These are horrible movie series 😅

I’m biased bc I loved the books, the movies weren’t all that great, but for me it’s Percy Jackson EDIT: a close second would be the City of Bones movie as well as the Shadowhunters show which is in the same universe

Fun fact: the actor for Newt is also the VA for Ferb from Phineas and Ferb

Maze runner is one of the best YA adaptations man

Great job with the intro Tara, we don't need Greg anymore ............... j/k

Ikr

Stiles Stilinski

liked him from maze runner and american assassin so i went back to watch teen wolf. he’s a great actor and one of my favorites currently acting. i’ve heard of him when i was younger as i had older girl cousins who loved teen wolf. i didn’t expect to like love and monsters as much as i did but dylan made it enjoyable.

@@riddler4150American Assassin is such an underrated gem.

I agree he is amazing

Divergent wasn't greatly received like this though.

@@fkim8449 it was where I lived and schools I went to

I kinda wanted to see divergent, but I feel like I saw parts of it, but I don't remember anything. Barely recall even a trailer.

i remember liking the divergent book but i couldnt finish the first movie at all!!

The books were better, but the movies were good, and the first one was great

@@guitargamesandliverpool agreed but after what happened in the first movie I was like alright we're going in a completely different direction.

There were 3 movies. How the hell is this "underrated"? lol

@@Jonathan-fw6ty there are a lot of series with multiple movies, so this statement is kinda ridiculous

@@Jonathan-fw6tydivergent got sequels😂just cuz it has extra movies doesn’t mean it’s praised, rated, or ultra successful

The Glade does have Lord of the Flies vibes. But Maze Runner is based on the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. If Maze Runner seems similar to Hunger Games, it's probably because they're both based on the same source material.

It gets a point for not doing a cringe triangle love story like every other teen drama.

@@devilaasura3827 It gets a huge jump in the score for that. Clichéd? Every story or film is clichéd in one way or another. Nihil sub sole novum.

The fact that this movie was made on a budget of over $30 million dollars was mind blowing

FACTS!! American Assassin is definitely 1 of my favorites, but I will always n forever know him as Scott McCall's right hand man & partner in supernatural crime "Stiles" lol.

@@BlackFire901 YESSSSSS TOTALLY TRUE! His role in Love and Monsters PEAK TOO! It always astounds me that he’s the voice of Bumblebee in the solo movie! But Stiles shall forever be iconic

@@BlackFire901 And season 3 stiles is what blew him up as an actor, void stiles will always be peak villains in teen wolf

Stiles is such a bi-con

She mentioned right at the start that he's the guy from Love and Monsters. She at least knows who he is, not sure about John

bro is this spoilers?

@@izukumidoriya8600 a little bit yeah

I completely agree. It's an excellent film and an excellent series of films. I wonder if these films aren't over-the-heads of some reactors. (All three books and films spoilers follow, so be warned.) If you know your classics, the "Maze Runner" is a retelling of Theseus and the Minotaur, of course. I'm not alone in making this connection, but it's a surprisingly select club. That's rather sad. Naturally, Thomas is Theseus, the hero. The Glade and the Gladers are Athens and Athenian youth, respectively. The Grievers are the Minotaur, the monster that feeds on the Athenian youth who have been offered as sacrificial victims. The Minotaur is half man, half bull. The Grievers are half organic, half machine. The WCKD mechanism that's found in the crushed Griever is Ariadne's thread, the key out of the maze. WCKD is King Minos, which rather coincidentally sounds like Minho. The maze motif is repeated in the "Scorch Trials" and "Death Cure." The Glade's Athens is, however, more like "The Lord of the Flies" than classical Greece. Themes in that well-known classic include the tension between groupthink and individuality, between rational and emotional reactions, and between morality and immorality. Things which we do see play out in Thomas and the Gladers. Consider Alby's interactions with Thomas. He sees Thomas as different, curious. He seems to be warning Thomas not to be a nonconformist. Alby makes Thomas sign a contract of sorts with the Glade by having Thomas etch his name on the wall. The crossed out names may represent prior non-conformists. When Thomas notices them, Alby says somewhat menacingly: "Those were dark days." George's name is highlighted for us. Later, Thomas finds George's partially buried remains. Interestingly, this dark place of death is where Ben attacks Thomas. In the second film, we discover George is Brenda's brother, and George looks like Thomas. So was George a Thomas-like precursor in the Glade? Did George break the rules and did that lead to his death? Thomas is the archetypal tragic hero. Tragic heroes are characters of elevated stature, both in birth and morality. Like most heroes, he has above-average intelligence, which means he has situational awareness; he's determined, which means he is firmly set in opinion or purpose; and he has a loyal close friend who guides, advises and helps him as he faces his trials. In the films, Newt clearly fits the role as Thomas' helper, his Ariadne. The Theseus myth also emphasizes the power of love. Ariadne helps because she has fallen in love with Theseus. As a tragic hero, Thomas is subject to a collective fate, the will of the gods, if you will, which had precipitated the solar flares that scorched the Earth and indirectly brought about the Flare virus. A common attribute of the tragic hero is that he once held a lofty position from which he has now been cast down. Thomas' hamartia has visited his own individual fate upon himself which prompts his present adventure-journey. His moral choices while part of WCKD led him to immoral behavior, the torture and deaths of his friends. In this way, Thomas assumed the role of a god over the Gladers. That's hubris. Humans, even if they're heroes, have to be taught they are not a god. Thomas' eventual rebellion precipitated his downfall and the tragic course his subsequent life followed. Tragic heroes suffer, and so Thomas suffers. He suffers because of his lost status, he suffers because of his past actions, he suffers because he's lost his identity and been condemned to the trials, he suffers because he's been betrayed, and he suffers most because of the deaths of companions he lost along his adventure-journey. Although Thomas' flaw is great, he has our sympathy, and we pity him. Ultimately Thomas' suffering leads him to an epiphany at the end of the third film. By this time, Thomas has gained the strength to accept his destiny which he will meet even if it means his death. Tragic heroes almost always die. This is without doubt what the epilogue of the final film means. Thomas is going back to the WCKD world, and he is going to offer himself up as a cure even if it means his life. Unlike the books, film Thomas is not going to remain in the Safe Haven with Brenda to live happily ever after. Even though WCKD's HQ was destroyed along with the city, there were more than one WCKD lab and installation referenced in the films. It's a pity there wasn't a forth film made where we would see our hero, Thomas, noble to the end, achieve his ultimate destiny and be reunited with Newt in the Elysian Fields. That would have made a very good trio into a great quartet. It seems incredible but heroic stories often follow the same basic pattern. In his book "The Hero with a Thousand Faces," Joseph Campbell, distilled the world's myths into a common structure which he called the monomyth or hero's journey. It's very concisely summarized as follows: A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man. That's the "Maze Runner" film saga in a nutshell. Very broadly, the films actually do follow the outline of the books, but differ in detail markedly. Personally, I prefer the films to the books. It's a matter of taste, I suppose. The books are darker than the films. That doesn't mean I didn't like the books. They held my interest, and I look forward to reading "The Fever Code." People frequently complain because a film doesn't follow a book exactly. There are obvious reasons why this is rarely possible, and it's often not even desireable. Books and films are two different art forms. There are different creative impulses at work in each. People need to understand the "Maze Runner" books and films as depicting two separate universes which, although inhabited by the same people facing similar challenges, evolve differently. They are going to diverge, and vive la difference! If all is done well, and the films were done very well, it doubles the fun. There were a couple of striking differences between the books and the films that really stood out to me. Although book Thomas may be heroic, he's not a tragic hero like film Thomas, at least in my opinion. Book Thomas often thinks things like I didn't really know those Gladers so I wasn't affected when they died in that horrible manner. Cold and unfeeling, right? That's not film Thomas at all. Book and film Thomas are two different people. Also unlike film Thomas, it's clear book Thomas hasn't been transformed in any substantial way by the end of his adventure-journey. There's no epiphany or moment of self-realization. He's merely completed his trek. He's had adventures along the way, experienced bad times and lost travelling companions, but it's all over now, and that's that. Time to settle down. Book Thomas is more like Odysseus come back to Ithaca to be with Brenda, his Penelope. In the first film, Thomas' dream-visions hint at his backstory and make his character ambiguous. Is Gally right about him? Then there is Theresa. In our hero's adventure-journey, Theresa clearly represents the monomyth's temptress who tries to derail him. Unlike Thomas, she completely breaks the Glade's paradigm. Her arrival is untimely, she's female, and she heralds the end of the Glade's supply lifeline. Totally inauspicious. Kaya Scodelario does a good job of making her character seem suspect from the get-go. There always seems to be a mistrust-invoking aura about her. There are interesting parallels between Theresa and Thomas. Both Theresa and Thomas are betrayers. Which one is evil depends on your answer to the films' theme: Does the end justify the means? They both want a cure for the Flare. However, Theresa/WCKD are ruthless in pursuit of a cure, willing to sacrifice however many young people it takes. Thomas, on the other hand, is completely altruistic. He will sacrifice himself but not others. How can you not but admire and love Thomas? One thing about the tragic hero motif is that those nearest and dearest to the hero often wind up either in some sort of deadly peril or just plain dead. Most often, it's dead. So as you're watching the films you might ask yourself: Who's closest to Thomas? The Flare virus is the "Maze Runner" saga's MacGuffin. Therefore, you really shouldn't try to make too much out of it. The "Maze Runner" trials mean to precisely isolate and produce the curative enzyme so humanity can be saved even if it means killing the immunes. The WCKD agenda begs the question of does the end justify the means, a principle often associated with totalitarianism, which is the central theme of the "Maze Runner." The principle is part and parcel of consequentialism, a teleological theory that says whether an action is morally good or bad depends on its outcomes. The more good outcomes outnumber the bad, the better/more moral the action. Under this rubric if WCKD finds a cure, then WCKD is very good, indeed. To sum up, these are very good and quite entertaining films which touch upon deep waters. Well acted and well crafted, too. The production crew and the actors together created an excellent trilogy.

i watched them all recently and i just want to see them in the movie theater so badly!!! i bet u had a blast😢

Why underrated? I'd like to hear your opinion. I agree Dylan O'Brien is a very good actor. He can do drama and comedy well. Not many actors can pull that off.

I have a huge crush on Roxy 👉👈

Why do you think it's underrated?

What happened in the end??? I didn't remember

@@Aryansh_11theresa snitch on them

@@Aryansh_11 WCKD took Minho hostage. I don't read the books so idk what will happen to him if he will turn "evil" for a bit or what.

@@TheBlueCreeper-bruh that was the second movie. The third movie ends the trilogy and wraps everything up 😭

There are 3 books. The book 3 ending is the film 3 ending. The other books are prequels.

They kind of do that at first, but I don’t know…by the end, it’s every other post-apocalyptic world, not just YA post-apocalyptic worlds. Also, the tropes of those other movies come back in donde forced ways as well. The one thing these movies have actually done kind of perfectly altogether is the action and the stunts, s well as Dylan O’ Brien. Even when the movies didn’t get that much better, he managed to be good enough to break out into other more challenging roles.

Why do you think they're underrated? I have a theory, but I'm interested in what other people think.

Omg

@@gaba-goo3733 that was an experience I’ll never forget! In a scary, good way lol