Movie Review: The Maze Runner

OMG!!! I was waiting to watch this movie!! It’s based on my favorite trilogy, The Maze Runner by James Dashner, which is awesome! And the movie is so so so GOOD!! It was everything I was hoping for!! You have to watch it! YOU HAVE TO!!!

The story is mind blowing and, for me, felt new and exciting. It’s the story of Thomas (Dylan O'Brien), who woke up one day in an elevator that opened up into a village full with teenage boys stuck in the middle of a huge HUGE maze! They all remember nothing but their name and want nothing, but to find the way out. They all try and solve the maze and things get complicated when Teresa (Kaya Scodelario), a girl, is found in the elevator with a note that says, “She’s the last one, EVER”.

I loved the trilogy so much! I couldn’t put it down and finished it in a week! The movie stayed true to the book, with only little details changed which is to be expected. All of our favorite characters are there and I was so so happy with the cast!! It was a spot on! The boys were great!    

In the movie I was so happy when any intense scene ended, I could hear everyone around me release breaths they were holding. It’s really that intense! It’s so exciting! No dull moment.

The setting, OMG!! I loved the maze! It was just as I imagined it! And the Grievers (the monsters who come out in the maze at night) sounded and looked just like I imagined! The sound of them clicking on the solid ground is haunting!! It’s brilliant!!

The sound track is freaking awesome! Not the most brilliant, but it went with the feel of the movie! It really intensified the whole experience!

I LOVED it! Go watch it! Support the Gladers so they’ll have to film the second part of the story!!   

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If you watched it, feel free to comment and tell us what you thought ;).

Till the next one!

Kemz

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Movie Review: Jane Eyre (2011)

Jane Eyre, the sensible orphan girl who lived in the fine household of her uncle, found herself in a dull boarding school after her aunt has casted her off. Within the harshness and gloominess of the school, Jane Eyre (Mia Wasikowska) has moved from childhood into adulthood, learning to take refuge within herself and to live in solitude.

Working as a governess in Thornfield Hall, she meets the arrogant mysterious master Edward Rochester (Michael Fassbender) who takes interest in her. Noticing Mr. Rochester’s understating of her soul, aware of her feelings, Jane Eyre, tries to open to life and dream of hope. When the lovers are eventually to unite, Mr. Rochester’s mysterious secret is revealed.

Devastated, Jane Eyre runs away, lost, empty at hand and soul. After time passed, Jane listens to her heart and goes back to her lover, where yet finds another surprise.

 I happened to see the movie before reading the book, yet I loved it, I felt it. It has touched me and left a trace in my soul. I haven’t watched the previous version but I think Mia Wasikowska has played the role perfectly, all the desperate motionless expressions, the timid attitude, and Michael Fassbender, he is literally charming! It shows in his action that he loves Jane yet involuntary ignores her, his eyes speak out, his voice tone, the pleading in his eyes. A great amount of emotions were exchanged between the lovers, through their conversation, the momentum actions, and all the restless act of pride and prejudices. Yet my heart was solely broken at the end; it arises a question: when to take the correct decision, what is the correct decision, what to sacrifice, when is it too late?

The gothic gloomy forests, Jane’s dull Victorian dresses, her direct gazes, scarce expressions, all reflects how rigid her life is, and the amazing soundtrack by Dario Marianelli (Anna Karenina, Pride & Prejudice) all carries us into Jane’s soul. Personally, the soundtrack has touched me so much where it reflected the solitude in Jane Eyre’s soul. The slowness of the notes reflecting the captive Jane Eyre as she walks through her unknown destiny, the truthful feelings, the house, the furniture, Thornfield Hall, it all charmed me, I literally lived Jane Eyre’s story within the movie’s two hours!  I couldn’t stop crying.

The richness of literature in their conversation, the charm of the music, the passion, sense, and more is all in the remake of Jane Eyre based on the novel by Charlotte Brontë, directed by Cary Fukunaga. If you are fond of classic, literature, and wealth of feelings, then this is just for you. A captivate movie which touches any soul acquainted with love. If you liked Pride & Prejudice and Mr. Darcy, then you will definitely love Jane Eyre.

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By:

Noura AlNaimi

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