Rating: 
Summary: Damned Shame
Review: It began like a goth version of The Real World and ended like a Peter Gabriel video and in between there was little to stimulate interest in "Queen of the Damned" -- the latest of the Anne Rice vampire chronicles to make it to the big screen. The action was jumpy and forced, the sets were lifted from an industrial rave night at a dive bar, the male vampires all had five-o'clock shadows (except when digitally air brushed) and looked as if they had just come straight from a photo shoot for the International Male Halloween catalogue. The complete lack of attention to detail is mind-numbing and there are so many holes in the plot that the movie sinks like lead in water. The entire premise revolved around the vampire Lestat (Stuart Townsend) becoming a rock star literally overnight and thereby blowing the cover off the secret society of the undead. Yet every binding and interesting plotline from the book is virtually ignored and the character of Akasha (Aaliyah), the head vampiress, seems to play little or no part in the driving force of the movie. Aaliyah spends every second of screen time baring her fangs and slinking around as if battling a slipped disk while trying desperately not to look at the camera. There are other vampires envolved in the conflict between Lestat and Akasha, but they are so poorly cast and underdeveloped that for an instant I thought that I had walked back into the wrong theater after a run to the snack bar. Die-hard Anne Rice fans will be livid at this horrible production -- only goth metal music fans and those with an aversion to movies with a sense of purpose need stand in line for this one.
Rating: 
Summary: good music.
Review: A very touching vampire tale,as expected from Anne rice.
and although the charecter of Lestat in Queen of the damned contradicts in some ways his character in Interview with the vampire..it's a nice story.
The cast is rateher good...great performance by steward townsend and Aaliya.
And the music is good aswell.
Rating:
Summary: A pitiful effort....
Review: I'm an Anne Rice fan, sure, but I'm not a fan that was so far gone as to expect an exactingly literaly translation from book to screen. I didn't care if this was a good Anne Rice film, but I was hoping for a good vampire film. Sadly, I didn't get any of that. With the overwhelming amount of source material to work with, you would have thought the producers would have come up with a more coherent movie, but instead we're given a mishmashed, choppy, confusing movie whose sets and costumes far outshine any of the acting or writing. In fact, upon watching it it becomes blatantly obvious where 95% percent of the budget was invested. This movie is not bad because it doesn't follow Anne Rice's book to the letter (which it sure as heck doesn't). It's a bad movie because the script is abysmal, the editing was positively awful, and the acting, makeup and casting was less than stellar. This movie was NOT worth the wait. In fact, I think I would have had more fun waiting, and continuing to wait, for this ... than I would have actually watching it. Atleast then all my hopes for an entertaining movie wouldn't have been dashed.
Rating: 
Summary: Couldve stuck to the books
Review: even though the wb did a good job with the cast I think that they should have filmed "The Vampire Lestat" first so we know lestats hitory and then done "The Queen of the Damned". Lets just hope that they stick to the story in "The Tale of the Body Thief"
Rating:
Summary: bring your blanket
Review: I would give Ann Rice a piece of my mind if she went with the making of this piece of trash, this was a poor excuse of a movie. It does the book no justice, it just stinks.
Rating: 
Summary: very disappointing.
Review: This is a good movie for poeple that haven't read the book. The movie in itself isn't bad, with god actors and beautiful special effects. For these that have read the book, it's very disappointing. I 've a memory of a great book, long but never boring. Of course, to be remain loyal to the book, the movie would take a too long time, but here, the hystory has been changed, some charachters don't appear, ect. In my opinion, they could do better.
Rating:
Summary: A Very Unique Vampire Film
Review: I'm an Anne Rice fan and a fan of vampire movies. I own over 80 movies (classic and modern)and after watching Queen of the Damned, I was a little disappointed at first...because it didn't follow true to the book(s), but after seeing it a second time, I enjoyed it much better. This isn't a typical vampire movie. The characters showed a lot of heart. Granted, there were many key elements that weren't shown (how the Queen and King were made into vampires, other characters in the book that weren't in the movie, the Legend of the Twins...none of this was shown), but overall this movie was very enjoyable. The music definitely made the movie, which should've won best soundtrack of the year. I thought that Stuart Townsend did a very good job as Lestat. He captured his beauty, his cockiness and his power on the screen. And besides, he's a far better looking vampire than Tom Cruise ever was. Aaliyah also did a fabulous job as the Queen. The part where she was stone and raised her hand for Lestat was very eerie and exciting...not to mention the bar scene where she makes her first entrance. I would highly recommend buying this movie on DVD. I'm getting it the first day it comes out. I'm sure It will be worth your money. Take it from a true vampire movie fan. You will enjoy this movie :)
Rating:
Summary: campy, campy, campy!
Review: i dunno... this movie has lots of things going on... i mean, look at the first installment, "interview with a vampire" a bloody (no pun intended) good movie if there ever was one. and nearly a decade old. so what's wrong with this one? firstly, they actually skipped the second book in the series, "the vampire lestat" and just jumped into the third. i think they thought they justified it by meshing together both books but... heck, this is anne rice we are talking about! her books are nothing but full of plots... i think the atmosphere is right though to convey the 80's seedy underworld... the dark watery alleys and all... but how come they dress like something out of the matrix... *all the time*? sheesh... stuart townsend is quite compelling as lestat, there are cetain scenes where he's really good...although somehow he doesn't live up to tom cruise (honestly though, i am NOT a fan of cruise) as lestat. the plot itself is lacking... and all the vampires seemed to come from stereotype hell... can't they be more original, more than just gnashing jaws and flying cloaks (or in this case leather trench coats)? jesse acts like a half witted idiot, a wooden one at that. and they raved about aaliyah... i think she stinks. sad to say, that imho she can't really act, and if people think that walking around with bits of cloth plastered to her body equals to acting, i'd tear my hair out! and i think her rendition of akasha a bit weird though.. is that accent supposed to be an ancient egyptian talking in english? then how come everybody else sounds american? mystifyingly, if i'm not mistaken, townsend sounds british... weird for a french (since lestat *is* french) isn't it? this is one movie i have seen in recent memory where the soundtrack is way SUPERIOR.. too bad they are not releasing the songs sung by jonathan davis in the movie... that would be excellent! so 2 stars are for the songs and some good moments for townsend. i think it'd just whip out "interview with a vampire" for my fix... this - like another reviewer had said - is just B-grade material. at least IWAV have pitt, cruise, banderas, slater and co. to make my mouth water...
Rating:
Summary: Awesome
Review: Great movie! Love Lestat, if love korn, you will love this movie!!
Rating:
Summary: Styart Townsend is hott :P
Review: I am a very big fan of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicals, and even though this movie wasn't really like the book, I loved it anyway! The film only gets 4 stars though, because I think the whole thing was very rushed. I think the producers could have let Aaliyah have more screen time, since the enire movie is supposed to revovle around her character. But other than that, everything was wonderful. I really feel that all the actors and actresses fit their parts very well. And the music was wonderful, and fit the film perfectly. The concert scene rocked, too :]
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