Unfortunately, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones doesn’t quite manage to find its place. In the overpopulated world of YA fantasy, it is crucial for a film to find its own unique take when using a popular trope. The general consensus on Rotten Tomatoes is that the film is ‘heavy on clichés and light on charm’ and ‘this kid lit fantasy adventure doesn’t quite get off the ground.’ Sadly, author Cornelia Funke has the same thought on the adaptation, saying on reflection that ‘a book is like a flying carpet, you give it to the movies and they hand you a napkin and say, “this is the same thing, Cornelia!” but it’s not!’Ĩ The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) The magic that is translated so well in the Harry Potter franchise is not mirrored here. But for anyone who watches the film without this knowledge, it just misses the mark. For an audience who have read the books and familiar with the backstory, the film makes sense. Naturally, there’s always going to be cuts in book-to-movie adaptation, but the choice of cuts here makes it a confusing film. Barely a financial success (a budget of $60mill only grossed $62mill), the main issue with this adaptation is the cutting of a lot of backstory. With a book that sold 3 million copies worldwide, the 2008 film is simply a disappointment. Rowling’ with both creating magical worlds an audience can’t help but fall in love with. 9 Inkheart (2008)īeloved German author Cornelia Funke is ‘called the German answer to J.K. Sadly, Garcia & Stohl’s work falls victim to Hollywood trying to replicate another film’s success rather than explore and celebrate the unique aspects of the Caster Chronicles that separate it from others in the overpopulated genre. It was even listed in Variety Magazine as ‘one of Hollywood’s biggest box office bombs of 2013’.
Grossing at only $60.1mill on a budget of $60mill, the film bombed. Unfortunately, this didn’t translate onto the big screen.
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One review of the 1st book of the series said ‘there’s plenty teens will like: romance, magic, hauntings, and the promise of more to come’ and Publishers Weekly stated that it had a ‘compelling and dimensional mythology.’ Hot on the heels of the Twilight frenzy, Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl’s Caster Chronicles seemed like the perfect “next big thing.” A similar central plotline to Twilight, you’ve got a human whose romantically involved with a supernatural creature, in this case a “Caster” who will be claimed by either the Light or Dark by her 16th birthday.
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