The other day I was feeling it, nice day, nice evening, wanting to do something nice for my girlfriend. So I decided to take her out to go see a movie. Right now, nothing too great is out in theaters, so we lowered our standards just a bit. I had heard, from many credible sources, that Mortal Instruments: City of Bones was not too shabby. Several critics that I actively follow gave it an okay rating, leading me to believe, that I could enjoy this teen romance/action movie.
Then we saw it...
This had to have been one of, if not, the worst movies I have ever seen. Now, I understand this is a teenage romance, but heck...that doesn't mean it has to be bad! Compared to some other of it's counter parts, Mortal Instruments was just pure crap. With horrible dialogue, a convoluted story line and acting that was more stale than my morning bagel, Mortal Instruments failed on every level. I was infuriated as we walked out of the theater, absolutely infuriated. I was angry because we paid for a terrible movie like that, as well as the fact that that movie had a budget of $60 million!!! It angers me that that amount of money is wasted on movies such as these. I kept thinking, "If I had 60 million bucks, I would give you the best movie in the world." It doesn't need to cost that much to make a great movie! District 9, one of my favorite movies, only cost $30 million dollars, and was a fantastic piece of filmmaking.
It breaks my heart when a movie is bad. It's the art form I love, and the career I love. My girlfriend says it's the same when she hears a bad piece of music (she works in the recording industry). There's so much potential, and so much money thrown at this potential, to have it fail, is just heartbreaking. That time, money and effort all could have been thrown to a better place. I've been talking about an implosion in the film industry, and how imminent it has become. It's not only imminent, but just around the corner...there is going to be a pretty big change in the way things are done.
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