When her mother disappears, Clary Fray learns that she descends from a line of warriors who protect our world from demons. She joins forces with others like her and heads into a dangerous alternate New York called the Shadow World. Set in contemporary New York City, a seemingly ordinary teenager, Clary Fray, discovers she is the descendant of a line of Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of young half-angel warriors locked in an ancient battle to protect our world from demons. After the disappearance of her mother, Clary must join forces with a group of Shadow Hunters, who introduce her to a dangerous alternate New York called the Shadow World, filled with demons, warlocks, vampires, werewolves and other deadly creatures. People keep comparing 'The Mortal Instruments: The City of Bones' to the Twilight franchise and you can see why. They (like The Host, Warm Bodies and Beautiful Creatures) takes a supernatural backstory and sets it amidst a 'teen romance.' And, that is what this movie is – a teen romance. Yes, you'll find plenty of monsters, plenty of fighting and plenty of supernatural shenanigans, but, ultimately, it's for the teens.<br/><br/>If you like teen romance movies then you'll probably like this. If you like teen romance movies that have a healthy dose of the supernatural then you'll probably LOVE this! Everyone plays their parts well – they're scary, sexy or whatever they're meant to be, but the bottom line is that if you're already out of your teens, you'll probably have seen it all before.<br/><br/>It's fun, but just don't expect anything too original.<br/><br/>Did anyone say 'start of a new franchise?'<br/><br/>http://thewrongtreemoviereviews.blogspot.co.uk/ City of bones is more CGI effects than serious movie. Script is confusing and strange. City of Bones doesn't have anything to catch and storytelling is weak. None of the characters feels natural and familiar. I am sure that the story in book is much richer and stronger than here. Despite of that City of Bones is not too bad to watch. Especially if you compare it to Twilight saga. It was good thing to go to see this movie without knowing much about it, so I was entertained enough to watch the whole movie. I just hope that if they are going to film more movies to this series they focus on characters more. Better script is unconditional if they want to succeed with this series. If only the fantasy surrounding her made a lick of sense. Here, the Muggle types are known as the “Mundane.” An apt label for a wanna-be franchise with plenty of sheen and nothing to say.
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