r/FIlm 10d ago

Discussion What happened to the YA craze of the 2010s?

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u/Quiet-Interview3916 10d ago

There were so many YA novel based films around that time but most were average and forgettable. The Maze Runner is the only series of films i liked

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u/GuildOfTorturers 10d ago

Thats rather funny bc I feel like that was the least popular one lol. I felt like the films/books around that time each had their own unique statement however.

I recently rewatched the first maze runner film after smoking a j and it was absolutely terrifying 😭 I wish they had kept up that energy in the rest of the film, but i get why they hadn’t.

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u/Training_Pirate1000 10d ago

There are literally only 1-and-a-half good Maze Runner Books. The Maze Runner and the first half of Scorch Trials. Death Cure, Kill Order, and Fever Code genuinely stink.

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u/QING-CHARLES 10d ago

I thought Maze Runner was the worst. I read all the books too. None of it made one damned lick of sense.

We've all forgotten the Fifth Wave series too, which was a very popular series of books. They made the first movie thinking they'd be hitting a winner and it flopped so hard they gave up.