It's more than a maze.

Lolita 2022-03-22 09:01:12

i don't wanna compare this film with HG or Insurgent like some people do.Here i just wanna talk about what i get from this film.
what does the maze mean?is it a prison? a cage for a ridiculous test? or it is something, maybe i can say, to trap us.
we are Thomas,Alby,Newt,Gally,and everyone in this film.we are trapped in the society,and we are living in a vast maze.the maze,like a huge and powerful man, watches us every day.he create Grivers to make us product a terrible thing, so that we are willing to stay there.and that, is fear.
someone like Gally were beaten by him since they followed his rules. in other words,they lost themsevles,because they lost hope,the most important and greatest thing in the world.
i learnt a great idea from The Shawshank Redemption, which goes like this,REMEMBER,RED.HOPE IS A GOOD THING,AND NO GOOD THINGS EVER DIE.as an another anti-utopia film,V claims a similar idea.the very London is like the maze,and people there are all like Gally.but there is still someone like Thmas,who has boldness to explore the exit and dignity to get out of trick.

i don't wanna be another Gally,but i have to say i am,at least now.WHATEVER,like Newt said,it doesn't matter,any of it.BUT WHAT DOES MATTER IS WHO WE ARE NOW,AND WHAT WE DO RIGHT NOW.just PICK YOUR ASS UP AND FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED.

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The Maze Runner quotes

  • Thomas: Chuck, don't let go!

    Chuck: No shit!

  • Thomas: We found this. It was inside a Griever.

    Newt: These are the same letters we get in our supplies.

    Thomas: Yeah. Whoever put us here obviously made the Grievers. Now, this is the first real clue, the first anything, you've found in over three years. Right, Minho?

    Minho: Right.

    Thomas: Newt, we gotta go back out there. Who knows where this might lead us.

    Gally: You see what he is trying to do, right? First he breaks our rules and then he tries to convince us to abandon them totally. The rules are the only thing that have ever held us together. Why now are we questioning that? If Alby was here, you know he'd agree with me. This shank needs to be punished.

    Newt: You're right. Thomas broke the rules. One night in the Pit and no food.

    Gally: Oh, come on, Newt. One night in the Pit? You think that's gonna stop him from going into the maze?

    Newt: No. And we can't just have non-runners running into the maze whenever they feel like it, so let's just make this official.

    Newt: [to Thomas] Starting from tomorrow, you're a Runner.

    Gally: Wow.

    Frypan: Gally...

    Gally: Nah, Fry.

    Thomas: Thanks, Newt.