Your typical YA dystopian movie

Rating: 7/10 (20 February 2016)

There is not much to say about this movie than that it's an extremely typical YA dystopian movie. And I get it, the creators of YA dystopias are making a ton of money off hormonal teenagers (and I'm saying this as a teenager myself) by casting attractive young actors to star in their movies so why not? Who cares if the plot is the same all the time? If I can see some hunks or some hot girls save the world, I'd love it so much I won't even notice that the actual plot, right?
Now don't get me wrong, The Maze Runner wasn't a bad movie, but it wasn't exactly a good one either. It simply falls into the cliché YA dystopian frames where the innocent teenagers (who are mostly played by actors in their 20s) are being, in some ways, tortured by some rich adults for no good reason. The further I analysed the plot, the less it made sense. Like, how is locking some kids (who are supposedly immune to some population-wiping disease) up in a maze going to save the human population? And why do they kill the kids who are trying to escape the maze? If their immune to a virus that pretty much has killed every human on Earth, shouldn't they protect every immune person there is to maintain the human race?
The reason why I gave this a 7 is because I actually really liked the aesthetic parts of the film. The visuals, CGI and cinematography was beautiful and most of the actors were really good. I also really liked the soundtrack, although it's a bit too epic for the plot. And after all, in YA dystopian standards, The Maze Runner isn't THAT BAD. It apparently followed the book relatively well and even though the reason behind it made little sense, I still think the idea of locking people inside a maze is a nice element to make something epic.