The Maximum Ride movie was such a disappointment. God awful actor choice in both appearance AND behavior/personality. Embarrassing special effects, i mean seriously. Zero depth of characters. The story line didn't quite fit, and they only told like half of the book, up to the point where the escape the school, didn't have anything from their time in New York. I WAITED SEVEN YEARS FOR THAT?!?! UGH!
I mean the biggest character flaws were with the TWO MAIN CHARACTERS!?! You don't see the close family relationship between the flock or even Max and Fang. You don't get the sense that they are EVERYTHING to each other even BEFORE romance was added to the picture. For those of you who have read the Maximum Ride series you know that,
Max is all wrong. She isn't the strong willed person who commands the room the moment she walks in like in the book. The movie's Max doesn't have that gusto, that rage i guess, that is key to Max's character. We don't see the raw emotion we need to understand what Angel meant to her. Angel was her BABY. The innocent little girl who Max cared for. And when she discovered Jeb had been evil the entire time, we didn't see the pure heart sinking betrayal that Max felt. The actor did a poor job at showing the strength and depth of her relationships, as well as the strength of her character.
The actor cast as Fang made a lot of the same mistakes. Fang is meant to be quiet, deep in thought. He is able to disappear easily, his demeanor more dark and brooding without compromising his humor or relationships. In the movie he has short hair, rather talkative with Max and his feelings towards her are not well hidden. When she got shot, he kept saying "i almost lost you!" and they nearly kissed on multiple occasions. In the movie, you know how he feels by what he says, not what he does. It is just NOT how Fang is, especially in the first book. If they wanted the audience to know how he felt towards Max, they should have done it by the way he looks at her when shes not looking, or the way he smiles when she laughs. That is more true to the character.
This movie could have been AMAZING but instead it was HORRENDOUS and wasn't worth the hour i spent watching.
I mean the biggest character flaws were with the TWO MAIN CHARACTERS!?! You don't see the close family relationship between the flock or even Max and Fang. You don't get the sense that they are EVERYTHING to each other even BEFORE romance was added to the picture. For those of you who have read the Maximum Ride series you know that,
Max is all wrong. She isn't the strong willed person who commands the room the moment she walks in like in the book. The movie's Max doesn't have that gusto, that rage i guess, that is key to Max's character. We don't see the raw emotion we need to understand what Angel meant to her. Angel was her BABY. The innocent little girl who Max cared for. And when she discovered Jeb had been evil the entire time, we didn't see the pure heart sinking betrayal that Max felt. The actor did a poor job at showing the strength and depth of her relationships, as well as the strength of her character.
The actor cast as Fang made a lot of the same mistakes. Fang is meant to be quiet, deep in thought. He is able to disappear easily, his demeanor more dark and brooding without compromising his humor or relationships. In the movie he has short hair, rather talkative with Max and his feelings towards her are not well hidden. When she got shot, he kept saying "i almost lost you!" and they nearly kissed on multiple occasions. In the movie, you know how he feels by what he says, not what he does. It is just NOT how Fang is, especially in the first book. If they wanted the audience to know how he felt towards Max, they should have done it by the way he looks at her when shes not looking, or the way he smiles when she laughs. That is more true to the character.
This movie could have been AMAZING but instead it was HORRENDOUS and wasn't worth the hour i spent watching.