Okay. I just got back from watching this, and I have to get some thoughts down before I forget. I'll try not to spoil anything, but do keep in mind this is a sequel so I might not make any sense because of that.
I'm re-reading the book at the moment, which is the biggest mistake I could have made concerning this series. I mean, I knew from the trailer that this was going to be a lot different, but I really had a hard time focusing on the movie as its own story because the book is so fresh in my mind. But after I got over that, and the really laughable Finnish translations, this was a lot better.
I'm not going to get into the story that much, just that it's the characters running from baddies. That's basically it. This is the biggest change from the book. To put it very vaguely. I'm not sure how I feel about that just yet.
I loved the music. I liked the cinematography, most of the time. The 'cut-to-blacks' were a little too often to work as a way to keep the suspense up. I adored the acting, well, mostly, but like damn Dylan O'Brien, how do you do that. I liked how badass this movie was, and how action-packed it was. Actually, it was phased really nicely, the quiet -er moments were really well placed. I loved how I laughed and how funny it was, and how I also almost cried a couple of times. I did laugh at some moments that weren't that great, but I'd like to keep this review more on the positive side.
I'm still a little confused if I liked the story. And I will be until I get the dvd and have distanced myself from the book properly. But that's okay. I did like how it had a clear ending and a way to continue the story to the next one, though I think the name 'Scorch Trials' was a little non-fitting.
I didn't like Brenda. At all. I don't like her in the book, I didn't like her in the movie. I surprisingly liked Teresa more in the movie than I do in the books, I think. And of course I love Newt, Minho and Thomas, in that order. I didn't like the Cranks. (Not gonna elaborate, it'd be spoilers.) I didn't like how Jorge and Brenda were included in the story. I liked Harriet and Sonya, didn't like Aris. I didn't like what Wicked was doing with the kids. I didn't like Ava Page. I actually didn't really like the start of this, but that might be because it was so different from what I had just read a couple of days ago from the book.
I'm being very vague, I'm sorry, but I really don't want to say too much.
All in all, I'm very confused. At one point I really was thinking I'd come out of the movie saying "I really wanted to like it, but..." but it got better towards the end. And I actually think it was good. I'm going to need to see it again, but yeah, I like what Wes Ball has done with this series, and am kind of getting excited to see what the final movie will be like.
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