It’s hard to understand without reading novels？ Exclusive Analysis of Slots in Moving Maze

　　　 Special feature of 1905 film network Since last year’s film and September this year’s film, another "Youth Movie" has appeared on the big screen in China on October 28th. From the box office point of view, the film’s performance is not bad. Since its release in North America on September 19, it has received $11.25 million from 3,604 cinemas and easily won the one-day championship. And its premiere weekend accounted for 32.5 million US dollars, and easily won the weekend championship; By the end of September, the global cumulative box office has reached 149 million US dollars, and it has topped the box office charts in more than ten countries/regions.

　　　 However, although the film is excellent in production and the lineup of Cass is also Starlight Glimmer, it is not difficult to see that many viewers have many doubts about the content of the film from the comments since its release. Many viewers who haven’t read the original novel have repeatedly complained that many plots of the film are inexplicable and some characters are far-fetched and rough. Let’s combine the comments of fans to sort out several controversial points in this film:

The original paper version of james dashner’s moving maze trilogy adds up to more than 1000 pages.

The original volume is huge: the adaptation is hard to hide, far-fetched and rough

　　　 The Maze Runner is adapted from the first book of the trilogy of dystopian science fiction with the same name written by James Dashner, and the last two parts are called The Scorch Trials and The Death Cure respectively. The plot and characters of the trilogy are consistent from beginning to end, and each trilogy has its own system. Once published, the novel won several American youth literature awards and sold well in the world. According to the fans who have read the original, The Moving Maze, which has been adapted into a movie, is basically loyal to the original, and the film’s box office quickly put the sequel on the agenda.

　　　 Then the question is coming. Since we are going to shoot a trilogy, it is particularly important to explain the world view of the whole story in the first part. However, the film’s ambition to fit all the characters in the original book into the film makes some important people too rough and abrupt. For example, Albini, the leader of forest land, died in a hurry after being injured twice; The villain Gally stiffly attempted to seize power and stiffly appeared at the exit of the maze; Chuck, a young boy, is a cheap sensational tool … … The result of trying to keep the whole picture of the original characters is a serious sense of plot rupture, and the above-mentioned people have already got the lunch in the first film. Obviously, the possibility of flashback in the sequel is not great, so I have to say that this adaptation is too sloppy and far-fetched.

The heroine who has no sense of existence (right) is accused of "recreating" Kristen Stewart (left)

The heroine of "chicken ribs": there is no bright spot in a vain shot.

　　　 After shailene woodley, the heroine, was accused of being a fake "big cousin" Jennifer Lawrence, kaya scodelario, the heroine of "Moving Labyrinth", was referred to as the "replica version" of Kristen Stewart. Strangely, this gloomy woman, who had played many roles in the controversial popular English drama Skin, was in such an awkward position in the Moving Maze — — When Teresa, played by Ka Ya, was sent up by the elevator, the note in his hand was written in black and white "She’ S the last one ever "(she was the last one), which made people think that it would be a role that played an important role in promoting the plot. As a result, she didn’t have anything to do until the end of the film, which could not help but make the audience cry.

　　　 Another big point about Teresa is that most of the woodland residents in the film are young men between the ages of eleven and seventeen (they are hot-blooded and peak-like). Many people haven’t seen girls for two or three years, but they are so calm in the face of this beautiful young Teresa. The serious unreasonable plot makes people wonder if the director wants to hide the "spark of love" in the sequel.

In order to make this monster, the special effects team went to a lot of trouble.

Alien monster "Grievers": more horrible and ferocious than the original.

　　　 The maze monster "Grievers" in the film (translated as Ghost Fire Beast and Confessor) is still a bright spot from the enthusiastic response of the audience after it was released in North America, although its appearance time is not much. This monster with a special-shaped face, a scorpion tail and slobbering everywhere consumes a lot of brain cells of the special effects team Method Studios. Sue Rowe, director of special effects, said that it took a lot of trouble to make "Grievers" not only reasonable in biological structure, but also conform to the laws of physical movement — — At first, the team specially made the skeleton system, then filled the muscles and added mechanical limbs, and finally made the characters more authentic through dynamic simulation.

　　　 However, although the horror index of "Grievers" in the film is not low, it has still been vomited by some "original parties" — — The "Grievers" in the original work is similar to a slug, and it moves in a rolling way. It can even be said that there is a little bit of "stupidity" in addition to ferocity and nausea. In the movie, the mechanical legs of "Grievers" with metal texture make it look more like a large agile spider.

The model in the movie is just a pile of drawings in the original work.

Maze walker’s "white lie": Asian actors no longer play soy sauce

　　　 The literal translation of the film title "The Maze Runner" should be "Labyrinthine Walker". This seemingly puzzling setting is the core of the film "Moving Maze". The "maze walker" in the film is composed of a large group of woodland members. Their duty is to enter the maze every day to explore the terrain and draw their findings into a map. The "Walker" base in the original work is full of hand-drawn maps accumulated day by day. In the movie, it is treated as a huge maze model. Migneau, the eldest brother of the "walkers", has already memorized every Minho of land and every change cycle of the maze. He enters the maze on time every day and pretends to explore the terrain just to keep everyone hopeful of escaping from the maze.

　　　 It is worth mentioning that in this standard American blockbuster, Asian actors are finally no longer just walk-on roles. Migneau is played by Asian actor Ki Hong Lee. "What? Ki Hong Lee? I only know Li Hongji "… … Ok, forgive you — — Compared with the famous Li Hongji, Ki Hong Lee, also from South Korea, is really unknown. Ki Hong Lee has played some unforgettable small roles in many American TV series (2009, 2010, 2011 and The Witch’s Nine Lives), and these series have little influence. Although the role of Migneau was played in many scenes, it was unfortunate that Li Hongji’s performance was accused by some fans of being too immature.

Conclusion:

　　　 It is said that the sequel will be filmed at the end of October this year and will be released on September 18, 2015. As far as the concept map exposed at present is concerned, the handwriting of the sequel will not be small, and even aidan gillen, who plays "Little Finger" in the sequel, will join in with all his strength. However, according to the reaction of the original readers, the trend of the second character is even more complicated and has a stronger sense of "overhead", which is common in juvenile literature. How to balance the fluency of film works and the integrity of literary works will obviously be the primary problem that the sequel director will face.