On the Wednesday the 7th of February I went
Plymouth Vue cinema with my housemate, Roxy to see the last film in The Maze
Runner saga which is Death Cure.
Warning! Spoilers included so DON’T read if
planning to watch the film or even reading the books!
This film was greatly filmed, which I feel was done
to make you, the audience feel as if you are part of the film and what was
happening in it. The opening of this film starts by a chase and fight to save
the children and friends which connotes the previous films. The begin half of
this film was mainly about Thomas and Newt with the group retrieving Minho from
the organisation, Wicked. I feel that this was a great way to continue from the
second film, Scorch Trials where they ended with wicked taking most of the
children that were previously saved.
I found that the music was placed well to keep the
audience in suspense and wanting to know what would happen. There are many
shocks in this film to make the audience jump out of their seats and therefore
always keeps you interested.
There are many relationships in this final film, of
the saga, that has twists and make the audience surprised,
This film is all about Thomas and Newt along with
their allies trying to free Minho so you get to see his mental struggle and his
strength when experiencing the pain Wicked put him through which I felt was
like torcher. There is also a demonstration of loyalty within this film shown
through the relationship between Thomas and Brenda.
A character from the original Maze Runner returns
and shocks the audience, his name is Gally and in the first film he is
portrayed in a way that makes the audience hate him, but in this recent film it
is a totally different story. He is good and Thomas has to learn to trust him
after all the damage he has done, such as killing Thomas’s friend, Chuck in
order to save Minho. This brings humour to the story which contains so much
death and disappear.
Thomas and Teresa relationship told through this
film is a story of tragic love. At the beginning of the film Thomas and Teresa
are on opposite sides where Teresa is trying to find a cure of a disease that
has plagued the world leaving only one city remaining, but in doing this she is
part of the team that tortures Minho, who Thomas and Newt are trying to save.
After all the ups and downs in this relationship, Teresa ends it by
sacrificing herself in order to save Thomas.
Finally, the relationship between Thomas and Newt
which I feel is the most heart-breaking ending. In this final film of the saga,
Newt unfortunately dies from the virus that has been infecting the world and
although this is tragic, I feel that it is portrayed perfectly in a way that
makes the audience experience Thomas’s emotions. I feel that this is a perfect
ending for these two friends as during this saga of films we, the audience,
have taken a journey with these characters as their relationship grew. Newt’s
letter to Thomas at the end of the film was a great way to not only end their
relationship but also bring the film saga to a close and was perfectly
portrayed with the right amount of emotion to both do this pair justice and
effect the audience.
It is beautiful how once Thomas has read Newt’s
letter he then moves on to engrave ‘Newt’ into the stone for those who were
lost in this fight for survival and freedom. I feel that by filming Thomas
waking up in a new, strange and different place it links back to the original
opening from the first film which creates the feeling of traveling in a circle
only this time they are free and their new life begins.
In the ending, Wicked’s city, the final city, is
destroyed which I feel connotes new beginnings which is proved when Thomas
wakes up. He wakes up to a new community that was created from the pain and
sacrifice of the war where everyone is happy. I feel this suggests that when
you think life is bad, there is always a way to overcome the pain and find
peace with a new view of life.
Hope you enjoyed
Thanks for reading
Amy x
