First Time Watching *THE MAZE RUNNER (2014)* Movie REACTION!!!
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- Опубліковано 16 бер 2022
- First time watching The Maze Runner from 2014 directed by Wes Ball, starring Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, and Will Poulter!!! Full movie reaction!!!
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I really liked this film and the sequels. Fun fact: the actors who play Gally, Alby, Teresa and Newt are all British though Newt is the only one with his real accent 🙂
You can still hear Teresa's accent every now and then.
Here are the names of everyone who escaped alive so that you can know.
Thomas (main guy)
Teresa (girl)
Newt (British accent guy)
Minho (runner leader)
Frypan (black guy, keeper of cooks)
Winston (Indian guy, keeper of slicers)
Jack (short kid with white shirt, didn’t have any lines but is recognizable due to his short height)
Billy (curly haired boy with blue shirt, also didn’t have any lines)
Tim (Hispanic kid with yellow hoodie, didn’t have any lines)
Jack, Billy and Tim are all “extras” so they aren’t really important.
In total: 9 gladers escaped.
Dylan O'Brien is such a great actor I love him in maze runner, teen Wolf and love and monsters his my personal fancast choice for Spider-Man
Interesting fact, in the book Gally at the end was being controlled by the bad guys, it explained how he got ahead of everyone. He didn't want to shoot anyone and in fact he was crying as he pointed the gun but he couldn't control his body at that point.
How do you know
@@Blinky_OG ....um, becuase I've read the books?
@@Blinky_OG because.
@@Blinky_OG Bruh
Fun fact: Dylan O'Brien revealed he very nearly lost the role of Thomas due to his hairstyle, which director Wes Ball considered 'too MTV'
It was his hair!!! Dylan had his stiles hair when he auditions.
*talking about Newt* "I thought you were the positive one" well uh no
This is a great franchise... CONGRATS on 18k! 💚🥳💚🥳💚
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MovieFusion had a question about the Gladers' names. By the end of the film, we know for sure that the Gladers are subjects of test/experiment. Lab rats, essentially. The experimenters would naturally assign unique identifiers/names to these subjects in order to keep them distinguishable for analytical purposes. Keep in mind, the names the Gladers have are not their actual names, but their assigned names. They are, however, the only names the Gladers know.
Another observation: The infection the Grievers sting delivers cannot be the same as the Flare virus because the immune could not catch it. So, it's similar, but 100% curable by WCKD. This Flare-like infection also cannot be contagious because you wouldn't want all the Gladers to become infected if one Glader was. If the Flare-like disease were contagious that could potentially kill all the Gladers and ruin the experiment and be contrary to WCKD's objectives. For the purposes of WCKD's stress-stimulating experiment, both the immune and not immune controls to the Flare must be able to be infected by the Flare-like disease in a controlled manner in order to increase the terror felt by the subjects.
I just watched this movie for the first time about a week ago. Finished the entire trilogy in three days by watching one per day. I really enjoyed them! I was really invested with the story and the characters
This film is so great, it deserves additional elaboration. Actually, the entire trilogy is phenomenal. If you know your classics, the "Maze Runner" is a pretty close retelling of "Theseus and the Minotaur," of course. Naturally, Thomas is Theseus, the hero. Turns out, Thomas, in his pre-Glade life, was also Daedalus, a creative genius. Daedalus created the Labyrinth for Minos, just like Thomas created the maze for WCKD. Daedalus also betrayed Minos, just like Thomas did WCKD. Daedalus was condemned by Minos to the Labyrinth, just like Thomas was sent by WCKD into the maze. The Glade and the Gladers are Athens and Athenian youth of the myth, 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, as noted above, is King Minos. In the myth, 7 youths and 7 maids are sacrificed to the Minotaur every year. This strongly implies the existence of an all-female maze. The number 7, which has significance in the film, is undoubtedly an allusion to the myth, too. 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 (LOTF)" than classical Greece. The Glade is, after all, an island inhabited by boys in the midst of an ocean-like maze. Who can forget the pig that arrived with Thomas, either? 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 seems to be a combination of LOTF's Ralph and Simon. His Simon attribute leads us to believe that at some point in the trilogy Thomas will die. Gally, in the first film, probably represents LOTF's Jack. The Gladers eventually split between Thomas (Ralph/Simon) and Gally (Jack) just as in LOTF. Late in the film, Gally proposes to make Thomas an offering to the Grievers/Maze. In LOTF's, Jack proposes to make Ralph's decapitated head an offering to the beast, which represents darkness/fear/the innate primordial savageness of the boys. Despite his sometimes impulsiveness, Thomas represents rationality, individuality and morality. Gally denotes groupthink and emotionalism.
When Thomas and the others arrive in the Glade, they're essentially born into it, actually and symbolically. The water (oxygenated perfluorocarbon fluid?) is the amniotic fluid, the glass cylinder represents the placenta, and the person is the foetus. The lift is the birth canal. Like newborns, the Gladers arrive as brand-new persons. They have no identity except a name, which they were assigned by WCKD. So, when Alby says that the creators only let them remember their name, he's not exactly correct. They don't remember their actual name, only their WCKD name. That's why no two Gladers have the same name. You want to be able to distinguish your test subjects for analytical purposes. The party the Gladers throw on the day Thomas arrives is his "birthday" party. Since we saw in this film that WCKD can monitor brain function of the Gladers remotely, we can conclude all the Gladers have brain implants of some sort. Clearly, they also would have an implant that would track/geolocate them. You'd want to be able to follow your subject. It's also safe to conclude that an implant is what affects their memory, and it can presumably be turned both on and off.
The average Gladers is reluctant to answer Thomas' questions from ignorance and fear. The people who know answers, albeit very imperfectly, are the runners, Ably and Newt, and perhaps some of the other keepers. Alby maybe reluctant to answer Thomas because he's afraid of what Thomas might do. The runners function as a sacred priesthood in the Glade. Their map-hut is off-limits to the average Glader. Only when Thomas is anointed runner does Minho reveal to him what is known of the maze's secrets. Why is Newt willing to answer Thomas' questions? We see from the get-go, there's an attraction, a closeness developing between Newt and Thomas.
Thomas and Ava Paige tell us the maze is an experiment to stress and test brain function in order to find a cure for the Flare. The "Maze Runner" trials mean to develop, isolate and produce a curative enzyme that only occurs in immune's brains so humanity can be saved, even if it means killing the immunes. The Flare is the trilogy's MacGuffin. In any experiment, you need a treatment group and a control group. The control group is the benchmark against which you compare the treatment group. The control group must be non-immunes, the treatment group immunes. Some of the Gladers are immune, others are not. The immunes are naturally immune to the Flare. The Griever sting cannot be Flare because all the Gladers have to be at risk of death for the sake of the experiment. Griever sting is similar in effect to the Flare, but it's 100% curable by WCKD. Also, it can't be communicable since WCKD would not want all the test subjects to die if one were stung.
Why is Minho bringing Alby back if he's been stung? The three rules of the Glade make no reference to being stung. There is no punishment for being stung per se. We know the Gladers holds court to decide punishments since Gally prosecutes Thomas for entering the maze in front of such a court. Ben was banished by a court because he tried to kill Thomas, not because he was stung. Minho was bringing Alby back to the Glade out of duty and affection. A court would later have to decide if Alby was deserving of banishment or some other sentence arising out of the second rule. On the other hand, Minho was not obligated to commit suicide to save Alby. He should have left him when it was obvious they couldn't both make it out of the maze, but he waited too long. Later, of course, fear take over, and Minho abandons both Alby and Thomas to their collective fate.
Theresa is an anomalous figure in the first film. She's a girl, her arrival is untimely, and she heralds the end of the Gladers' supply lifeline. She completely breaks the Glade's paradigm. What to make of all that? She certainly doesn't seem a good harbinger. Also, after Newt asks Thomas if he recognizes her, why does Thomas lie? That's not in his nature? He clearly does recognize her from his dream-visions. Is he afraid that admitting it will make him even more suspicious to the Gladers? Or is it something about Theresa? Thomas is somewhat ambiguous, too. Is Gally right about Thomas? It's not clear what to make of his dream-visions. Is he an agent of good or evil? It's certainly in his nature to be a catalyst. We know he was WCKD's favourite, the best at solving challenges. Is that why he was sent into the maze? Also, why are he and Theresa able to recall snippets of their past? None of the other Gladers can do that unless they've been stung. Both Thomas and Theresa are clearly mysterious.
After Thomas and Minho first open the #7 gate using the Griever key, they trigger a reconfiguration of the maze which will funnel the Gladers to the #7 gate. This means the experiment is entering its final phase. Common sense tells us the sequence the runners noted previously, but starting at 7, will be the correct code. Only those subjects who successfully exit the maze are candidates for the second trial.
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. Likewise, Newt is 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 betrayal of WCKD precipitated his downfall and the tragic course his subsequent life followed.
Tragic heroes suffer, and so Thomas will suffer throughout the films. Another aspect of 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. As you watch the films you might ask yourself: Who's closest to Thomas?
The trilogy manifests several themes. One that runs through all the films, and is the main theme, is the question of whether the end justifies the means, a principle often associated with totalitarianism. 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. Another theme, which we see in this film in particular, is the question of how do different people deal with fear/unknown? This is also very much a theme in LOTF.
fantastic reaction!!! :D this was so fun, i'm always so happy to see people discover this little gem of a trilogy.
something that's often overlooked (understandably so, there's a LOT happening in the movie): ben isn't just banished for being infected, he broke the rules by attacking thomas and threatening him. that's why they push him into the maze, as punishment for rule breaking as well as knowing that they can't save him from the infection and needing to stop him from hurting anybody else. and i'm SO, SO glad to hear you say "it's a reasonable assumption to make" when gally snaps after the grievers attack. a lot of people don't really see that bit and that makes their responses to gally very frustrating 😅.
A very astute observation. The Glade has three rules, and it has a court. The rules are 1) do your part - no freeloading, 2) never harm another Glader and 3) don't go into the maze (unless authorized).
Nowhere does it say anything about being stung per se. So, it's safe to assume there was an unseen judicial finding by Alby and the keepers that Ben broke rule #2 when he tried to kill Thomas with the punishment being banishment. This also explains why Minho brings Alby back to the Glade. There has to be a judicial finding as to what to do with Alby. Also, he's the leader so it's probably difficult to just abandon him. There's an emotional attachment.
This begs a question. What punishment do you think Gally wanted for Thomas for breaking rule #3.
The relationship between Thomas and Gally is quite interesting. They really are "matter" and "anti-matter." When they come together, there's an explosion. Thomas represents intellect whereas Gally represents emotion. Thomas represents independent thinking and Gally groupthink. These are themes from "Lord of the Flies." The Glade is, after all, an island populated by boys.
This is not to say what Gally says is nonsense. It's not. His beliefs are not unreasonable at all, although how he acts upon them frequently is. But he is quite emotional. His character and Thomas' are in complete oppositional balance to one another.
Nicely done by the writers and the actors.
“ArE ThEy iN a sQuAre”
This franchise never gets old 🔥
I been waiting on your reaction to this movie. This movie is a classic. All 3 are good movies. I like 1 the most tho
They are good movies, but I wouldn't consider it a classic
@@antonbedoy7556 that's your opinion. We agree to disagree
@@ezelldaniels6064 on second thought, it could be considered one among young adult dystopia, but in general, nah
Same
The predictions you said, made the reaction seem unreal! Spot-on thoughts.
I love how tense this movie is
Yes, you’re reacting to my favorite trilogy!
I said I was excited for this on the stream, and I wasn't lying. So here I ame. Cheers, my guy.
I can always count on you to upload whilst I’m eating 😂
Imagine if the director of this movie made a wolverine solo movie
Do these things bust nuts lol nice choice of words my dude lol I think we all bust nuts lol
Dylan O'Brien makes me bust all over myself
I've been waiting for this 🔥
This is one of my favorite movies
In my opinion, the third one is the best. it only gets more crazier from here and better too
Oh, man. If you like Hunger Games, then you’re gonna love all 3 Maze Runner movies. I know a lot of people said that the last one was trash, but I liked it though 😁😁😁
Most people like the 3rd one. It’s the 2nd one that some people are iffy on.
First and third one are great to me the second one was mid
My opinion about the trilogy: the first movie is good, the second movie is the best, and the third movie is meh... but it's all worth watching..!!
A generally perceptive reaction by a likeable reactor. Here are some reactions of my own to the reactor as well as the film.
When Thomas is coming up in the "box," he's all wet like a newborn. The box is symbolic of a womb, and Thomas is being reborn into his new life. This also applies, of course, to the other Gladers.
The "Maze Runner" is a relatively close retelling of "Theseus and the Minotaur." A surprising number of films use this myth as a basis, including "The Shining." That explains any superficial resemblance to "Hunger Games." They both draw upon the same source material. It's rather sad so many young people are ignorant of the classics and so oblivious to these parallels. 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. The maze motif is repeated in the "Scorch Trials" and "Death Cure," albeit in a different guise.
The Glade's Athens is, however, more like "The Lord of the Flies" than classical Greece. The Glade is, after all, an island inhabited by boys. 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 between Thomas and Gally etc.
Thomas and Theresa are rather like quasi-siblings. There's an emotional tie between them because of their shared association with WCKD. In some ways, they're the same person. In other ways, they're complete opposites.
The Gladers don't like to talk about the maze out of ignorance and fear. The "maze runners" are like a sacred priesthood who know the maze's secrets but imperfectly. When Thomas is admitted to the priesthood, he's privy to their secrets.
The fate of George comes up again at the end of the second film. Thomas knows it but stays silent.
When Thomas is asked if he recognizes Theresa by Newt, Thomas actually lies for the first and only time, I think, in the trilogy. He clearly does recognize her. Why does he do this? Does he want to keep their past association secret? Is this because of Gally and his suspicions? Is he trying to protect Theresa? That would make some sense given Thomas' personality. Or does he not want to give voice to some subconscious suspicion he himself has about Theresa?
MovieFusion thinks Thomas is both a little brave and stupid. Actually, Thomas is very intelligent. He's always willing to sacrifice himself to save others, and sometimes this makes him seem stupid. The latter quality predominates. In fact, that's why he was sentenced to the maze originally.
The first film is categorized as "Mystery, SciFi." That's accurate. There's a lot of mystery in the first film. Thomas' character is actually pretty ambiguous. Is he "good" or "evil?" Maybe Gally's right? Why exactly was he put into the maze?
When Thomas and Minho find the Section 7 gate, the maze reconfigures itself, forcing the Gladers to exit via the gate. The sequence begins with 7 because that's the 7 gate.
The scene with the long corridor to the Section 7 gate with the abyss on either side reminds me of a similar scene from the 1950s SciFi classic "Forbidden Planet."
Thomas' dream-visions seem to hint that he and Theresa are telepathic, but this is not developed in the films although a feature of the books.
The three "Maze Runner" films basically follow the structure of a three-act play.
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Great reactions. I highly reccomend watching The Rocky Franchise (Creed Included), The Karate-Kid Franchise (Cobra-Kai Included/ The Remake: Optional), & The Fast & The Furious Franchise.
Dude finallyyyyy
Great movie!
For the people who watched it be honest the part where newt died was just sad
Don’t know if your into non English movies but maybe I suggest you to watch The Raid Part 1 & 2 or The Night Comes For Us
The first film fallows more or less the first book but the sequels have nothing at all with the books, not even the basic premise. And the books are way better then the films.
If you like this kind of movie i do recommend you the cube just the first one, greets
You should watch Love and Monsters
HELL YES!!!!!
Bro the first and last one are so good the second one is mid tho
Im honestly the few who have the second one as my favorite
Please react to annabelle 1-2 and 3
I love your reactions😍
Are you going to upload scorch trials?
Yes, within the next week or two
Will you react to sequel maze runner the scorch trials 2015 after this one
Yes
while I do like this series, the movies stray from the books a lot, especially the 2nd and 3rd, so they’re not my fav. first one is great tho!
The maze runner films really do be that franchise that reaction channels watch when they are out of franchises to watch lol
I just chose to do it because it won the polls. I think I had like 10 or so franchises on the poll
2nd
The books are better🖤😎😎😎💜
Everyone is intitled to their own opinion, of course. However, people frequently complain because a film doesn't follow their favourite book exactly. There are obvious reasons why this is rarely possible, and it's often not even desirable. Books and films are two different art forms. There are different creative impulses at work in each. People need to understand the "Maze Runner" books and films as depicting two separate universes which, although inhabited by the same people facing similar challenges, evolve differently. They are going to diverge, and vive la difference! If all is done well, and the films were done very well, it doubles the fun.
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