What is the tie between Blood and Chocolate in the book? I keep hearing that its important in the book but not so in the movie. The movie has a line that says "I have the taste of blood and chocolate in my mouth" and thats how they tie it in, along with her job of course. So what is the titles meaning in the book?
I hope that was stated claear enough to understand..
Yeah, let me first of all say that while I probably would have enjoyed the movie on its own - it really butchered the story from the book. I totally recommend reading the book, it was 10x better.
If you don't want book spoilers, stop here.
In the book, Gabriel is only just older than Vivian - an adult, a strong young male who fights and wins leadership of the pack. He's in love with Vivian, but she resists him, thinking that she is in love with Aidan. Aidan betrays her though after he finds out what she really is, and in the end, she realizes what it means to comfortable in her own werewolf skin and ends up with Gabriel. At the end, Blood and Chocolate become a metaphor for Werewolves and Humans to her. Aidan was sweet, but fleeting like chocolate. Gabriel is exactly what she wants, and is rich and fulfilling like blood after a hunt (which may not sound appealing to you, but again, she is a werewolf).
The message of the book was to be comfortable with who you are. The message the movie gave off was more like "you can do anything for love", but it came across as a bit cheesy to me, and it seemed like she was giving up who she was for someone else. Then again, I'm biased.
Ahhh, thank you very much for responding. Now I get why people who enjoy the book dislike the movie so much, Im sure if I had read the book first I wouldve disliked the movie as well.
shareI adore the book, and I didn't hate the film. It had it's flaws, and was totally hollywood glossed over with the forbidden love - but I think that for a rough adaption it could have been worse - and it wasn't a bad movie all in all.
They should readapt it, more centred around the book.
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Not necessarily. I read the book before I watched the movie, and let me say this:
Book starts with "B" for *beep* Movie starts with "M" for Much better..
One thing I didn't like in the book was the arrogance of Vivian. She always admired the beauty of her wolf shape and that sort of thing. I hated her for that arrogance.
And I didn't like most of the supposedly sexy scenes (And I'm not a prude person for me they just weren't beautiful.) like when Rafe (was it him?) grabbs her breasts rudely... What the hell?
My biggest contra for the book was that for me it said metaphorically races shouldn't interact. As to say the higher race (werewolves) are too intolerant and proud to live together with the lower race (humans). And that was -for me- a very poor message. To me it seemed RACIST!
So I liked nearly all the changes they did in the movie.
I'm not saying I loved the movie, I just liked it better. =)
I only missed the weird "psycho tricks" that were played on Vivian in the book because I really liked that idea. But I guess the movie was just too short to put them in.
I missed Aiden's friends also.. but not too much.
I'm normally all for books but this time clearly not. I guess I'm pretty much alone with this opinion but, oh well, that's why I said "for me", "to me" and "I", right? ;)
Ha, I know you made your post years ago, but I just rewatched the movie, and I have to say that I agree with you completely. I'd read the book first, and while in the beginning of the filrm I was a bit thrown by all of the deviations from the book, I ultimately thought the characters were much more likable, and I enjoyed the plot of the movie more than I'd expected. I always hated that Vivian ended up with Gabriel in the book- he seemed like such a cocky, possessive bastard, and I thought that it seemed like a very elitist, "Wolf Power!" coupling, in addition to finding the romantic scenes between the wolves being somewhat crudely unappealing.
In short, I just wanted to say that I'm glad I'm not alone on this. : )
Be biased all you want. Your still right. I was so upset watching the movie. I know it was just another telling of the original story but it really did butcher it. The novel meant so much more.
shareThe book butchered the story from the book.
I read the book, and I was enjoying it up to the last fifth or so. All of a sudden, people go out of character just so that the writer can cram this artificially induced pairing down our throats.
The ending made me throw up in my mouth a little. Apparently, you fall in love with a guy when you mentions that he murdered somebody. The message isn't "be comfortable in your own skin." It's "if you ever think to be accepted for who you are outside your own social circle, you are WRONG little girl, WRONG! You will always be reviled by those not of your own kind, so just forget about it."
Seriously, am the only person who sees the gigantic squick in hooking up with Gabriel? This sixteen year old girl winds up with the twenty-five year old man WHO WAS RECENTLY DATING HER MOM. This same guy has been giving off date-rape vibes the whole book, and he becomes a "sensitive nice guy" (if by that you mean person who tells girls about the time he murdered a lover to get them in the sack) just when we need our big "love" scene. I'm also pretty sure that he set Vivian up to become werewolf-married to him against her will (you think he didn't know the woman he flirted with would pounce Vivian's mom, and Vivian in turn would save her mom and wind up fair bait?)
A creepy slimedog is a creepy slimedog, no matter what species. In the end of the book, we were just forced, not given reasons, not allowed to turn around by natural and authentic character development, but FORCED, to stop caring about the human characters that had actually earned the sympathy of the reader and the protagonists, because they aren't other werewolves, and obviously it is DOOMED and WRONG to care about anyone outside the narrow circle defined by your birthright.
I realize this was written over 2 years ago, but I just re-watched this film and came to the boards... And I have to say just how much I agree with you. The person you're replying to makes the book sound so much better than it actually is (why wasn't the book as positive as so many apparently want it to be?!).
I enjoyed the book to a point and then, as you said, everything goes to hell in the worst possible way with the story/writing/characters.
yes i completely agree but i wish aiden didnt freak out in the book and that she chose him instead of gabriel i cried so hard at the end of the book because i felt it didnt capture the emotion enough for me to understand why this happened if there was more clarification like in the movie at the end it would have made more sense to me i just cant stand it when people pick what others want them to be and not who they really are i mean i loved the book until the chapter when she and aiden breakup it broke my heart being a romance fanatic and i would have been okay with it if only he realized he loved her despite the fur and dumped that bitch of a rebound girlfriend kelly for vivian that would have made me one happy camper to see that smirk wipe off that painted face of hers but then again thats me i would have been okay with either outcome if it had more clarification as to WHY
shareThe book also starts with a quote from the author Herman Hesse's Steppewolf, "In fear I hurried this way and that. I had the taste of blood and chocolate in my mouth, the one as hateful as the other."
I think it also goes to that Aiden was like chocolate to Viv. He was sweet but not very satisfying. But Gabriel was essential to her like blood.
Yeah I loved the book but didnt't hate the movie. There are alot of movies that were books that I just hated. For example P.S. I Love You.
shareAnd I didn't like most of the supposedly sexy scenes (And I'm not a prude person for me they just weren't beautiful.) like when Rafe (was it him?) grabbs her breasts rudely... What the hell?
My biggest contra for the book was that for me it said metaphorically races shouldn't interact. As to say the higher race (werewolves) are too intolerant and proud to live together with the lower race (humans). And that was -for me- a very poor message. To me it seemed RACIST!
Watching Blood & Chocolate i felt i was just watching another vampire movie. In fact if i didn't know it was a book adaption, i would think someone had a vampire script and just did a find and replace on the words, werewolf & vampire.
I love werewolves, the myths and the associated pop culture. but i in this movie i just found the werewolves very unwolf-like (which is quite ironic since it looks like they used real wolves). I suppose i just got annoyed that these so-called werewolves depicted the werewolf pack as a very male dominated society, when real wolfpacks are much more often led by an alpha female). In this movie it seemed that the females were virtually delegated to omega status, which is very unwolf-like
Very well said! I compeletly agree with you.
"Are you frightened?"
"Yes."
"Not nearly frightened enough. I know what hunts you."
Excellent reply!
True love is accepting someone for exactly who he or she is. That is why Viv and Aidan coundn't be together, and why Gabriel and Viv could be. Because Gabriel loved every part of her, both human and animal.
*They do not see what lies ahead, when Sun has failed and Moon is dead...*
I don't understand why the author of the book would allow (or want) her story to be changed so drastically for the movie. Vivian falling in love with Aiden was sweet and romantic (like chocolate) but the intensity and inherent sexual chemistry that developed between Vivian and Gabriel was irresistible (like blood). She should've ended up with Gabriel in the end! Ending up with Aiden in the movie completely ruins the message of the book. Even the last line of the book that read something like 'the blood was singing in her veins' as she went with Gabriel represents the title 'Blood & Chocolate' as Vivians human/wolf instincts- as opposed to working in a damn chocolate shop to represent the human side- which, although obvious, isn't necessarily a bad representation of her humanity. Still though, I liked how in the book she was in high school and in America.. I don't get why they had to change the setting so much. Plus, I imagined Gabriel very differently. Olivier Martinez was great in the part, but he should've been way more buff and with a buzz cut. Those are really my only gripes with the movie, and this was my favorite book for years before the movie so I was really excited for it when it came out. It really should've been better :/ At least it wasn't a complete disaster..
shareCorrect me if I`m wrong, but it`s like this in general: once she sold her book`s rights to hollywood, she lost most if not all control over how it might be translated on screen.
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