Recently, the third and final cinematic installment of the Maze Runner trilogy was released (at last) much to the chagrin of some and the joy of others. I myself, a die hard Maze Runner fan, had mixed feelings on the subject before going to see it. The first movie had been somewhat slow (true to the books), but I had enjoyed it; Scorch Trials had been a real bust, though it did have its bright spots, and I was very dubious about a third movie. It had to be done, obviously, but I had lost a lot of the faith I had had in Wes Ball after Scorch Trials. On the other hand, I was thrilled. “The third movie! This is where crap gets real, dude! I get to see Newt again! Awesome!” The inner turmoil was crippling. Despite my misgivings, I was ready to…show more content… We were not. It ended up being far better than I expected, and it tied the series up nicely. It was vastly different from the book, but at this point, that wasn’t a problem as long as they got the basic premise of the story down, which they did. I was laughing, seething, and crying the whole time. I walked out happy. Oh, I was sobbing uncontrollably, and I was definitely going to go home and write an alternate ending to save Newt, but I was happy. Death Cure had earned a solid 8/10 for me. Later, I went on IMDB and looked at the rating. 6.3/10.
Okay. Not everyone is a die hard fan, and it did have its flaws, so okay. I can see it getting a collective 6.3/10 stars. However, the highlighted review displayed a whopping 1/10…show more content… “No plot”, they declared. “Blank characters”, they huffed. “Terrible acting,” they sneered. In less that six fully formed sentences, this person had devolved the movie into something written up by six-year-olds and put on by a middle school drama class. It was so short and furious that I almost laughed. I agreed that this movie was not a revolutionary film, and that everyone is going think differently about every film, but really? No plot? Did you fall asleep and miss the plot? Because there was a plot. This movie was not that bad. I was intrigued by this cranky review, so I decided to look at the rest. Right out of the gate: “1/10 stars!” “I can’t believe I wasted two hours of my time on this!” “So dumb!” “Actors sucked!” “It’s just the Hunger Games!” “Garbage!” “Cliché AF!” I was shocked. Many of these reviews were just a few sentences long. It was like watching a horse get beaten to death with rulers, and then that corpse continue to get beaten. What movie had these people seen? Even if it wasn’t a masterpiece, it was moving. And there were explosions! I thought that’s all people wanted out of
