Anytime there is
a surprise success in the film world, it is followed up with endless duplicates
and imitations. We can expect these to be of lesser quality than the original,
and this does not bode well for any of the countless films following the Twilight franchise. Those movies were
atrocious, and the first (but, unfortunately, not the last) installment of The Mortal Instruments somehow manages
to be even worse.
The Mortal
Instruments: City of Bones
Clary discovers
that she is different when she sees a Shadowhunter named Jace (Jamie Campbell)
kill a man that is a demon, and it is clear from the beginning that she is
following him more than questioning how she has the ability to see things
others cannot. At the same time there is an obligatory guy friend (Robert
Sheehan) secretly pining after Clary, all while they battle an onslaught of
demons, vampires and werewolves. The
narrative becomes a bit confused amidst the constant action sequences, but it
was mostly just dull enough that I found myself thinking about other things
while watching this film.
The Blu-ray
combo pack includes a DVD and digital copy of the film. There are a number of
special features exclusive to the Blu-ray disc, including an interactive
lineage tracker, and three featurettes about the cast, the production design,
and the adaptation of the book to film. Also in the special features are
interviews with the cast and filmmakers, a featurette on the stunts, deleted
scenes and a music video.
Entertainment Value:
4/10
Quality of
Filmmaking: 4/10
Historical
Significance: 4/10
Disc Features: 7.5/10
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