Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

It's nearly impossible for an entire book to make it to the big screen when making a movie adaption.  More often than not, fans of these books are discouraged or disappointed with the final product after they leave the movie theatre.  Many times saying they cut the "most important part" or the "best scene."  But movies would be entirely too long, up to 6 hours in some cases, if the movie contained everything from the book.  As much as it might kill book lovers everywhere, some things simply must be cut.  The highly anticipated adaption of the popular sci-fi book "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials" is no exception.

The star of the movie, Dylan O'Brien, talks about the changes made from book to movie in an exclusive interview with Screen Rant.  O'Brien says that since the telepathy storyline never made it into the first film, the relationship between Thomas (O'Brien) and Theresa (Kaya Scodelario) is a little different than what fans of the book might be expecting.  In the beginning of the book, Thomas doesn't try to call for Theresa telepathically and she doesn't respond to that for the "first time."  Essentially, ignoring each other.  O'Brien says, the same thing is done in the movie,  just without the telepathy aspect.  There is still a "disconnect" between the two characters that will later help them "start to understand one another" later in the story.  That aspect of the book still made it to the film even though the telepathy part didn't.

Giving the new movie fans and long-time book fans nearly a full year to anticipate the second installment of the series after the first movie came out September 19th of last year, The Scorch Trials will be in theaters this Friday, September 18th.  After the movie comes out and reviews begin to flood the internet, we'll take a look at the differences that fans found most important and whether or not the movie held true to the book despite those differences.

 

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