This failure ended up kneecapping plans for future films, one of which would have included Sigourney Weaver in a major role. Not only was City of Bones a critical failure, but it also ended up being a major box office loss - which, along with Ender's Game, led to a major blow for distributor Constantin Film.

That's not even mentioning the waste of a great cast - including Robert Sheehan and Jared Harris - and cramming enough mythology for two movies into one. They have zero chemistry and zero sense of character the audience may as well be watching a pair of Barbie dolls interact. The most damning review called it ' one of the most disastrous page-to-screen adaptations in memory.' Most of the issue lies in the performances, particularly from leads Lily Collins and Jamie Campbell Bower. Many reviews pointed out the similarities to other popular young adult franchises, most notably Twilight and The Hunger Games.

When The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones premiered, it was immediately panned by critics. That would prove to be the kiss of death for the film version. But the various elements, including a youngster who discovers they're part of a magical world as well as being the only one to save said world, had been done before. Eventually, evidence surfaced that Clare changed elements of a Harry Potter fanfiction she wrote to create the narrative of The Mortal Instruments. It turned out that Clare did in fact take inspiration from a popular YA series, but it wasn't Stephenie Meyer's vampire romance. While The Mortal Instruments has gathered a legion of fans and landed on the New York Times bestseller list multiple times, some of the series' detractors unfavorably compared it to Twilight. Like any other young adult romance, there's also copious amounts of romance thrown into the mix as Clary falls for fellow Shadowhunter Jace Herondale.and then learns that he might be her adoptive brother.

Clary joins the Shadowhunters' ranks, soon encountering ex-member Valentine Morgenstern, who is hellbent on summing the Angel of Death Raziel. That evil takes the form of supernatural creatures including werewolves, vampires, and even angels. The Mortal Instruments begins like any other young adult series: teenager Clary Fray encounters the Shadowhunters, a group of beings dedicated to eradicating evil from the Earth.

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