MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CURE Is Giving Me ALL the THRILLS! *REACTION*
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Fun fact: the author of the books makes a cameo with Wcked. In the scene where the Dr. Is making her pitch for more funding. Hes the man in the blue suit.
My thing with Teresa is if she believes in the cure so much why isn't she volunteering herself for harvesting?
I dont think even what she did was enough to redeem her.
As bad as Newts death was in the movie it was worse in the books
A thousand times this! One line of hers that irritates me is when she tells the investors wanting to cut the funding "We've sacrificed so much.". No, honey! You haven't sacrificed anything but your morals! It's other people forcibly paying the price of your choices.
That's not clarified, remember its been months after her betrayal. We don't know if she got tortured or not.
I love how he gets squeamish what's the needles and stuff! It's funny to watch
You said it best. Most of the stunt stuff (Train escape, bus escape towards the end) don't make sense and are entirely situational. They just threw in action and stunts to pad out the story. The main actor got injured and caused a huge delay too. SMH
Great reaction! 😊
Thanks for the shout out in the beginning of the video.
Thank you so much for finishing this trilogy! This is my favorite movie of the three.
Fun but scary fact: While filming the opening sequence of this movie, Dylan O'Brian(Thomas)was seriously injured while filming. And production was delayed for almost a year while he recovered.
12:10 SURPRISE! Gally's alive! That was something that I didn't see coming when I first saw this movie for the first time. And I really like Gally in this one.
17:57 Not going to lie. I'm always cheering Minho on here. LOL!
31:31 Next to Chuck, this was the saddest death in this trilogy. And I just finished reading Newt's death in the book, and it's even sadder.
36:11 Teresa redeem herself just a little bit when she sacrificed herself to save Thomas.
37:16 Newt's letter to Thomas at the end always gets me a little misty eyed every time I watch it.
You've now covered "The Maze Runner", "Harry Potter", and "Twilight". The next great from book to movie adaptation series that I very highly recommend is "The Hunger Games".
Looking forward to your next reaction. 😊
the reason janson's actions towards the end make no sense is because like his infected arm shows: he's pretty far along to becoming a crank. he's acting entirely on impulse and is all over the place because he's suuuper infected 🤣
man i'm glad i watched you react to this trilogy it's always such a good time!! i watched all three of these in the theatre so its been a hot minute but i always love coming back to them for a fun ride :D so cheers to sharing your reaction with the world
If you know your classics, "The Maze Runner" is a retelling of Theseus and the Minotaur, of course. Naturally, Thomas is Theseus, the hero. The Glade and the Gladers are Athens and Athenian youth, respectively. The Grievers are the Minotaur, the monster that feeds on the Athenian youth who have been offered as sacrificial victims. The Minotaur is half man, half bull. The Grievers are half organic, half machine. The WCKD mechanism that's found in the crushed Griever is Ariadne's thread, the key out of the maze. WCKD is King Minos, which rather coincidentally sounds like Minho. The maze motif is repeated in the "Scorch Trials" and "Death Cure."
The Glade's Athens is, however, more like "The Lord of the Flies" than classical Greece. The Glade is, after all, an island in the middle of the maze. Themes in that well-known classic include the tension between groupthink and individuality, between rational and emotional reactions, and between morality and immorality. Things which we do see play out in Thomas and the Gladers.
Thomas is the archetypal tragic hero. Tragic heroes are characters of elevated stature, both in birth and morality. Like most heroes, he has above-average intelligence, which means he has situational awareness; he's determined, which means he is firmly set in opinion or purpose; and he has a loyal close friend who guides, advises and helps him as he faces his trials. In the films, Newt clearly fits the role as Thomas' helper, his Ariadne. The Theseus myth also emphasizes the power of love. Ariadne helps because she has fallen in love with Theseus. Newt has also fallen in love with Thomas.
As a tragic hero, Thomas is subject to a collective fate, the will of the gods, if you will, which had precipitated the solar flares that scorched the Earth and indirectly brought about the Flare virus. A common attribute of the tragic hero is that he once held a lofty position from which he has now been cast down. Thomas' hamartia has visited his own individual fate upon himself which prompts his present adventure-journey. His moral choices while part of WCKD led him to immoral behavior, the torture and deaths of his friends. In this way, Thomas assumed the role of a god over the Gladers. That's hubris. Humans, even if they're heroes, have to be taught they are not a god. Thomas' eventual rebellion precipitated his downfall and the tragic course his subsequent life followed.
Tragic heroes suffer, and so Thomas suffers. He suffers most because of the deaths of companions he lost along his adventure-journey. Ultimately Thomas' suffering leads him to an epiphany at the end of the third film. By this time, Thomas has gained the strength to accept his destiny which he will meet even if it means his death. Tragic heroes almost always die. This is without doubt what the epilogue of the final film means. Thomas is going back to the WCKD world, and he is going to offer himself up as a cure even if it means his life. Even though WCKD's HQ was destroyed along with the city, there were more than one WCKD lab and installation referenced in the films. It's a pity there wasn't a fourth film made where we would see our hero, Thomas, noble to the end, achieve his ultimate destiny and be reunited with Newt in the Elysian Fields. That would have made a good trio into a great quartet.
The three films mirror a three-act play. The first film, or first act, is primarily used for exposition, to establish the main characters, their relationships, and the world they live in. The film ends on the question of whether Thomas has escaped from WCKD or not. In the second film, Thomas realises he has not escaped WCKD and finds himself in increasingly dangerous circumstances while attempting to do so. During this time, Thomas acquires a higher sense of awareness of who he is and what he is capable of, in order to deal with his predicament, which in turn changes him. He can't overcome WCKD on his own, and he is aided and abetted by Newt and others. The third film resolves the conflict between Thomas and WCKD, leaving Thomas with a new sense of who he really is.
It seems incredible but heroic stories often follow the same basic pattern. In his book "The Hero with a Thousand Faces," Joseph Campbell, distilled the world's myths into a common structure which he called the monomyth or hero's journey. It's very concisely summarized as follows: A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man. That's the "Maze Runner" film saga in a nutshell.
The whole trilogy is told more or less from Thomas' perspective. We know what he knows; as he learns, we learn. The Gladers don't like to talk about the maze. This may be out of fear and ignorance. That's frustrating for Thomas - and us. Only the runners know the secrets of this mysterious and sinister maze-realm. In fact, the runners function as a sacred priesthood. Only when Thomas is elected runner does Minho tell the new initiate all in the map hut, the Glade's holy of holies. We also learn pretty early on Thomas is a rule breaker which is especially interesting in the context of the second film.
In the first film, Thomas' dream-visions hint at his backstory and make his character ambiguous. Is Gally right about him? Then there is Theresa. In our hero's adventure-journey, Theresa clearly represents the monomyth's temptress who tries to derail him. However, she doesn't tempt Thomas through sex but by argument both logical and emotional. Unlike Thomas, she completely breaks the Glade's paradigm. Her arrival is untimely, she's female, and she heralds the end of the Glade's supply lifeline. Totally inauspicious. Kaya Scodelario does a good job of making her character seem suspect from the get-go. There always seems to be a mistrust-invoking aura about her. Or is that just the archetype working? In the second film, she tells Thomas "Everything was fine until you ...." This implies she never approved of what he'd done. It's clear Theresa wasn't part of Thomas' betrayal of WCKD because only Thomas is taken by WCKD security. He tells her don't believe what they say about me. Thomas obviously acted alone. This begs the question of why Theresa was sent to the Glade. We can only guess at the reason. Early on, Thomas himself even asks her if she's sure she doesn't remember more of her past life. Does he have some subconscious doubt about her? There are interesting parallels between Theresa and Thomas. Both Theresa and Thomas are betrayers. In fact, in their respective betrayals they even say the same things. Which one is evil depends on your answer to the films' theme: Does the end justify means? They both want a cure for the Flare. However, Theresa/WCKD are ruthless in pursuit of a cure, willing to sacrifice however many young people it takes. Thomas, on the other hand, is completely altruistic. He will sacrifice himself but not others.
In the first film the interplay between Thomas and Gally is quite good. Gally isn't some cardboard caricature antagonist, he's very solid and real. As others have remarked, what Gally says makes complete sense. He and Thomas are in almost perfect antipodal balance with one another.
One wonders if after Thomas stung himself, he doesn't remember more than he lets on. He acts like he does. He seems to know why he was put into the Glade. Earlier, he told Newt and the others he didn't recognize Theresa, but we know he did. Very, very uncharacteristic of Thomas. Does he have suspicions and not want to give voice to them? In the second film, the purpose behind Thomas' questioning by Jansen may be to try to get Thomas' Right Arm contacts. Jansen has been tasked with destroying the Right Arm. But I think Jansen may be attempting to ascertain whether Thomas can be rehabilitated and brought back into the WCKD fold like Theresa. Thomas was a valued asset to WCKD before his fall from grace. If he'd passed Jansen's test, he would have had his memory completely restored like Theresa apparently did. From that point forward in the second film, it's increasingly clear Theresa approves of WCKD and its means.
One thing about the tragic hero motif is that those nearest and dearest to the hero often wind up either in some sort of deadly peril or just plain dead. Most often, it's dead. So as you're watching the films you might ask yourself: Who's closest to Thomas?
The Flare virus is the "Maze Runner" trilogy's MacGuffin. Therefore, you really shouldn't try to make too much out of it. According to the films, by stress-stimulating the brains of the immunes an enzyme is produced that crosses the brain-blood barrier into the blood. This treatment of the immunes permanently alters their brain chemistry and, hopefully, will yield a more effective enzyme. Once isolated, either directly from the brain or indirectly from the blood, this enzyme can be used either to temporarily arrest or, in Thomas' case, cure the Flare. The "Maze Runner" trials mean to produce the curative enzyme so humanity can be saved even if it means killing the immunes. Thomas's blood became the cure precisely because of all the Trials he faced. The Trials did work and there was, in fact, a cure for the Flare, but it hadn't always been there, it had to be achieved.
The WCKD agenda begs the question of does the end justify the means, a principle often associated with totalitarianism, which is the central theme of the "Maze Runner." The principle is part and parcel of consequentialism, a teleological theory that says whether an action is morally good or bad depends on its outcomes. The more good outcomes outnumber the bad, the better/more moral the action. Under this rubric if WCKD finds a cure, then WCKD is very good, indeed.
how do you feel after writing all that and no likes or replies 💀
@@catloversavina Why should it bother me? The objective audience is posterity. Also, unlike most young people today, I don't seek or need affirmation or validation from other people, especially since I have contempt for most of them. I do things because I want to. I thought this was an interesting series of films, so I wrote some things down. Then there's cut and paste. Doesn't take much time or effort.
@@user-bl5yi4uw6j um alright buddy
So quick!! Makes me so happy!! Your work ethic is 🎉
Kang the Conqueror... I should bow right..?
I’ve been loving all your reactions! ☺️☺️
If you liked the maze runner and you are a fan of Thomas (Dylan o brien) you should check out the movie love and monsters that he's in 😊
me watching you watch this ~covers needles with my thumb~ & ~clinching on to furnature when the bus falls~
Hm... I might have to steal this trick Brandi xD
@@tavarereacts hehehe Glad to help!
Thankyou!! I really love this franchise and Im glad I got to experience again with you. Have a nice evening Tavare! Hugs from The Netherlands
You're very welcome! Hugs back to you! Enjoy the day!
@@tavarereacts can u react to the Hunger Games movies?
Thank you for having the amount of respect and not to laugh or clap at Teresa‘s death. I come across so many death cure reactions and I always ball my eyes out when TERESA dies because I really grew to care for her and to love her. I miss her until today and I’m glad not everyone just disrespects her sacrifice. She felt too guilty to jump and that Janson knocked her out caused her dizziness. I think she redeemed herself at the end
I liked her in the first one and disliked her to the end of the second. Her overall combined favor between the trilogy shows that she had redeeming qualities, especially highlighted in the third movie. She thought what she was doing was best and in the end she managed to gain some favor again. I couldn't help but feel bad for her in the end.
@@tavarereacts just thank you for not being like most people. It’s absolutely fine to not like TERESA or to even hate her. But it’s not right to claim her as a villain or to treat her or her fans this badly. People say the entire fandom hates her. I don’t. Many don’t. It’s just kinda unfair and harsh of others that they literally compare their feelings with the rest of the world, thank you for your reaction btw!
If you haven't seen it, I think you would enjoy Benny & Joon
LOL that teeturtle shirt i wish I would have picked up XD I'm wearing the one that says my level of sarcasm depends on your level of stupidity
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