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Blood & Chocolate
Average Customer Review : 3.0/5 based on 85 reviews
List Price : $19.94
Price : $9.99
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Editorial Reviews
When graphic novelist Aiden (Hugh Dancy) travels to Bucharest to research the loup garou legend, he nearly gets devoured in the latest female werewolf film, Blood and Chocolate. In the tradition of Werewolf Woman and Ginger Snaps, Blood and Chocolate stars Vivian Gandillon (Agnes Bruckner), a girl who's forced to face her lupine tendencies in order to discover how capable of loving Aiden she really is. Based on a book by Annette Curtis Clause, the film chronicles the lives of the remaining loup garou who are an extended Romanian family waiting for their pack leader, Gabriel, to select his new mate. His desire for Vivian means trouble when her wish to be with Aiden results in her revealing too much about the clan's secretive lifestyle. In this film, werewolves look fully human until their eyes glow with colored contact lenses while they fly through the air to then land as full-fledged wolves. Gone are the days, apparently, of films showing the transformation in all its hairy, explosive detail. A lack of scenes describing the werewolf metamorphosis make this film more a love story than a monster tale, though two forest gatherings in which the loup garou hunt human sacrifices offer some grizzly satisfaction. Unlike the aforementioned femme werewolf films, Blood and Chocolate features a girl fighting her urge to kill in a bid to unite humans with her brethren, making this movie the most peaceful in its genre. With a tame wolf as protagonist, the potential nightmare is really just a pleasant dream to unite the two disparate worlds. The question is: Do we want that to happen? --Trinie Dalton
Spotlight Reviews
Blood and Chocolate the movie vs book (2008-12-27)
Customer Review : 2
I watched the movie, then read the book, then watched the movie again. There is so little in common between the book (excellent) and the movie (poor) that I will put that movie on the back shelf. The movie was good for what they did, but it was an injustice to call it Blood and Chocolate. If you have not read the book, then the movie is easier to watch and enjoy. The book was awesome, in the book, Gabriel is wanting a mate-Vivian, he does not seem to be replacing an existing one. Astrid is not at all the same as she is in the book. In the book Vivian accepts her duality and finally finds the love she craved within her pack. I too wanted to see the fight for dominance with both the male and female wolves. Too much taken from the book to make this movie. Age differences, location differences, social dilemma's lost, characters left out or completely changed.
i liked the movie and the book (2008-12-22)
Customer Review : 4
the movie is nothing like the book. only the character's names and roles are kept the same. but other than that ever their personalities were changed in the movie. if you like scary stories and thrilling movies then i suggest Blood and Chocolate.
'Artistic' horror (2008-12-10)
Customer Review : 5
This is a werewolf movie that takes a more creative look into the mythological legend, relying more on romance and drama than pure gore. I was impressed by the hypnotic, sultry music used and the drum beats mixed with a very languid choreography at times. A far more 'artistic horror' flick that focuses on a beautiful teen girl, Vivian, who was orphaned in America when werewolf hunters killed her family. Raised by her aunt in Romania and protected by a strong leader, Vivian falls in love with a normal boy. The leader feels the existence of the pack is now threatened and sets out to kill Vivian's love interest. Will she risk her life for love and leave her pack behind? Based on the novel by Annette Curtis Klause.
Chrissy K. McVay
Author of 'Souls of the North Wind'
Death by Silverware (2008-11-19)
Customer Review : 2
I wanted to watch this movie, probably for the wrong reason - I recently watched the incredible 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, a Romanian movie. Blood and Chocolate was shot in Romania and I was curious.
It's the classical tale of 2 strangers, worlds apart, falling in love and overcoming adversity. This particular one is the story of American boy meets Romanian girl (talking about worlds apart) and she's not even fully human. And she keeps loving him more as he slowly but surely exterminates members of her immediate family, clan and species. He silver-poisons them, he stabs them dead, he shoots them, he burns them and she loves him more for that. In the end, she returns the favor and she shoots one of her own herself.
The thrills are rather sedated. The monsters turn into what looks like malnourished and not so scary wolves by jumping up in the air and you know it's about to happen when the vampire's eye color changes. The fight scenes are as exciting as the hero holding a silver knife and the wolf throwing itself into the knife so that it can be stabbed and killed.
Why is this a movie worth watching? I'm not so sure. The terror or horror aren't exactly blood-curling - the scariest it gets when 'the boy' slaughters a couple of loups garou (vampires really) with a salad knife. Or, was it a fork? Then, it's the Romanian landscape - decaying buildings, run down industrial facilities, rusty cars... scary too. Oh, how about... vampires with guns? That's original, no? And the girl is pretty.
This is just about all I have to say. I am awarding 2 stars for trying and for mediocrity.
Love this movie but book better! (2008-11-14)
Customer Review : 4
If you haven't read the book I HIGHLY recommend it. So much better then the movie (always is) but I still like this movie and would recommend it if you're into werewolves and such.
On a side note what the heck is up with Amazon and always lowering their prices after buying an item?! I went through an outside company because Amazon wanted $30+ now down to $21? I would have paid that price and not the $30+ just because I have prime and don't have to worry about sellers NOT shipping the items to me.
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