So! I finally went and saw City of Bones.
Not what I expected...
To be frank, I wasn't happy with it. If you're an ultimate fan like me and you've read the book several times over, you'll be disappointed. Scenes in the wrong places, spoken lines in the wrong places, big scenes that don't occur in the book (and in fact goes completely against the rules of the Shadowhunter world) and tidbits of information that you don't learn until you're well into the second and third books of the story. So straight up, the script was terrible, and I wish like hell that Cassie Clare had found a director that would let her write the script or at least have some pull with it. So yeah, I was pretty much constantly annoyed with how things turned out. But I guess the movie was made as a stand alone thing, assuming the audience hadn't read the book. In that case I guess it was a pretty good movie...but meh, still annoyed :P
I do have some praise though!!
Overall, casting was awesome! Though Magnus could have been a lot more flamboyant, he was far too serious, although Godfrey Gao pulled off the looks nicely. Alec (Kevin Zegers) was pretty much perfect, nice and sullen, Isabelle (Jemima West) was kick ass and her whip was awesome! Jocelyn (Lena Headey) Luke (Aidan Turner) and Hodge (Jared Harris) were all really well played, along with Valentine (Johnathan Rhys Meyers) (who's hair wasn't white, and he looked a little old for my tastes) Jace (Jamie Campbell Bower) was perfect, all though slightly monotone when it came to the jokes. Clary was spot on, Lily Collins really played her well. But Simon (Robert Sheehan) really takes the cake!
The fight scenes were really good, although there technically should have been more of it. The demons were cool, steles and runes were awesome, and the sets in general were pretty sweet. Though I do think that the Institute was slightly over done. I honestly thought that runes would be used more, but instead they were only used on skin, not on solid objects.
In conclusion...
From a fan's perspective: 6/10
For the movie itself 8/10
TTFN
M.F.S
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