Day 196: August 24

from the newsdesk..
City of Bones 
So today I saw The Mortal Instruments: The City of Bones. I have been wanting to see this movie since, I don't know, forever. It's like me waiting too see Harry Potter but not really because Harry Potter is pretty much perfect and nothing can compare to it, and I just used it as an example because it was the first thing that popped into my head.
Here's how I analysed it:
Lily Collins was the perfect Clary.
Didn't think Jace would look like that [Jamie], but I still reckon Jamie is a pretty perfect Jace. I just need to get used to to (and also meet him).
Cheekbones.
I didn't like the Silent Brothers because I thought they would glide more and be less human but they walked and seemed like they were human-ish.
Robert Sheehan was Simon.
Izzy was beautiful but maybe wasn't mean enough? 
Luke didn't look like I think he would
Jocelyn was pretty spot on and her and Clary could be twins. (Seriously at the beginning, when Clary first came on screen I was like Jocelyn or Clary?) 
Hodge was good - nothing special (but he looked like the image in my head). 
Magnus was perfect (and him I want to meet too). 
I think Alec was too old (but that was just the casting). Like he seems so much older than Jace and I think they're meant to be around the same age? 
I didn't know Madame Dorethea would be black ( I just never thought of her like that). 
Valentine.. I just thought he would be more monstrous - more Voldemort-esque.

But I am totally nitpicking and the movie itself was amazing and damn, the special effects were brilliant and three cheers for Harald Zwart [the director] for pulling it off how he did. Obviously there were bits missing [as in every movie] and maybe bits that were considered important, VAMPIRE & RAT, but I guess they'll come around in the next one!! But the main parts were there and the GREENHOUSE SCENE was the cutest/best/loved it and I really liked Jace's sense of humour [maybe arrogance] and I would've loved to have seen more in the movie. I also like some of the things they added, like the PIANO, but a certain person  turned into a DEMON [pretty sure she didn't in the book] and that threw me off course completely.

But I think I would have been completely confused if I had gone in there, having not read the books. Sometimes in movies, when I don't understand something, I try watching it from the POV of someone who hasn't read the book. In this movie, I think it was a little bit confusing with whom was related to whom and what happened to Hodge and quite a few other things that I don't think I would've known if I hadn't had the prior knowledge. Sometimes book knowledge can be a hindrance - when movies go a different course - but sometimes you just need that extra knowledge. They did make things more obvious in the film (LIKE SAYING 'OH WE SHOULD LIE ABOUT THIS PERSON AND THIS PERSON BEING RELATED), whereas in the book, we don't find put that they're not actually related by reading the next book. WE HAD TO WAIT. Feels. It's mostly an easy movie to follow, but I think if you want to get the full value out of this film, I recommend reading the book first because that way, you'll pick up on the small details that take it from being a good film to a great film.  

(Guys did you know that I have met Cassandra Clare - and also got a rune necklace [and autograph] from her!?)  
So when is City of Ashes coming out?