
Director: Harald Zwart
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 2 hours, 10 minutes
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As people who have not read the book and/or the series, this movie was alright. It had enough action and dark themes to it to keep us interested. Before we ever saw this film, we had heard a lot of people (including the girl at the concession counter the same day we watched this movie) compare it and the books to the "Twilight" franchise. If we had to choose, we'd pick this any day. We don't think that's a fair comparison: the only things that are similar are that they are both fantasy/sci-fi tween romance books/movies. Clary, the protagonist, is not as much of a whiny, sniveling, codependent weakling as Bella Swan is. Even though there are vampires in this film, THEY DO NOT SPARKLE IN THE SUNLIGHT, THEY BURN UP LIKE THEY ARE FREAKIN' SUPPOSED TO!!!! DO YOUR JOB, VAMPIRES!!!
*cough*
Anyways, it's a decent fantasy film, not the best, but not the worst. It has an interesting enough concept to keep us entertained. The acting is nothing to write home about, and every time I see Jamie Campbell Bower on screen in any film, I want to immediately say, "I feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel you Johaaaaaaanaaaaaa" because of "Sweeney Todd." If you like fantasy and/or teen romances, you'll probably enjoy this. I know a lot of the fans of the book were upset with this movie, but as people who have yet to read it, we cannot compare.
Lily Collins needs to close her mouth, though.
My Rating: 6/10
BigJ's Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB's Rating: 6.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 12%
Do we recommend this movie: Sure, why not?
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