The Maze Runner/ Scorch Trials
I am incredibly disappointed in these film. While the books are not that great, they're certainly better than their adaptations to the big screen. My biggest gripe with the first movie is how poorly the world was built. Instead of creating a believable scenario, the movie spends a large portion of slowly revealing information that one would expect to be given immediately. It becomes frustrating rather quickly whenever Thomas (the protagonist) asks a question and every character around him acts like he's being a suspicious dick for wanting to know pertinent information.
The second was also bad, but for a different reason. This is the first yous see of the world and how a disease has destroyed the world. The movie substitutes the crazy sick people for zombie-esque creatures, making it very difficult to view them as people. I never got the sense that this disease has ruined the world.
The writers were far too heavily influenced by other YA movies being made (Divergent, Hunger Games). The Thomas and Ava Paige relationship, IMO, is far too reminiscent of the Tris - Jeaneane and Katniss - Snow relationships. Especially considering Ava Paige never made an appearance in the book series, her placement and personality in the films clearly is trying to replicate these other films.
2/10 Maze Runner
3/10 Scorch Trials