MaryAnn’s quick take… The Auto-Tuned boy-band version of the apocalypse. You will forgive that every plot point that isn’t a cliché is in fact a plot hole because the hero is so dreamy and impossibly perfect, right? I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): not a fan of the previous films
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
So, a bunch of kids — okay, just boys — are trapped in a mysterious Glade at the center of a massive Maze, and there are monsters in the Maze that keep them inside. Also, the Maze is constantly changing configuration. Also too, they all have amnesia so they don’t know who they are. Some of them have been there for years. Then Thomas arrives, and he is the Hero,...
I’m “biast” (con): not a fan of the previous films
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
So, a bunch of kids — okay, just boys — are trapped in a mysterious Glade at the center of a massive Maze, and there are monsters in the Maze that keep them inside. Also, the Maze is constantly changing configuration. Also too, they all have amnesia so they don’t know who they are. Some of them have been there for years. Then Thomas arrives, and he is the Hero,...
- 1/24/2018
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
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