elevator with no past memory. As the movie unfolds, Thomas occasionally experiences flashbacks of his “past self” which adds on to the story plot of the movie. The Maze Runner’s attempt at creating a top-selling young-adult book into a movie is loosely translated due to the weak plot line, lack of symbolism, and awkward pacing.
The first downfall of The Maze Runner is the plot line since most of the changes from the book to the movie are simply unnecessary. Teresa, the only girl living in The Glades, is also the last person ever to be sent to The Glades from the underground elevator. Though she is extremely important in the book, the movie portrays Teresa as some pointless character who joins along for no reason. Secondly, Minho, one of the …show more content…
The Maze Runner’s climax is almost near the end of the movie, which makes the introduction roughly half of the whole movie itself. The introduction of The Maze Runner is also insanely long and dull which puts the audience's mind to boredom. This leads to an extraordinarily short and confusing conclusion where the Gladers find out that most of human civilization has been eradicated, and they’re being used as test dummies for the disease that has wiped away humanity.
The Maze Runner is a complex and mind-boggling movie, but poorly put together through its weak storyline, lack of a deeper meaning, and insanely long introduction. Thus, The Maze Runner is not a movie worth watching, and clearly did not meet most of the critics expectations. Although the acting is exceptional, Gotham Group, Temple Hill Entertainment, and TSG Entertainment were insufficient in the creation of the movie, thus giving these amazing actors a terrible