Hotgirl but cold plot

Rating: 1/10 (8 October 2006)

I saw this film Saturday night at a friends' house. She is a "White Wolf" "Vampire Masquerade" game player. She convinced me(A Masters' Degree in English(for Gothic and Sci-Fi Lit)holder) that even though the mythology/folklore of vampires and werewolves was screwed up, I would enjoy it.
Well, I did not. It had a hot girl(Kate Beckinsale) who could not act at all, ridiculous non suspension of disbelief effects and unrealistic shenanigans using guns, and a cold as nitrogen plot.
The plot(what there was of it) was parts Romeo and Juliet, parts soap opera, and part MTV video.
They tried to be hop and cool and only were derivative of others' writing: Anne Rice, Lord Byron, Shakespeare, etc. I DID LIKE Kates' BODY in her vinyl suits and corset/bodice worn OUTSIDE her skin tight suit, BUT although she is eye candy(and is hot for the first few times you see her pose and strut and such, eventually you realize she is not that cute or well built enough to carry this movie.
I have read EVERY historical Classic of Literature about werewolves and vampires, and many non fiction works about both, and this movie is about as exciting as reading the box labels of Count Chocula and Werewolf cereal!