Oooo "10 years ago" complete with the scary thunder and lightening! I'm already scared...*sighs* OK seriously, Magnus's door does NOT look like that. He lives in a apartment, remember? Oh, and cue creepy music. Also, just wondering, but what happened to glittery Magnus with crazy clothes? Why does he have a black eye? Do his cat eyes only come out when he does magic? Why to they look way too yellow and striking? I have a lot of problems with his eyes, ok. I'm sorry. OK so far my rating for the first scene of this trailer is *meh*
Fast forward to club scene. Did she just see Magnus in the club? Wow, Clary must have a great memory that with one glance at someone in a packed and chaotic club she can vividly remember the moment ten years before that she saw him. Mmmhmmm. Then comes the "oops I just stabbed someone my mistake" moment. Also, where is Simon through this whole thing? Why haven't I seen him yet? Second rating: Alright then
Who are those people walking in the alley with what I presume are seraph blades? Is one of them wearing a hat? Jocelyn actually meets Clary in the house, gives her a rune, while Clary annoyingly yells, "Mom!." (I'm sorry, I know she's scared to death but that doesn't make it any less annoying.) OK seriously, this part is uber irritating. Classic "I love you!" "What's happening?" exchange and then she disappears through a....Portal? That looks like special effects from the 90s? Really. You couldn't do any better than shimmery. For the next 6 seconds, I have no idea whats going on. Includes tarot cards, swords, and Valentine, (I think.) Nice music though! Third rating: Uh....acting and special effects?
But then. The monster. First of all, I got the impression from the book that it was more of a slither-on-the-floor slug type monster than an upright humanoid gargoyle type monster. Which might be scarier for some people, but I can TOTALLY see a terrifying scene where Clary walks into her house, then hears the monster whispering and looks down and its *right* there. Or is that just me? Also, wasn't CLARY supposed to kill it? Oh, Jace to save the day again! *slow, sarcastic, clapping ensues* But still, I have to give it to Jace. "No thank you for saving your life?" I might actually like this guy. Fourth rating: Monsters people. Get them right.
The next few moments move by very fast in the typical trailer way but basically what stood out was the Silent Brother. I never really thought about what they looked like, but creeepyyyy. Also, who was that guy saying, "She's in more danger than you could possibly imagine." Was that Luke? But you go Clary! "I'm not interested in your supernatural fight club." But I gotta admit, they look pretty darn cool. Fifth rating: This is starting to look good....
MY FAVORITE MOMENT. When Jace is trying to be all sweet and deep and Clary just walks past him. He looks so confused like, "What? That always worked before!?" Sixth rating: HAHAHHAHAH
Well someone just randomly fell out of a window in slow motion. *boom boom boom boom* *hand reaches for cup* *NO* *boom boom boom boom* *slow motion roundabout on Alec* Is that guy turning into a demon? Is that Luke turning into a werewolf? SO CONFUSED. Seventh rating: Um. Nice music though.
Clary: "I'm ready."
Colleen: Good for you! Now you just have to make it through 5 more books and several tragic events like: finding out the love of your life is your brother, just kidding he's not, having a bunch of people die, finding out your brother actually is evil and wants to be the love of your life, find out your brother is turning your friends into zombies, almost die a couple times, have your best friend lose his memory, and almost die a few more times. Okay?
Clary: Never mind.
Thanks for reading! I can't wait for the new TV show and...WAIT. Where....was....SIMON? *internally dies* But although this didn't follow the book perfectly, I'm just being nitpicky and it does look mildly good. I'll probably watch an episode or two just to get an idea of it, but I have a bad feeling about Clary's character. As I can tell (using the characters from the trailer)
Who they got right: Isabelle, Jace, Alec, Silent Brothers
Who they got wrong: Clary, Jocelyn, the demons, Luke (if that was him)
Who they got very wrong: Magnus. No. Just no.
Anyway, what did you think? I hope it turns out good!
Colleen