As I watched this I found myself comparing it to the Twilight saga. Given that it was made for maybe 10% of Twilight's budget it was actually pretty good. I certainly found it more exciting than Twilight, though the books they were each made from were comparable. Both stories featured a fairly conventional, clichéd story line, though I'd give the edge to Max Ride for originality. Imagine what could have been done with Twilight's budget and resources. As it is, Maximum Ride has the feel of a made-for-TV video, produced and filmed in too much of a low- budget rush to give the talented young cast a chance to do much with their characters or to provide effective SFX.
Twilight's budget would have been better spent on Patterson's Max Ride series. (This film covers the first book of a trilogy plus a sequel.) Given that Twilight cast a couple of shambling corpses as the leads, Maximum Ride, for all its lacks, had in its impressive cast the potential to at least reach for X-men level movie making. I certainly hope to see more of them, especially Allie Marie Evans, in the future.
Twilight's budget would have been better spent on Patterson's Max Ride series. (This film covers the first book of a trilogy plus a sequel.) Given that Twilight cast a couple of shambling corpses as the leads, Maximum Ride, for all its lacks, had in its impressive cast the potential to at least reach for X-men level movie making. I certainly hope to see more of them, especially Allie Marie Evans, in the future.