Most of the people I've talked to seem to agree. Lily Collins as Clary: brilliant. Jamie Campbell Bower as Jace: not so hot. Since "City of Bones" didn't get great reviews, I didn't rush to theaters to see it, even though I was a huge fan of The Mortal Instruments series. I waited for it to come to my local Redbox.
On another side note about the acting: I also loved Robert Michael Sheehan as Simon and Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Valentine--at least their looks were PERFECT. They needed to direct Rhys Meyers to be scarier in a murderous-lunatic-intimidating-wizard kind of way. Rhys Meyers is a super handsome actor (let's be honest), and it seems like they tried to play up his sex appeal more than his ominous, Vodelmort-like presence. But it was still a good choice of actor.
Perhaps because I didn't have high expectations, I thought the movie was fine. I'm never going to hope or expect that a movie will be as good as a really good book. Considering that, the movie did a fairly good job of sticking to the general plot. Fun action, cheesy romance, some twists and turns. Some inaccuracies to be expected. But I'm an "entertainment value" kind of girl when it comes to movies. So if it's a girls' night with possibly some nail painting on the side, then this is perfect.
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