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A solid ending to the trilogy

posted 7 years ago by PrimeMinisterX (8759)
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Just got back and this one is probably the best of the series.

I thought it started a bit weakly but it slowly gained momentum and once they get into the last remaining functional city on earth, it's going full speed and is a lot of fun.

We have likable characters, well-staged action, good production design and a story that is still interesting even if it's derivative of other films. I especially liked the design of the city and the design of all the hi-tech lab environments.

Other than a few shorts, the Maze Runner series are the only films that Wes Ball has directed but I think the guy has a lot of talent. Now that Maze Runner is over, I'll be interested in seeing what he does next.

I'm not really understanding the critical response to this film. As we've said, it's arguably the best of the series. It is, at the very least, EASILY better than the second film. And yet, here are the RT scores:

Maze Runner - 65%
Scorch Trials - 46%
Death Cure - 43%

This is a well-made film. It definitely does not deserve the green splat.

Personally, I'm going to give this film a 7.5, the first film a slightly weaker 7.5 and the second film a 6.5. If you were put off by Scorch Trials and gave up on the series then I'd encourage you to go ahead and give this one a chance.

[–] GameOfSlaves (613) 7 years ago

LOL. Now that was funny.

[–] therefdotcom (964) 7 years ago

actually i gave up the series after the first film. usually i don't watch trailers, but i caught the one for maze runner by accident and it looked and sounded fantastic. the film though was almost insultingly stupid. since i read that it was based on a book series i was curious if this would improve later on in the books, so i did my research and to my amazement at least in the books it would just get worse and worse. i have just read that they changed the story for the movie trilogy, but i can not imagine that this insanity could have been improved up to an even bearable level.

[–] xfool (964) 7 years ago

It sure is action packed but didnt add much to the story , no twist or whatever a pretty straight forward rescue movie from start to end.

[–] TreehuggerKyle (76) 6 years ago

Solid ending? I thought the very ending was very disappointing.

We find out that the cure is the main character's blood, for no reason. Teresa wants to use it to cure everyone. But when she dies, Thomas and the others - knowing that his blood is the cure - just leave? It's so against their nature to not want to help save everyone, now that they have the cure. That ruined the whole trilogy for me.