Blood and Choke-a-lot

Blood and Chocolate, B+

Okay, so I couldn't come up with a clever title for my blog, but if it had really bad acting, this would work (take that, New York Times!). I also didn't take a picture of the screening pass, but I have witnesses if you dare to doubt me. In hind sight, I guess I could have taken a picture before I went. *note to self*

I had no expectations for this movie, considering it's a teen werewolf movie. I was pleasantly surprised though by not only it having a reasonable plot, but the main characters were very endearing. Agnes Bruckner did a great job being torn and sad, but still in love, and Hugh Dancy shows a lot of promise as a young actor, although his last credit was multiple Razzie nominee Basic Instinct 2. Both will have great careers ahead of them.

There was a bit of difference in the traditional werewolf stories here. It definitely had the Underworld feel with the werewolves being very close knit, powerful group. They didn't morph into weird beasts, but into wolves instead. That was a bit cheesy (blame the digital artists), but I guess it worked well as a concept.

Negatives: A bit cheesy in parts, but this is a teen movie. The soundtrack was disappointing considering how much I liked the Underworld: Evolution soundtrack and was expecting the same. From a fellow movie watcher, it does not follow the book at all. Not even close. So if you've read the book, don't go in with high hopes.

"Simple plot, complex characters" has become my new criteria for whether or not a story is enjoyable, and this fit the bill well. I don't know if I'd recommend going to the theater to see Blood and Chocolate, but be sure to rent it when it comes out in a few weeks.

Also, it's kinda cool that as I work on bigger movies that I could have the chance to work with actors that are in these type movies - not huge SAG snobs, but still good actors. Agnes Bruckner is sooo being cast in one of my movies.