The Maze Runner
When my husband and I first got together, he convinced me to watch a movie called The Cube . The Cube is a pointless exercise in hypothetical psychological experimentation. It's a puzzle with no answer, a scenario with no context. The ending left me feeling both betrayed and angry. I could have spent that time sleeping. I still haven't forgiven my husband for making me watch that movie. It's 90 minutes of my life that I'm never getting back. The Maze Runner is like The Cube , but with bad writing and barely sketched in characters. (Part of the betrayal of The Cube was in how much I came to care about the poor, doomed characters. All except the one that managed to survive). It is just as pointless. Just as infuriating. The only reason I don't hate it as much is because I can't bring myself to care that much about a bunch of posturing, teen-aged boys. I could go on a whole rant about the lazy, stilted writing. The main character whose entire memory has been...