• About Megan Cashman
  • Author Interview Guidelines
  • The Dark Proposal
  • Video Services for Authors

Megan Cashman

~ Author

Megan Cashman

Tag Archives: The Mortal Instruments

Movie Review: The Mortal Instruments – City of Bones

06 Friday Dec 2013

Posted by Megan in Entertainment, Reviews

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

Jamie Campbell-Bower, movie reviews, movies, The Mortal Instruments, The Mortal Instruments City of Bones, urban fantasy

I was interested in seeing “The Mortal Instruments – City of Bones” when it first released earlier this year. I was curious about it’s urban fantasy theme with human-angel hybrids with some vampires thrown in, so I watched it on Netflix this week.

Click for the film's page on IMDB

Click for the film’s page on IMDB

Now, I’ve never read the books, so I may be missing out on what “The Mortal Instruments” is all about. But at the same time, I felt the first half of the movie moved too fast. The scenes ran quickly and I felt as if a lot was thrown in. I understand the first book of the series is long, so to squeeze a thick book into a two hour movie is always a challenge. But I wish things went slowly at this part.

I really liked the whole human-angel hybrids hunting demons, but I felt it wasn’t developed enough. While Jace, played by Jamie Campbell-Bower was telling Clary, played by Lily Collins, to never trust anyone, I felt that idea could’ve been expanded more because I got curious on what it is like to not know who is a demon or not. I also liked Clary learning more about who she is, but it was rushed and hard to absorb that way. The possible romance between Clary and Jace was kind of forced to me, as well as Simon and Clary. I liked learning about Clary’s mother, portrayed by Lena Headey who also appears in “Game of Thrones”, and how she fled Clary’s father, Valentine, played by Jonathan Rhys-Myers.

But overall, I felt the movie wasn’t developed enough and I wasn’t sure if I understood everything. I thought there was too much of an emphasis on Clary and Jace. I mean, if the story was really about defeating Valentine and having Clary understand who she is, why all the YA romance that was never meant to be anyway? Probably because Jamie Campbell-Bower is popular with teen girls (Although I have to admit he is good eye-candy).

I don’t know if Jace and Clary are really brother and sister. I heard they actually are not, but if they are, yeah incest is twisted, but Clary’s mother did it in a past life (wink, wink on that Game of Thrones reference)!

I will see the sequel because I like the angel-demon world that is largely invisible to ours. The fight scenes are awesome and the acting is pretty good. However, does Jonathan Rhys-Myers play the same character in all his projects?

 

 

May 2022
S M T W T F S
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031  
« Apr    

Archives

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

The Dark Proposal by Megan Cashman

Now on Kindle!

Also on Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/276775

My Facebook Page

My Facebook Page

Twitter Updates

Error: Please make sure the Twitter account is public.

Categories

  • Author Interviews
  • Being an Author
  • Between Light and Dark
  • Blog Awards
  • Book Trailers/Videos
  • Books
  • Characters
  • Entertainment
  • Miscellaneous
  • My Books
  • On Writing
  • Random Thoughts & Opinions
  • Reading
  • Reviews
  • Self-Publishing
  • Staten Island
  • Storytelling Musings
  • The Cats
  • The Dark Proposal
  • The Future
  • Vampires
  • Word Grammar Punctuation

Recent Posts

  • Vampires Today: Smartphones
  • Who is Your Audience?
  • Are Vampires Passe?
  • Why Do I Write?
  • “The Dark Proposal” – on tour at Bewitching Book Tours

Top Posts & Pages

  • Disclaimer: This is a Work of Fiction...
  • The Synopsis Method That Saved My Sequel
©Megan Cashman and Megan Cashman Books 2012 - 2017. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Megan Cashman and Megan Cashman Books with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

Blogroll

  • Discuss
  • Get Inspired
  • Get Polling
  • Get Support
  • Learn WordPress.com
  • The Dark Proposal – Now on Kindle!
  • Theme Showcase
  • WordPress Planet
  • WordPress.com News

Archives

wordpress stats plugin

Blog at WordPress.com.

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Follow Following
    • Megan Cashman
    • Join 1,392 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Megan Cashman
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...