really good. great book and great movie
Blood and Chocolate
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Young, beautiful werewolves battle in Bucharest.
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for Ages 14–16
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Blood and Chocolate was written by Cynthia Fuchs
Parents need to know that while this werewolf movie doesn't include any truly horrific onscreen violence, it does show the results of violent attacks -- namely, bloody injuries and dead bodies. As a child, the central werewolf witnesses her parents' shooting deaths (the child's perspective might be troubling to younger viewers). Most of the rest of the violence is less emotionally invested. Lots of images of wolves hunting and attacking humans; fights include leaps, punches, and kicks, as well as stabbings and falls. Some chase scenes through streets feature tense cuts and dark shadows. On the sex side, there's some cleavage on display, a girl dances provocatively at a nightclub, there's talk of "mating," and a romantic couple kisses (sex is implied). Once they're dead or wounded, wolves revert back to human form, nude (the crucial parts are covered). Fairly mild language; the characters drink liquor and discuss drugs and drug dealing.
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- Families can talk about the tension between Vivian's family expectations and traditions and her desire to be "free" of them. How does she come to trust her own instincts? How does Vivian's position represent that of other women in the pack? How does her childhood trauma affect her decisions? How does Vivian's struggle relate to the kinds of issues that real teens deal with? What could the movie be a metaphor for?
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What’s the Story?
In BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE, werewolves have a hard time. Lurking in shadows, unable to "be themselves," the werewolves feel resentful and surly. Though they must hunt (it's their instinct), they try to hunt those humans deserving of a bad end. Enter 19-year-old Vivian (Agnes Bruckner), a werewolf who still suffers from her traumatic childhood in America. Now living in Bucharest and working as a chocolatier, Vivian loves to run free through the forest as a wolf, but doesn't much like ripping victims limb-from-limb. Her attitude doesn't sit well with her fellows, who want her to do as she's told. She's supposed to "mate" with pack leader Gabriel (Olivier Martinez), but she's not fond of him and falls in love with a human, Aiden (Hugh Dancy), a novelist who's in Bucharest to research the loup garoux. He's smitten when he meets a girl he believes to be human, but he's also well-versed on werewolf lore. Vivian is also rumored to be the subject of a prophecy, making her extra-valuable to Gabriel: She might be "the one" to lead her fanged community into a new sort of existence, deemed the "age of hope."
Is It Any Good?
The story is told from the werewolves' point of view, which makes for an interesting film. The wolves' perspective makes humans look scary, especially when they come bearing large guns. The film never quite articulates what the "hope" is, so it's unclear whether wolves and humans will actually find a way to get along.
It's not easy to read Vivian's face -- she's always sensual and slightly pouty, as well as by turns angry, aggressive, aggrieved, and accusatory. In this, she embodies the movie's unresolved tensions. Still, she makes a solid case for girl werewolves' rights, seeing the world in a more "holistic" way than her masculine counterparts. That alone makes her heroic.
Movie Details
Studio: Metro-goldwyn-mayer Pictures, Director: Katja von Garnier
Run time: 98 minutes
Theatrical release: 01/26/2007, DVD release: 06/12/2007
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence/terror, some sexuality and substance abuse.
Run time: 98 minutes
Theatrical release: 01/26/2007, DVD release: 06/12/2007
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence/terror, some sexuality and substance abuse.
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Werewolves with a twist
As I've said in past review's I like horror movies. Blood and chocolate was a very interesting movie to watch. Not the typical werewolf movie where the creature looks demonic, but they in fact look like the beautiful wolves that you would see out in nature even the special effectstransformation from human to wolf is beautiful to see. The whole secret society living among humans has been done, but what I enjoyed was that the heroine is a werewolf and the love interest is male. Usually it's the other way around and the girl is the helpless victim in a world of fantasy creatures and monsters. Of course in all movies there are antogonists in this case it is the pack leader and his son. The pack leader like any alpha male in a pack wants to mate with the best and prettiest female who in this case happens to be our heroine. You can see how this could pose a problem for our non-powered very human hero who just happens to fall in love with her and stumbles into a world of supernatural, secrets and Fangs. Due to the sexual implications adn violence (getting stabbed with silver knives) I would have given the movie a rating of R.
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it was ok
this movie is a werwolf movie so action, vilonce, and no sex.
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Very stylish
Good young beautiful werewolf coming of age film. Human young man meets werewolf fall in love (sexual scenes abound) and then the conflicts begin. It runs along the same lines as Underworld except it misses some of the intensity. The story is a little to clean, however there is plenty of blood and gore to go around. A caution for the under 16 age bracket. Know your kid.
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A must see movie for adults!
Kids should not watch this movie! Only Smart Mature Adults!
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(I must -read a book every 8 years.)
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Gives wolves a bad name.
I give this movie "Two thumbs down" for it further damages the reputation of wolves. I also, as a member of Defenders of Wild Life. Will be reporting this. :)
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THIS IS MY FAVORITE MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you have to let your kids see this my mom thought it was boring but I loved it and im 11 i dont care what commonsense sais it is not needed for kids 14 and up my 9 yearold sister whatched this for gosh sake. p.s. DONT LET THE TITLE FOLL YOU THIS MOVIE IS AWESWOME ALSO DONT LISSEN TO WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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A Movie about Wolves
After looking up Horror on IMdB - I found this and saw it was only "12" in the UK. So I gave it a go - as a build up to White Noise. I was thrilled - it was good fun - I had goosebumps when the shadows were leaping about at the begining - however - apart from that - ready for White Noise. Content: ViolenceTerror - I saw evidence of terror and violence involves mostly animals - once animals are killed they are shown with a bloody cut - however these scenes are brief Sexuality - 2 main characters are in love and when the werewolves are killed - they return to human form nude. Substance Abuse - A woman administers an antidote through a needle into her neck - a man is forcefully injected in the neck - causing him to pass out 4 of 5 stars. (All of the content above is well within PG-13)
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