Queen of the Damned (Full Screen Edition)

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Summary: Queen of the Damned (DVD)
Review: I am a huge Anne Rice fan, have read anything and everything that she has written and had published. With much anticipation I went and saw this movie, and was shocked to bits. I couldn't understand why she allowed those ppl to botch her work ...!!! I much preferred Tom Cruise as Lestat as he gave a very real to life performance, Stuart Townsend did a really good job "trying". Overall I was thoroughly disappointed in this movie, there wasn't a plot and things just didn't make sense, the actor gave a good try and the only reason I would view this film again would be to watch the good job the actors did in trying to portray this poor poor script, they seem to have made the best of the situation. Hope they allow Anne to write the next scripts, that is if there will ever be another movie thanks to the poor abilities of those in Hollywood who think they know best!

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Summary: BEST MOVIE EVER MADE
Review: I am an avid fan of Anne Rice, so when this movie came out, I jumped all over it. I dragged my mother to the theater the day after it came out, and then searched the web daily for more information on the movie.
I had already read, and purchased, all seven of the Vampire Chronicles by Mrs. Rice and purchased 'Interview with the Vampire' movie. I was thrilled to find out they'd made a sequal.
In this movie, we are given a glimpse at the life of Lestat DeLioncourt, a famous and powerful vampire. He is awaken from a deep slumber that all vampires must succomb to every few centuries by a rock group. He finds the group and gives them a taste of his musical genious.
Flash forward to a press conference where Lestat is confirming his plans for a concert in Death Valley. To conclude the conference he calls to all the ancient ones of his kind who believe he is insane and must be anihilated. His songs consist of ancient secrets about the original two vampires and other things that the world of the undead wishes to keep secret.
Meanwhile, Jesse Reeves, a member of a paranormal investigation society, the Talmasca, is in a search for the famed Vampire Lestat. She, unlike the public, knows his claims to being a vampire are real. Against the wishes of the society head master, David Talbot, she goes to the Admiral's Arm, a vampire bar in London (I think that's were it is). She claims to know the ancient Marius, who, in the movie, is Lestat's creator (But in the books it is a man named Magnus) and attracts some unwanted attention from rouge vampires. But Lestat is at the bar and overhears her false claims.
He kicks the rouge's butts when they try to harm Jesse, and has an encounter with her that only fuels her fire of curiousity.
When Lestat performs his concert in Death Valley, many vampires bent on his distruction in the crowd, Jesse attempts to meet him.
Her great aunt, who is also a vampire, Maharet (Who in the books has a twin sister, Mekare), has reunited with other ancients such as, Pandora, Marius, Armand, Khayman, and Mael, are also in company at the concert. But they do not wish to destroy Lestat as the others do.
Unfourtunatly, they are not the only ancients who have been awaken. The famed 'Queen of the Damned' that Lestat sings about is also awaken from a two thousand year slumber. She kills her 'husband' of sorts, Enkil, by brutally ripping out his throat. She flys into the concert and wisks Lestat away.
I wont give away too much, so if you want to know more, I suggest you by the movie, as I will, on August 27.
I also highly suggest reading all the seven books in the Vampire Chronicles, by Anne Rice.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

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Summary: EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING!
Review: First of all, I must say that I am huge Anne Rince fan but an even bigger Lestat de Lioncourt fan!! When I heard that his movie was in the works, I was very excited. The Queen of the Damned, the book, kept me entralled from start to finish. Anne Rice's storytelling in this novel was flawless. I actually wept when I finished it. I knew that the movie would never compare to the book, they almost never do, but I was still excited to see what they would come up with, since Interview w/ a Vampire was a god adaptation of the book. Needless to say, I was not expecting to see the [junk] that I saw that night. The movie had blatant disregard for the book altogether. I was disgusted walking out of the movie theater. The only good thing about the movie was the physical appearance of Stuart Townsend. WHAT A HOTTIE in the movie. I do not recommend this movie to ANYONE who has read Queen of the Damned.. You will be thoroughly disappointed!

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Summary: Lestat's "Grease 2"
Review: While it is bad enough that this movie is not even remotely like the book it also seems the no-talent hack that wrote the script for this monstrousity couldn't even bother to show that this movie was in fact a sequal. Not only is Louis not even mentioned in this movie, it seems that the script writer had such a high opinion of himself that he wrote this movie to be the only Vampire Chronicle. There is no indication in it that Interview with the Vampire ever existed.This movie is an embarassment to a great book series and the movie that preceeded it, don't waste your time or your money on it.

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Summary: Can you rate an Item negative stars?
Review: First off let me warn any Anne Rice fans out there. This movie is no where near the book. It is no where near the quality of the book. The only reason anyone rates this movie high is because it was Aaliyah's last movie before she died. However such an epitaph does not make a movie "good". I understand creative license when translating a novel to the silver screen. But I always thought that Queen of the Damned out of all of the Vampire Chronicles was written more as a movie format than any other. I don't blame any of the actors from the first movie from passing on this one. I wouldn't want my name associated with it either. I read Queen of the Damned years ago and have been a fan of the Vampire Chronicles since I read "Interview" when I was nine or ten on a road trip with my family. I only hope that whoever gets the licensing for the Vampire Chronicles next actually reads the books and character descriptions before doing a casting call. I felt that the Interview with the Vampire characters were really close to the visuals portrayed in Anne Rice's descriptions. However in "Queen" they are very very very off. I rate this Item as owing Five Stars. I wish I could get my movie admission back because [amt]would have been better spent by giving it to the drunk on the corner than seeing this movie.

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Summary: Loved It
Review: Although it did not follow the book, it still was quite an interesting film. I loved the goth/metal music in it and I loved how Stuart Townsend played Lestat. He was great; he acted seductively and stealthly just as the character calls for. I loved the book and the film equally and though the film was a little played out and "hollywoody" it still worked for me. So in other words, it was a very enjoyable film... ^_^

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Summary: Queen of the Damned
Review: The Queen of the Damned where should I start...I bought the book and finished it the night before I went to see the movie, I being a big Anne Rice fan loved the book. I love the book to death. But I hated that Anne Rice cut out the whole story of the twins. Although the story is narrated by Lestat, the story is about Akasha. The movie plot was good but if you saw the movie and didn't read the book. Don't read the book, it will be a major letdown when you want to see the movie again. I'm planning to buy the movie when it come out but I hope Anne Rice makes another movie about the vampire chronicles soon but I also hope she doesn't screw the plot up as much.

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Summary: Good Music, & Close Enough to the Book to be Interesting
Review: I think the movie was entertaining. The music was well chosen and gave a rougher edge to the film. I thought Aaliyah was excellent as Akasha. All the actors were well chosen with maybe the exception of the actor playing Kelly (the niece that is with the Talamasca organization). In the book, this character is supposed to be fairly experienced in the field of the supernatural etc. Either her character was not well written or else this actor just seemed more of a departure from the character depicted in the book. Other than that I was pleased with Lestat, Armand and the story line. Over all, if you like movies of this kind (the vampire, bloodsucking type), you won't be disappointed.

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Summary: Awesome movie
Review: This was an extremely great movie. My friend and i enjoyed going to see it...we went and bought the book afterwards. Its just as good.

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Summary: Simply fantastic
Review: This movie is excellent, one of my all time favs! Stuart Townsend plays Lestat amazingly, and i praise him, he is a fabulos actor! i found this movie so appealing, i have only read THE VAMPIRE LESTAT, not actually QUEEN OF THE DAMNED but i really enjoyed watching Aaliyah as AKASHA.
It was also filmed here in OZ, Melbourne, so i reaaaaaly liked it more when i saw THAT at the end credits... Great that more films are being filmed here in Australia, its so beautiful here so why on earth not, BUT i love the film love the actors ,and love the author for writing so perfectly!