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More like a student film or a short film for Youtube. Does not follow the books very well and makes quite a few unnecessary changes to the characters. It is quite good for what it is and it is entertaining. It is a great start and hopefully will build up enough of a fan base or inspire a studio to make a full-length feature film. There were some things that I really hated though besides they way it didn't quite follow the storyline. 1. They made the institute more humane and barren, there are supposed to be other (failed) experiments and much smaller cages. 2. They aged up Nudge. 3. Iggy doesn't make explosives with Gazzy, and his character is underused. 4. The characters looked different than they were described. However, it did have an alright plot line that made sense and was obviously related to the books and the cast, though poorly chosen, were pretty good actors. I just hope a big studio film is made that does the books justice, or at least a second film is made with more funding and that pays closer attention to the books as a redemption.

I have read all of the Maximum Ride books from 6th grade on and they are my favorite book series, when I saw casting online for this movie, I wanted to sign up so that I could finally be in something I really enjoyed. When I saw this teasers, I was so happy and I was so excited to see this. This movie is not worth it, As a die hard fan, I have seen YouTube videos for the trailer that were better than the actual movie, the wings looked like they were added in by using Paint and I was so disappointed. The Max was a * and didn't do anything like the bada** Max that we read about in the book. Fang had long hair in the books. I was so disappointed.... Please make this better....

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'm sitting in my living room browsing through Netflix when I stumble across - wha'dya know? MAXIMUM RIDE! Yay! "Wait a second," I thought. There's no way this could be the James Patterson series I've loved since I was a child. Those novels are sooooo ground-breakingly amazing that a film adaptation would have to be top quality, right? And the press and marketing of this remarkable movie would have to be out of this world, right? What. The. Hell. My heart's been broken. My mind's been screwed. Who did this, and what is your freaking problem? There are so many things wrong with Maximum Ride in just the first five minutes. Watching the entire thing on Netflix felt like drowning for an eternity. In one big huff I'll try to get past the quality of the film's terrible CGI, lousy scenes, cheap production, and shitty acting to talk about a few of the book-to-film mistakes. Here goes nothing. Max is about as intimidating as her doppelganger Kendall Jenner. A muscle tee and gloves does not make her a bad ass. Fang - oh, dear Fang - is BLONDE, and very much the opposite of his dark, and mysteriously bruiting, book persona. The muscles on Fangs supposed-to-be younger brother Iggy make no sense. "Tall and slim." The first Maximum ride literally describes practically all of the characters BUT ESPECIALLY Iggy as TALL AND SLIM. Was he really even blind? Nudge who can be interpreted as talkative with a hint of attitude in the novel spent most of the movie being disciplined over wanting to be normal. Her book characters internal struggle was her desire for belonging. Nudge wanted to know where she came from, NOT whether she can go shopping at the mall like other girls. There isn't much to say about Angel. Seeing as the first novel is really devoted to rescuing the sweet, and innocent Angel from The School, I expected her portrayal to be warm and cute in order to make a connection with the audience. She was actually kind of creepy, and if you asked me should have been left at the school. I almost forgot Gasman. What can I say? Really, what can I say? He was there. I am beyond disappointed. I'm hurt. Finding and reading this book series was one of the most important markers in my life. This movie - this "thing" has taken away the novels magic. If you're a fan, don't watch it. Save yourself the heartache.

From the start, the pacing was off. There was evidently meant to be some kind of tension, but the director failed to set it up, perhaps he was relying on prior knowledge? I've not read the books, so had no idea what was going on. And then it was bored teenagers in a house, pretending to argue with each other. Well, play acting. quite terribly. I'd have preferred a voice over exposition to that stilted and awkward introduction to the superpowers. The lead actress almost pulled off angry and dominant, but she doesn't have the experience, so the almost was a failure. Cue a random abduction, presumably to increase the tension, but given we have no investment in any of the characters, all it did was add a note of "who is that b- grade dude with the teeth?". It didn't get explained in the first half of the movie, which is all I managed to sit through. The fight sequences were shoddy. Mr b-grade with the teeth at one point visibly preparing for the impact he knew was coming from behind him. No sense of immediacy. I think the director confused pauses and slow shots with tension, and expected us to fill in all the details. All it managed for me was to let my attention wander. I'd avoid it unless you are a real fan, or perhaps even then, given most people have wonderful imaginations, and it would be a shame to have them replaced with dross. Did i mention the fx? Best not to really. Manga style graphics might have worked better.

The sole redeeming aspect of this film is the main actress, Allie Marie Evans. Beyond that this is very much a "pilot hoping to become a TV series" type movie with an inconclusive, boring ending. I won't say any more in order to avoid spoilers... but don't expect any kind of plot resolution or purpose to this flick other than "entertainment for kids". Even Allie's presence and acting (which is limited by plot to pretty much a perpetual scowl) can't save this "yet another buncha teens with powers" flick. The plot's been done before (often), by better movies. Persecuted lab-raised teens vs the bad guy here. Do expect a lot of unanswered questions and plot holes (not the least of which is how their powers function). You likely won't really care about having those questions answered because... it doesn't really matter. Nothing more to see here. It's worth watching on a rainy day with popcorn. It's not quite SyFy channel bad. It's just primarily Saturday Morning kids fare in movie form. There are far worse flicks, and far better. It's worth watching just for Allie's terrific eyes. Beyond that, kids might like it. But without a follow-up it's pointless-- and it's doubtful a follow-up would be followed.

Not much to say about this awful movie. When I was in middle school my friends and I read the books together. If you love the books as much as we do, don't watch this movie. The dialogue is terrible, the actors look like they have sticks up their asses, it has awful graphics, its not true to the book, need I go on? The actors chosen for Iggy and Fang were truly dreadful, one reason being they didn't even match the description of their novel counterparts, not to mention the acting. If I could give a 0, I would.