Why did nobody inform me City of Bones is being made into a movie?!

[dangermousie]

There is a trailer and everything:

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I bet fandom is having the world's biggest conniption due to Cassandra Clare's fraught relationship with it, but I am an unabashed CC fan and adore her Mortal Instruments series (which should have stayed a trilogy but oh well) to bits. It's pretty much a kdrama on steroids and Jace is the angsty-sexy-deadly-

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[world_of_blade]

I enjoyed the first book- and then promptly forgot about it and never read the other two. Then found "Clockwork Angel" and got confused and didn't know it was a different series (The Infernal Devices) so read it and truly thought I had forgotten a whole heck of a lot from the first book. So dug out my copy of CoB and realised that I had a completely different series on my hands. (Well a prequel anyway) LOL

Anyway, that long story of which I am sure you are so happy I shared, is me saying that I better get busy and read the rest of the The Mortal Insturment stories before the movie comes out. :)

I too am looking forward to the crazy of it all.

[dangermousie]

The crazy is delicious. And it gets crazier. There is a scene in the 5th book where Jace, who she used to think is her brother, is sort-of-possessed by her real brother, and she is having make-outs with him, and it's seriously Vampire Knight level fucked up :) I can't help but love her real sibling who is super-evil and possibly soulless but does like his little sis and is all, 'come on, we can share him, don't be stingy' about Jace. Ahahahahahahaha

[world_of_blade]

O.O Wowzer, talk about crazy! I need to get busy and read these! Sounds like a TwDrama type of crazy- which I love. :)

[dangermousie]

It was delicious...

[cleobulle]

I discovered a movie was being made a few weeks ago when I was on IMDB (checking out either Vampire Diaries or The Hobbit, can't remember which).

Now it makes me want to read it. I have all the books but never read them except for a few chapters of the first one.

[dangermousie]

The first book starts slowly (IMO) but by about halfway, I was ridiculously obsessed. It's not great literature or anything but it's angsty and entertaining, just how I like it. Plus, I think Clary/Jace will be very much your thing because she is pretty much his meaning in life blah blah.

[cleobulle]

Yeah, that's pretty much written for me^^

I was a fan of her HP Draco Trilogy so I know what to expect writing-wise.

[dangermousie]

I am still impressed she finished her DT - that thing ended up being longer than war and peace!

[dangermousie]

I am unfamiliar with PC Cast, Are the books good?

As far as I am aware, nobody sparkles in Mortal Instruments, there is fakecest, and heroine does her best to kill her father, so it's much better than Twilight :)

[ladysaotome]

I thought you knew! You always know this stuff! I heard about it back when they cast Madam Eyebrows as Clary. The trailer looks pretty good, though. :) I agree about the fauxcest - how will they deal with that in the movie? They should do Infernal Devices, too. I can totally see Yoo Seung Ho as Jem - especially with that cane he's been carting around in IMY.

[dangermousie]

I have no idea about the fakecest thing - especially if they ever make book 2 into a movie where they make out despite thinking they are siblings and Jace begs her for a secret relationship (or book 3 where they almost have sex in the ruins while thinking they ate siblings.though I suppose that will be less problematic as the truth is out at the end).

YSH would be a great Jem. Tbh, I could totally transpose the thing to Korea and pick kdrama cast for both series. They are pretty much kdramas already.

[mszesty]

YESSSS!!! The angst! The snark! The dysfunction! I'm SO excited about this movie. I'm also an unabashed fan CC and fanon!Draco! Also, when did Jamie Campbell Bower get so pretty? I don't remember him being this easy on the eyes.

[dangermousie]

I am unfamiliar with JCB but definitely he is yummy and Jace-like. Now all he needs to do is angst as if his life depended on it. :)

I used to loooove her Draco trilogy. Good times.