saw the movie first then read the book

First off I love all things that are young adult novel movie adaptations. so of course I had to check this one out. The mortal instruments have been on my reading list for years but had never gotten around to it. So I decided i would see the movie first then check out the book if I was still interested.

The movie for me a person with no knowledge of the plot made sense. I thought it was interesting and a good little love story and action so whatever. I liked it and couldn't understand why the fandom was so let down.

Then I read the book and what the hell. Completely different, the writers literally changed everything. As a book it worked, but I totally understand why they changed things for the movie. I totally get the not have Simon turn into a rat and adding Isabelle and Alec into other scenes where they weren't it worked.

But, the ending sucked. Even watching the movie I thought it was cheap and like any other villainous movie I'd seen. I wish they would of stuck with what happened in the book. For one it makes a lot more sense and it gives a deeper context to the relationships of Jace, Valentine and Clary. The books ending gives more of a reason to love Luke.

The movies ending was a cheap scapegoat that left the viewer with no sense of connection to the characters that in the book, have deep emotional ties.

For one I find a calm calculating book villain more horrifying than the in your face villain that the screenwriters procured.

Rant over. These are just some thoughts, and I will be reading the rest of the series.