For the first time ever, at least I think it’s the first time ever, I cannot for the life of me remember the full name of this movie! DCM and I keep wanting to say Immortal instead of mortal and I cannot remember the word instruments when it comes to this movie!
The worst part…I really did like this movie, we both did I’m just having a moment with the title! Oh brother!
The movie is definitely fantasy, based on a series of books, “The Mortal Instruments is a series of six young adult fantasy novels written by Cassandra Clare, of which five have been published so far. Wikipedia”
http://www.shadowhunters.com/mortalinstruments/
Clery is your typical teenager in NYC, she lives with her mom, who is an artist, she inherited that talent and seems to have the same teen angst as every other teenage girl, but you can tell there is something that her mom is not telling her, especially since she starts seeing certain things she can’t explain.
When Clery’s mom disappears, she finds out she is from a long line of warriors to protect mundanes, non magical folk, you know, you and me, from the mythical creatures. Someone says, you know all those creatures under the bed from the stories when you were a kid, they are real.
Werewolves, demons, vampires, warlocks, witches, just some of the creatures that Clery learns about when her eyes are opened. Clery is played by Lily Collins, who I first remember from Mirror Mirror, she was good in the role; questioning, confused, vulnerable, strong, even kick-ass now and then, brave and true and steadfast to those she cared about.
You felt like you were with her through the entire journey and since she didn’t know who or what she really was, and neither did we in the audience, we experienced everything with her. Well, except for the fighting and bruising first hand, but that’s ok, I’ll watch her do it, she can represent.
There were some things, twists and turns that I can’t tell you about, because it might give major plot lines away, but I did have a Luke and Leia moment. You can’t make judgements about whether someone is good, only because what you thought is probably wrong and don’t forget the teenage love triangle, he loves her, she thinks of him and a brother, she finds someone she thinks she loves and his best friend is in love with him and hates her, like I said, teenage angst!
I have to admit, the very last scene we were like, huh? And, it was a touch too long, but…
All in all, we both enjoyed the movie and we’re looking forward to the next one when there is one.
I know that it is based on a series of books, number six just being published. DCM said he wants to read the series and I think it might be good, but I’m also afraid that if I read it, it might be so different, like so many adaptations are, I will be disappointed. (The Davinici Code was a big one, so much so, that I didn’t read Angels and Demons, I only went to see the movie, I also remember the uproar when people went to see Eargon, I didn’t read the book, so I was happy with the movie)
If anyone has read the books and goes to see the movie, please let me know if they are close.
Peaches Prattlings 