Great Cinematography, Score, and Characters

Rating: 9/10 (25 October 2014)

This film was great when I saw it the first and the second, and the third time around. There were some faulty aspects to the story such as how Gally knew the way out. Also, Theresa's impact within the story wasn't as great as the books.
However, the film did live up to much of it's hype. The cinematography was amazing and had an effect and wrapped you into the film. That's how you know a cinematographer has done it's job. Enrique Chediak did a great job with how Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) came out of the Box and introduced the world within the first 5 minutes of just mainly visuals. Furthermore, the Maze shots were amazing. The shot as Thomas runs into the Maze without any approval to help Minho and Alby was amazing rehearsed. There are more shots, but I am limited by the word count.
For the score, it really created a lot of tension to the film and hit different spots. The scene where Thomas and the Gladers take on the Grievers has a great impact, such as where Chuck gets shot.
The characters were greatly written and each one had an amazing character arc such as Thomas, Newt, Minho, and Gally. I felt these were the strongest while some characters such as Chuck and Theresa was underdeveloped.
Over and all, great film. It will be remembered for years to come in cinema, hopefully. I can't wait for the sequel.