Having read "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner, I can say that this movie heavily disappointed me. The storyline was barely stuck to at all, and so many important details were altered, and I don't doubt that they are going to have huge consequences for them in making "The Scorch Trials" and so on.
But please do not let this movie keep you from reading the book. The book explained so much more that needed to be explained than the movie did. They were so different it's not even funny. So please don't judge this book by its movie.
I cant even begin to point out how much of this was wrong--no telepathy between Thomas and Teresa, no real emotional attachments between Thomas & Teresa and Thomas & Chuck, the Grievers were portrayed completely wrong, as well as the Griever hole; they never saw the Maze from the air, the Maze was square not round, and the Maze was enclosed in a dome with artificial weather (no rain) and was definitely not in the Scorch. I could go on, but you get my point.
Again, please do not judge the book by its movie. There's so much more explaining that happens in the book and not in the movie, so that it actually makes sense.
But please do not let this movie keep you from reading the book. The book explained so much more that needed to be explained than the movie did. They were so different it's not even funny. So please don't judge this book by its movie.
I cant even begin to point out how much of this was wrong--no telepathy between Thomas and Teresa, no real emotional attachments between Thomas & Teresa and Thomas & Chuck, the Grievers were portrayed completely wrong, as well as the Griever hole; they never saw the Maze from the air, the Maze was square not round, and the Maze was enclosed in a dome with artificial weather (no rain) and was definitely not in the Scorch. I could go on, but you get my point.
Again, please do not judge the book by its movie. There's so much more explaining that happens in the book and not in the movie, so that it actually makes sense.