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Breakinger A Brilliant Conflict

SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Sanjeev Waters A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

emmabredius I found this movie a great one! It had a great storyline, and I liked how the reality was formed into the story, where Clary couldn't see the world as it was after what had passed between her and Jace. However, I personally do not believe them to be related, for the storyline would be too cliche in my opinion. That is exactly why I adored how Clary just steps onto the bike with Jace and they ride into the distance, without any clearance of what would be in store for them and their relationship in future. I close off with what has been said before, I really enjoyed the movie.

Mihai Toma Clary is apparently an ordinary girl with a normal life, but when she starts drawing a strange sign and sees things and people ordinary humans cannot, she is introduced by Jace to a supernatural world in which werewolves and demons coexist. As a shadowhunter, Jace is in charge with maintaining peace by fighting against demons, and thus, he helps Clary find her missing mother which holds deep secrets regarding her origins, childhood and special gifts.This movie features a great fictional world, full of monsters and magic places in which Clary and her friends must fight for survival and a for magical object. It looks great and the CGI is truly awesome but that is about it. Except some thrilling fights, there is nothing more to amaze you. I had the impression I was watching a soap opera much more times than I thought it was an action film. Too much romance, or things related to it, look there's father, look there isn't father and such nonsense instead of focusing on the interesting part of the plot. In addition, almost everything related to Clary in the action part seems too superficial and not very well thought, when I was expecting a bit more implication from her. Instead, she focuses of figuring out which boy she "loves" more, thus deriving from the main idea which could have provided a lot more than her sentimental interests.It could have been a great movie if it had done what this movie is all about. It had potential, it had a good idea, it had a great SF world but as always, they didn't know what to do with them. Big shame

suite92 In New York City, young Clary starts having problems. She sees people and things that others cannot. She obsessively draws strange symbols in her room. She gets in trouble with strangers at a club and sees impossible actions. Her friend who is a young man is interested in her in a way that she is not interested in him. To top it all off, unknown forces kidnap her mother and ransack the apartment where the two of them lived.Clary discovers that she is a Shadowhunter, a dying breed who have fantastic magical powers, but are fully mortal. That is, they age normally and they die fairly easily. Shadowhunters fight and kill demons as best they can. They get their magic from inheritance (parents were Shadowhunters) or transformation (drinking from the Cup of Raziel). Drinking from the Cup also confers the ability to write runes on one's body; these often yield magical assistance.Their recruiting has been weak of late since two of the most powerful of their members (Valentine and Jocelyn) have gone off the rails. Valentine consorted with demons to gain their powers. Jocelyn hid the Cup to keep it away from Valentine. Valentine wants the Cup back, and goes to all sorts of foul actions to get it. Clary needs to go from her 'mundane' (ordinary human) state to being the most powerful and inventive of all the Shadowhunters in order to stop Valentine. She's shorted on time, since Valentine and his henchmen move things forward quickly.Simon is in love with Clary, Clary is in love with Jace, Jace is in love with Clary, but Valentine convinces Jace that he is Clary's sister. Oi. Magnus and Alec might be attracted to one another, but there is so much going on.------There seemed to me to be just too much going on. I do not fault the actors, but rather the script/book. For this film, we inherit structure from werewolf, vampire, and warlock lore. We inherit structure from biblical warrior angel lore. But wait! There's more! On top of all the rules and logic already involved, we have the invented Shadowhunters. Much of their baggage is not all that well explained. Where did the portal come from? How did they get all that real estate? How do they keep the real estate when there are so few of them, and none of them work, apparently. Where did the underground group dealing with the dead come from? How are they connected? Anyway, much as I liked the film, I thought it was dreadfully short of reaching sufficiency on exposition. Since there is likely no second film matching the books, explanations will likely remain lacking.Note from later: the property morphed into a TV series that ran in 2015. The quality was OK, perhaps, but I could not get traction on it to get further resolution than what I saw in the theatrical film.

sarahattar THEY BUTCHERED THE FIRST BOOK! Now listen here, friends, and let me tell you something about The Mortal Instrument series; it's amazing. Mind blowingly amazing. Sky soaring amazing. Life changing amazing. Long story short, it's amazing. But this? This is a disappointment. They chopped and butchered my beloved series and turned it into a pathetic, poorly written, cheestastic, badly edited piece of crap. First off, whats with the guy who plays Magnas Bane? He's a terrible actor. Just downright terrible, the others I can stand but he was just not fit to be Magnas. Or anyone for that matter without a few acting lessons. Secondly, Alec was in the movie for a total of, what, 3 minutes? Third, if you hadn't read the books beforehand you are going to be very very confused at some parts, especially when Valentine steps in so if you truly want to watch this film, I suggest reading up first. Fourth, I don't understand what they did to Jace's character, where's the wit? Wheres that cocky confidence? They drained Jace into a persona that he simply doesn't belong in. This movie was a colossal disappointment. The casting is all wrong, some of the actors are just plain bad at acting and the plot, dear god, the plot MAKES ME MAD.In summary, don't watch it. It doesn't do the series justice at all. It merely taints Casandra Claire's good name. Read the books instead.