Main Characters to Love and Hate

So within the past few days, I've watched two "new" movies. I put the new in quotes because the one I just attempted to watch is actually pretty old but I hadn't seen it yet. However, the other is completely new and still in theaters.

Over the weekend, my boyfriend and I decided to go and see Rise of the Guardians. Yes, it's a kids' movie, don't judge me... Anyway, it revolves around five major characters we all knew and loved as children; the Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Sandman, and Jack Frost. Now while the first four get their spotlights and love from the children, Jack is almost never thought of, which frustrates him to no end. But when the Boogeyman makes his reappearance and tries to stop children from believing in these classic figures, Jack is actually the one who needs to rescue them all. Now, while Jack Frost is a cool character, the character I was honestly impressed and excited by was Santa. I'm not kidding! This was not your typical fat, jolly, rosy-cheeked Santa. This was a kick-ass, sword-wielding, Russian-speaking, TATTOOED Santa! Yeah! Santa had tattoos! And I'm not talking a small little elf on his forearm, I'm talking full-sleeve script design that is visible throughout the majority of the movie! Just look! Yup, that's Santa! How much more badass can you get than that? You can't, my friends... you can't.

Now on the flip-side of there was Blood and Chocolate. Long story short; this girl's a loup garoux (werewolf for those not obsessed with mythology), she's promised to the pack leader, but falls for a human, who winds up trying to kill her, and they flee into the sunset together, blah blah blah... I've read the book and honestly it was a hell of a lot more thought-provoking than the movie despite the fact that the book was written for hormonal, borderline ADHD teens. I'm pretty sure you were supposed to feel sympathy for Vivian and her human lover Aiden, but the only thing I could think about them was "Stupid fucking human and pathetic love-struck werewolf girl."

If anything this movie made me hate the human race more because of how Aiden acts towards the werewolves. Even though the loup garoux go over the line in this story, Aiden's just an asshole when you come right down to it. He yells at Vivian after having to defend himself from and kill her cousin for essentially "not leaving him alone" when she was trying to avoid him from the very beginning. He was just so arrogant and pushy that she kind of gave in out of desperation. Either way, even despite the obvious threat he poses to her family and the fact that he is obviously afraid of her and doesn't respect her, Vivian still risks her life to save his sorry ass. So yeah... a stupid, cowardly, asshole human and a pathetic, love-struck werewolf.

Where's How to Train Your Dragon so I can watch some non-pathetic teenaged characters?