Blood and Chocolate (2007)

Good movie but grossly overrated

Don't listen to the negative reviews

best movie i've ever seen.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

as usual books to movies always screw up somewhere, so not surprised they royally ruined one of my favorite young adult books.the only thing it had going for it was the use of actual wolves instead of that lame ugly beast form that most wares in movie possess.the same can be said for Van Helsing and twilight,they got the wolves right!if you haven't read the book, the movie is entertaining and enjoyable I much preferred Aiden in the movie compared to the book.but of course books are always better than movies but you can't have everything!

I would forbid her to watch this crap. She would not be taught girls are to be owned, diminished or bossed or pushed by men, men and everywhere men. Seriously, no one listens to a word Vivian says and then she gets blamed for lacking in info. Good... nice...blame the victim. Preach that to the daughters and sons and we might as well withdraw womens right to vote. Clearly they don't have a say in anything. This is not a question of feminist analysis (well actually it is), but the view on women in this movie belongs to the dark ages. And the worst thing about these kinds of films (the Twilight series is another example) is the way they try to dress themselves in some lightweight feminism, but here's a clue, it take more than a female protagonist. The female protagonist should also take action or stand her ground or.. just speak up. The moral of this story is when a girl says no she rally means yes, all it takes is some perseverance. And isn't that nice, isn't that really soooo 21st century and enlightened.

It was great movie.I watched both the movie and read the book.I think a perfect film in every way.I would recommend everyone to watch....The film: Werewolves sprayed everywhere. But someone does not harm them in Bucharest and hunt as they wish.Vivian is very beautiful and attractive a girl.Vivian and Aiden love each other.But Vivian Gabriel forced to marry.Because Gabriel is president werewolves.After that Aiden killed to Gabriel son's and Aiden caught.Aiden is caught before the silver knives because werewolves were killed to silver materials....After that Aiden's finger the cut and hunting begin.If Aiden is passing the river, get rid of Aiden but he is not passing the river eat to him. And Aiden passed the river but a werewolf attacked him.But Aiden killed to ıt.Then Vivian comes to him but Aiden did not understand to be his lover and attacked him and Vivian injured.Then Vivian and Aiden escape from there and Aiden saves her lover.

Talk about a lackluster horror yarn! This tame supernatural saga got to the box office a year ahead of "Twilight," but it shares many narrative similarities. The girl is a werewolf rather than a vampire, while the guy is an ordinary human being. "Iron Jawed Angels" director Katja von Garnier states on the "Blood and Chocolate" DVD commentary track that she envisaged this tale of forbidden love as "'Romeo and Juliet' with wolves." Moreover, she says she didn't want to make a traditional horror movie. Instead, she refers to it as 'an anti-horror movie.' Although she dwells primarily on the romance, she and scenarists Ehren Kruger and Christopher B. Landon create just enough suspense and tension so that it qualifies as a quasi-horror film. The filmmakers divide their energies between two plots: first, a centuries old feud between man and wolf that has yielded an uneasy truce, and second, the reluctance of a 19-year old girl to adhere to the rules of wolf law. When the leader of the pack isn't trying to recruit the heroine as his next mate, he has to worry about his rebellious son who has violated the rule that werewolves never hunt outside their pack. Clearly, this movie is all about breaking traditions, whether those traditions are cinematic or social. "Blood and Chocolate" amounts to a postmodern werewolf saga because the werewolves, referred to here as the 'loup-garoux,' resemble neither the standard Lon Chaney, Jr., Hollywood werewolf nor those of the adventurous "Underworld" franchise. The "Blood and Chocolate" werewolves are born werewolves, and the full moon doesn't dictate when they change their shape. Moreover, they are not man/wolf hybrids, and they cannot curse humans and turn them into werewolves when they take a chomp out of them.The female protagonist, Vivian Gandillion (Angnes Bruckner of "Vacancy 2: The First Cut"), earns her living working in a bakery where she makes chocolate when she isn't jogging aimlessly around the countryside. She discovers that she has been designated by destiny to be the next bride for the big bad wolf-pack leader Gabriel (Olivier Martinez of "Unfaithful"), in a ritual that is occurs every seven years. Currently, Gabriel is sharing his affections with Astrid (Katja Riemann of "My Führer"), and they are the parents of Rafe who is now fully grown up. Sometimes, the logic in the film seems flawed. Clearly, Rafe (Bryan Dick of "Master and Commander"), is a teenager on the verge of becoming a twenty something adult. After all, he frequents a bar with five of his wolf-pack friends. Anyway, Rafe is upset because Gabriel is about to leave his mother for a new woman. The filmmakers never clear up this narrative problem. Indeed, it looks like there is a shortage of female wolves. Further, it appears that Gabriel still hangs around Astrid, even though their seven year hitch must have elapsed at least seven years ago! We learn from one of Gabriel's speeches to the wolf pack before they hunt a scumbag drug dealer, that the wolves once ruled the land. Five-thousand years later, time has not be kind to the wolves so they must share the land with humans who are willing to kill them.The first scene establishes the feud between man and wolves as hunters with high-powered rifles wipe out Vivian's family in the woods of Colorado. Miraculously, she manages to escape and returns to Bucharest, Romania, to live with her aunt Astrid. Man and wolf have maintained an uneasy truce, but Rafe threatens this peace when he kills a twenty-something gal that he met in a nightclub. Here again, the filmmakers aren't particularly clear about Rafe's motivations. Did he kill the young woman out of hatred? Or did he kill her because he couldn't control himself? Meantime, Vivian doesn't want to mate with Gabriel after Aiden Galvin (Hugh Dancy of "King Arthur") enters her life. She runs into Aiden in an old church that is a sanctuary for werewolves. She meets Aiden while he is conducting research for his latest graphic novel about wolves. Bucharest, it seems, is a very werewolf friendly city. Aiden impresses Vivian with his considerable knowledge about the legendary loup-garoux. Jokingly, he refers to her as the 'wolf-girl,' a nickname that she deplores.When the filmmakers aren't revising werewolf rules, they revise Annette Curtis Klause's 1997 erotic young adult novel. The fans of the novel have objected strenuously to these changes. Von Garnier and company have moved the setting from West Virginia to Romania. Mind you, the novel takes place entirely in America. Presumably, an American setting lacked the old world allure of a European setting. Surprisingly, producers of the "Underworld" franchise had their paws in this bland creature feature, but "Blood and Chocolate" generates little of the excitement of the "Underworld" movies. The best scene is a showdown in a church between Aiden and Rafe who drools at the chance to kill Aiden. Rafe refers to Aiden at one point as the 'meat-boy.' Initially, jealous wolf-pack leader Gabriel only wanted Rafe to run Aiden out of town because he was interfering with his plans to mate with Vivian."Blood and Chocolate" exudes a lot of atmosphere, but little in the way of either suspense or chills. The scenes where the humans morph into wolves look ethereal but raise the age-old question about clothing. Do their apparel just magically vanish or is it absorbed? Unfortunately, von Garnier demonstrates minimal flair with the material. Not only is "Blood and Chocolate" a tame horror chiller, but it is also a lame love story. Production designer Kevin Phipps deserves praise for his authentic-looking sets. Indeed, all of the scenes with the real-life wolves were lensed on interior sets that look as if they were exterior sets. Brendan Galvin's wide-screen cinematography is great to look at and Bucharest is a fabulous city. If you want to see "Blood and Chocolate" as it should have been done, then watch the much better as well as wittier "Ginger Snaps."