Unfortunately not as good as the Book

Rating: 5/10 (26 February 2015)

I have read the book prior to the film and I am fully aware, that one should not compare the book to the film. Yet, the comparison between the plot and the characters between the movie and the book are compatible to that of an orange and an apple.
While I myself did not find the book as beautifully written, James Dashner sure knows how to plot his story. The Maze Runner is about Thomas, a teenage boy who awakens in a Idyll Place surrounded by the mysterious maze. Together with the other trapped boys he needs to find a way out of their prison and who is responsible for all things happening around them. The whole game changes, when Theresa, a girl who seems to know Thomas, appears.
While Thomas solves the mystery layer by layer in the book, in the film, the answer is often presented to him. I found this very irritating and it got to the point, where I felt really bored at some times. Furthermore, while we get to know the characters in the book better, we start to feel for the characters more and more which is not the case in the film. Especially the character of Minho, played in the film by Ki Hong Lee, fell to short in my opinion.
Overall, the changes made for the film, made me realize, that it contained major plot holes. Especially the ending was very disappointing, which I found extremely thrilling in the book.
The Filmmaking itself, was not my taste at all. Shaky Camera, to fast editing, frame composition did not work out for me. At times it felt like the early days of digital films.
To conclude this review, I think it is not worth watching, I would rather read it, the plot stays thrilling that way.