Plot
Set in New York city The Mortal Instruments City of Bones follows the life of an almost ordinary teenager, Clary Fray (Lily Collins). Clary has lived in New York with her mother for as long as she can remember, but what Clary doesn't know is that her family are descendants of a large line of shadow hunters. Half angel half human demon hunters. They are a secret organisation who are sworn to protect the world from demons and other things that go bump in the night. After Clary's mother Jocelyn (Lena Headey) is taken, Clary must join forces with a group of young shadow hunters who introduce her to a dark dangerous world that she never knew existed. This world is called Downworld packed with demons, vampires, werewolves and other unearthly creatures Clary must fight to find and save her mother.
What I liked
There are many points I liked and disliked about this movie here are a few things I enjoyed about the movie.
CGI was amazing on the movie with a budget of $60,000,000 (estimate) you would expect it too as well, I thought it captured and added great effect to the demons and all the other dark malicious characters in the film.
Furthermore, when I went to see the film the day of the release I finished reading the book 4 hours before leaving to see the film. Towards the end of the film you could tell the film makers really wanted to detail to the big finale they almost literally word for word acted out the book on the big screen which is an incredibly rare thing to see from a book to film.
What I disliked
From the beginning of the film you could tell it was rushed. The film makers obviously wanted to leave a lot of time for the ending of the film and make the start significantly shorter in time, but shorter in time means shorter in detail. I feel the audience wouldn't have had enough time to emotionally connect with all the characters therefore they wouldn't feel like they were deep enough into the story to really experience the story in proper detail. Lack of this early detail and having huge amounts of time for the end of the film made it drag slightly you didn't care as much for the characters and therefore really didn't care what would happen to them at the end of the movie.
Conclusion
Overall The Mortal Instruments City of Bones was an okay movie to watch I don't believe it was as good as the books, but then again movies never are. To Improve the film makers could of spaced out detail and time within the movie to allow the audience to gain a better understanding of the characters and there roles withing the story.
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