GossD'awwwwwwwwwwA look at City of Bones: The Mortal InstrumentSo I may have completely flipped that title around in posting this...
So first off I apologize for all the mainstream stuff I've been reviewing. My original purpose behind these was to kinda go back and forth over a whole gamut of genres, new and old flicks, etc.
Alright, so Goss recommended this so that's why I saw it. Just kidding! Actually it pains me to admit that at first when I saw this trailer I was like "Aww heck to the no, I aint seein' this, not even Robert Sheehan emerging from the veil of the Hulu series Misfits and smexy Johnathan Rehys Meyers can make me watch this wannabe crap." But then I saw an alternate trailer (for the life of me I can't remember what happened in it) and I was like..."Alright...this'll prolly suck, but I'll do it."
Now I want to read the series, but that is an ENTIRELY different discussion so before you're like "Okay travy, get to the review will ya" let me lay it down for you.
Graphics: 5/5 Plot: 3/5 Writing: 4/5 Acting 4/5 Soundtrack: 5/5 (This was set up like the Twilight Soundtrack with a lot of variance in artists and styles, so if you liked that you'll like this one)
So I wanted to start this off with the fact that I love movies that don't take themselves too seriously. That is probably my biggest problem with any TV series *coughcough*youknowwhoyouarejjabrahms*coughcough* or flick in general. Yes we get it the world is ending, or some great catastrophe is ripping a hole between dimensions or your toaster is plotting to take over Hitler's legacy. But we've also seen that shtick 500 billion times, so don't pretend like its the most serious thing we've ever seen, please?
I'll call the movie CoB from here on in to save some typing, and CoB does not have such a problem. It gets pretty cheesy at times, like almost cover your eyes and wince cheesy "Eww mom, are they going to kiss now?" but it makes fun of itself too, and saves itself too much eye rolling, which I appreciated.
Alright so I'm losing myself here. For all of those of you that don't know the basic premise of this film is that Clary, who lives in an Apt. in Brooklyn with her single hot mama (Cersei Lannister), starts seeing things that others don't see, namely a murder that no one else seems to notice, committed by goth tattooed folks that only she can see. Thus Clary is brought into the ancient order of Demonslayers, and much chaos, killing, and confusion ensues.
What I really enjoyed about the movie was that there are probably sevenish characters and I felt like the script/filming went out of its way to illustrate each of them a little more than the average flick. For instance, Clary's normal nice guy friend, Simon is dragged along with all the demon slayers, but actually makes the transition into the supernatural much more smoothly at times than Clary herself, instead of being left in the dirt as the suddenly boring normal friend.
Overall there are some great lines, some good tenor throughout the film and a solid though sometimes slightly confusing plot. A lot goes unanswered and unexplained, which I'm sure is laid out in the books, but all the more reason to read them I say.
Also, if this flick is up your alley but you're still on the fence I give you:
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