The story revolves around Clary Fray (Lily Collins) who has to join up with a group of strangers that call themselves 'Shadowhunters' when her mother is kidnapped from their home. She soon learns that not only has her mother been keeping some pretty big secrets from her, she is not at all who she thought she was. Some may say it is a Twilight rip off or just another YA romance novel. Those people are so incredibly wrong.
As with any book to movie adaptation there are people who have issues with the casting, although with CoB this is only a small percentage of the fandom that still remain unhappy. They were unhappy with the casting of Jamie Campbell Bower as the wonderful Jace Wayland, with claims he wasn't who they wanted and he just wouldn't be able to achieve the Jace look and attitude. However, after the release of the first trailer most of those doubts were erased, it's safe to say that JCB is better than anyone could have imagined, not only does he appreciate the character to his full extent he also portrays him in such a monumental way. And though only a handful of stills and 3 trailers have been released to the public, the amount of support and appreciation towards the cast and crew is absolutely remarkable.
This wasn't so much a review, so much as a comment on how this is a film you should definitely be looking out for. It's released in USA on August 23rd 2013. Check out the book series if you haven't already read them, I suggest you go ahead and read them now. If you haven't already seen the trailer, here it is below.
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I admit at first when I heard of Alex as a fancast for Jace,I was all for it. He looks as close to what I imagined Jace to be as possible. When I heard of JCB having the role, however, I let it digest for a second before commenting and during that second I got really excited.
ReplyDeleteI've been a big JCB fan since Sweeny Todd and have come to one undeniable conclusion: as much as Alex "looks" like Jace, he's a crap actor. He's good at playing eye candy but has the emotional range of a paper doll.
A monotone Jace would have ruined the movie because so much of his character lies in what he doesn't say--what he would probably never say.
I agree, Alex has the look but Jamie actually cares about the character so much.
DeleteI don't think Alex would have cared about the role enough to actually engage the audience enough. Especially for the new fans that wouldn't have read the series as it might not have inspired them to go home and read them.
Jamie will be absolutely fantastic as Jace, I cannot wait to see how it brings the role to life! Thanks for the comment! :-)