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Extremely disappointed

posted 9 years ago by davidhedemark-53028
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As a huge fan of the book I had semi-high expectations for this movie, but I've never been more dissapointed in my whole life.

I wonder if the makers of this movie even read the book at all. Holy *beep*

[–] meowingdoggos 9 years ago

The Scorch Trials, Insurgent and the Percy Jackson movies....

And you complain about The 5th Wave?

[–] DaisyParty 9 years ago

The Scorch Trials, Insurgent and the Percy Jackson movies....

 They ruined Percy Jackson!! I am in love with the PJ book series so when I saw the movie, I was expecting to see my soon-to-be all time favorite movie... Then I saw how HORRIBLE the movie came out!  I will never get over that! I hate you Hollywood!! 

[–] allisonjoys 8 years ago

Yes, I'll complain about this one. I haven't read any of the Maze Runner books but I've enjoyed the movies.

I did not read the 5th Wave book and this movie is garbage. That's the problem. If a movie is made and it turns off the book fans the only hope is that everyone else likes it.

[–] Hardline_Pro 9 years ago

Have you read the sequels? The last one sucks.

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[–] B_Light 9 years ago

Disagree

[–] squeakycheeky-1 9 years ago

I agree. The book had such fleshed out characters each with their own hopes, fears, quirks etc and the movie took no time to delve into anyone but Cassie, Ben and Evan. It was all about the action and battles but if I'm not invested in the characters why do I even care if they live or die. Teacup, Poundcake,Dumbo...all great characters completely ignored.

And as far as the sequels go, I thought they were great. The Last Star had me guessing until the very end.

[–] Shimmer_Me_Timbers 8 years ago

This is actually a series that would've benefited from being a television series. Cassie's parents were in the movie for like two minutes so it didn't give any sort of emotional punch when they died.

There are too many story lines going on at the same time to shove it into about a 2 hour movie. There were so many things that were changed or left out because of timing and I think they were important to not only flesh out the characters but flesh out the overall story as well.

[–] Film_Guy76 9 years ago

Turning off this girl power craze
Started watching as it was a curiosity Now it's propaganda

[–] hyphens11 8 years ago

Bit of an exaggeration there, man.

It's a mediocre movie and a mediocre adaptation. There are so many worse adaptations of books.

At least we got a decent lead in Moretz. I'm not her biggest fan, but she's a decent actress for her age and the best main-stream actress I can imagine to play Cassie.

Also, Schreiber. You can't go too wrong with Schreiber.