Blood & Chocolate
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Agnes Bruckner, Bryan Dick, Hugh Dancy, Katja Riemann, Olivier Martinez Director: Katja von Garnier Brand: Sony DVD: Region Code 99 Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1 Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 98 minutes DVD Release Date: 2007-06-12 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: Sony Pictures |
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Movie Reviews of Blood & Chocolate
Movie Review: Silly
Summary: 2 Stars
Blood and Chocolate is based on a young adult novel of the same title. I read the novel awhile ago and had mixed feelings about it--the writing was good, but there were a few characters I really didn't like, and I found the ending disappointing and rushed. I knew, however, that certain things would be changed in the movie, so I thought it might be an improvement. I probably should have known better.
The movie doesn't even vaguely resemble the book...which might be okay if it told a good story in its own right, but it was riddled with so many irritating things I don't know where to start. The opening flashback is confusing and poorly handled. Using a narrator to convey backstory is lazy storytelling, but it's even worse when the narrator has nothing important to say.
Some of the dialogue is so poorly written it's actually funny, though I don't think it's supposed to be. Case in point, Aiden says to Vivian, "If you cared a damn thing about me, you'd have left me before we ever met!" I can't believe that line made it to the screen--didn't anyone edit this script?
The special effects are kind of ho-hum. The transformation sequences, which you'd think would be the highlight of a werewolf movie, are glossed over--characters are simply human one moment and wolves the next. And no one has to get undressed to transform, so apparently their clothes somehow disappear or transform with them.
Say what you will about the book's Vivian, at least she had a personality. In the movie, Vivian has all the personality of a goldfish. Aiden's not much better, having been transformed into a standard action hero who delivers quips like, "Drink up" before dousing bad guys with alcohol and setting them on fire. Gabriel was a "good guy" in the book and is supposed to be a villain in the movie, though strangely enough, I found him less irritating in the movie.
The movie's not a complete waste of time. There were parts of it that held my attention. But overall, there was just too much silliness for me to recommend it.