and this was just beyond a dissappointment, the story of the novel was fantastic and this barely resembled it. . . I had read reviews of it prior so I knew to expect the difference, but this was beyond. . . well just beyond. I like agnes Bruckner (Vivian) i think she’s a great actor, and I think she did as well as she could in this movied, everything else was just WRONG. . . the actors the setting everthing. . . it didnt work for me on ANY level, not as a werewolf movie, or a love story, . . . it was just SAD. . .

I wouldnt waste the time or money on it again. .

I watched this film for two reasons. 1) I vaguely remember reading an analysis of the movie in a feminist magazine that I respect. 2) Hugh Dancy is hot! Maybe not as hot as he was in Daniel Deronda but definitely cute enough to force me to watch the movie’s conclusion.

Blood and Chocolate hardly represents it’s novel counterpart well. In fact, it hardly is like the novel at all. Drastic changes between movie and novel have made fans of the book feel like this could possibly be the worse thing to happen to a good book…and it’s kinda true.

Though it isn’t as bad as most reviews make it, Blood and Chocolate does have some problems, aside from it not being like the book. I noted that several actors had bad teeth, overused yellow contacts, somewhat-okay acting and a sappy and poor romance that makes you want to laugh at what you’re seeing. This movie hardly has any bite as a werewolf movie, though the werewolf scenes are rather cool, as is the transformation (well, when you take out the gymnastics). I liked the use of real wolves and not some anthropomorphic monstrosity. When you forget about the novel, this movie turns out okay, aside from it’s little flaws and it’s not-so-interesting plot and acting. It left me feeling like it wouldn’t have mattered if I had rented it or not.

In the end, I felt more sympathy for the wolves and Astrid (who is a hated character in the novel, not a likeable one). This movie truly is a bastardization of Annette Curtis Klause’s original novel. However, when you watch the movie, try to forget about the book and the fact that Underworld producers worked on this movie. Orginally, those two things turned me off from going to see it in the theatres. Good thing…I’m glad I wasted four dollars renting it and not ten.