Maze Runner: Scorch Trials

   Why did I choose this movie? Because I saw the first Maze Runner and it was a great movie. I was skeptical about what would happen in the second movie and that's what made me want to watch it. I am also a fan of the main actor of this movie Dylan O'Brien because he plays in a tv series called TeenWolf and he also plays as one of the main actors in the tv series. The movie in general stood out to me (1) the movie poster seemed like it might actually be a good movie and (2) I wanted to see how Dylan O'Brien acting was in the Maze Runner films. The movie was in the fifth spot in the weekend opening of the Japanese box office consuming $1.2 million. In the U.S the movie collected $30.2 million weekend but in total it consumed $78 million.

   

   Maze Runner: Scorch Trials continues with the same storyline which is that Thomas and the others want to get out of WCKD (wicked) and go back to their normal lives like it use to be. Thomas which is the main character leads the group towards the mountain as he calls it, they end up in a nice and hidden facility and they don't know what it is. Janson (Aiden Gillen) is the bad guy in this movie and he tells Thomas that he is safe there and to not worry about a thing. Thomas is skeptical about Janson and tries to figure out what they're doing behind close doors because there are other maze runners that overcame the maze and now are being called up each day by Janson faculty to serve his people. In reality he was the right hand man of Ava Paige (Patricia Clarkson is the main bad guy of the first maze runner movie) she is one of the scientist who is trying to find a cure to a disease that converts humans into cannibals. Ava believes that younger generation have the potion to cure the disease and she has killed off many generation but still can't find no cure. Thomas and his friends escape from Janson facility and head to the mountains where he's heard that their are people living their normal lives. He then comes to another facility that is run by Jorge (Giancarlo Esposito) that has been waiting for Thomas. Jorge then scans his neck to confirmed it's him and that Thomas is being tracked. Jorge wants to know what Thomas know so he hangs all his friends from the legs and leaves them there. Thomas then tells Jorge what he wants to hear and then leaves. Further into the movie Thomas and friends escape the facility with Jorge and the rest you can see for yourself. I recommend you watch the movie from the first movie.

   Wes Ball graduated from Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts with a BFA in 2002. I found that he was born on October 28, 1980, but I could find where he was born. Wes Ball is the director of both Maze Runner movies. He's a new director that I've never heard of but he has directed two movie before he did the Maze Runner series. From the research I've done, Ball is into short documentary films like Star Trek and Aliens in the Attic after that he stepped up his game when directing the Maze Runner movies. Currently it has been announced that Wes Ball will be returning to direct the final film of the series. The short film "Ruin" was a big hit for Ball because the background of the short film looks to me like it's similar to The Maze Runner movie series. Ball was the director, writer, and editor of the short film "Ruin", and he got a vast amount of views.

   The type of movies and shows that are getting audiences' attention is where the plot of the story starts up being in a random area in the world with a group of people trying to survive a apocalypse or trying to run away from people that are sick, and later on figure out that its a non-curable disease that is eventually going to make the human race extinct. What I am describing is really similar to "The Walking Dead" which by the way is an awesome show to watch. The Maze Runner series targets the teens, which I do believe it is targeted towards teens. Although I'm a young adult I still like to watch these types of movies because they are interesting to watch. My thought about these types of movies is that they help you create animation in your dreams,  but it might be scary dreams for someone.

Strengths Vs Weaknesses

   The strengths of the movie begins with the youngest generation, and it ends at the generation where it relies on books for imagination. Beyond that point it weakens and elder generation wouldn't mind watching a movie but for them it's whatever. They like books more than movies because from the readings, an individual can consume more aspects of what the author is explain about a particular moment with smooth crispy words. In my perspective of books, it's a great way to create good imagery. On the other hand, movies also create imagination but they also generate creativeness of visual arts. Movies like these inspire people to be creative and enjoy the movie they create by motivate others to think a step ahead when film production.

   The movie is impressive being from a director that has been creating short documentary films, and only having a few films that he's taken part of. I believe this is his best movie so far because he has a series to film which the next movie is the last movie which is based on a series of books. Maze Runner series seems like it falls in the right category for Wes Ball. I don't think it will be forgotten because it's based on a book novel and book novels are usually republished or the movies might be remade. Maze Runner novels certainly will stick around for awhile. According to the rotten tomatoes website the Maze Runner: Scorch Trials was unfortunately rated low (5.4/10). There was quite a few thumps down comments that disliked the movie and it could of been better. One critic said "...did they run out of money and/or hoped no one would notice? In the meantime, can we please get Dylan O'Brien a better movie?" basically saying he/she didn't like the movie. That's no where close to what I said because I wrote good things about the movie and the movie critic wrote negative things about the movie. Both of us have different point of views to this movie. The movie critic might of never heard of Dylan O'Brien while on the other side I have heard about him.

   The movie has 390,000 followers and it has 8,639 likes. I don't really know if the likes it has is a large amount because I'm not really familiar with twitter but the followers they have are quite a few and that I do understand that the Maze Runner has quite an audience. I watched the movie 3 weeks after it came out and there were quite a bit of audience in the theater I saw it at. My friends thought it was a good movie and they can't wait to see the third movie, which in fact is in pre-production now.

   I learned that in movies there is always going to be people that think a movie is bad, although you might consider it the best movie ever. Nothing is perfectly made and nothing will ever me perfect. There will always be an error no matter what, some of us might not catch the error, meanwhile others will.

   P.S: "Ruin" animation from Wes Ball is pretty awesome, you should consider watching it! :)