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Summary: The return fo the Queen
Review: it is more driven by the mucisal landscape it sets up then the liniage it steals from the Anne Rice novels. I mean I thought it was great when Armond was at least a kid but can't we have the Red hair now please and Lestats is a blond sorry. Get a wig if you have to. Overall the DVD was great I liked the new fetures and added material we never got to see on the movie. The fact that it was more of a based on then a screen adaption doesn't take away the actualy quality of the DVD it's self I would recomend this product to any fan of the Vampire genera or Anne Rice fan just forget it's based on a book and think of it as an original piece.
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Summary: hott
Review: QUEEN OF THE DAMNED
*****
ALLYAH GETS THE ROLE OF A LIFE TIME AS THE QUEEN OF ALL IMMORTALS. LASTAT IS A VAMPIRE ROCK STAR PLAYED BY STUART TOWNSEND. HE IS TELLING THE STORY OF HIS CREATOR AND THE CREATOR OF ALL VAMPIRES. THIS IS A VERY DARK AND SCARY MOVIE. IT IS ONE EXCELLENT MOVIE. JUST RENT IT.
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Summary: If you've read the book don't see the movie
Review: If you haven't read the book you might like the movie.
If you have read it you will probably hate the movie.
Almost the entire story has been changed or left out.
With all of the things that were left out,it could be some what confusing for any one that didn't read the book and didn't know what was supposed to be going on. The questions like Who is Akasha?,Who is Maharet?,and why do they matter? were never answered in the movie.I don't see how Anne Rice could let the writers do this to her book. The only good thing about the movie I can say is that Stuart Townsend is closer to the way Lestat was described in the book than Tom Cruise was in Interview with the Vampire.
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Summary: A very watchable vampire movie
Review: I am a fan of vampire movies. Of every sort and grade. And I thouroughly enjoyed this one. Now I read the reviews and obviously a lot of Anne Rice fans were expecting this movie to be verbatum with the book. Or course it's not. And if you are expecting the whole range of characters found in the book - you will also be dissapointed. But if you accept it for what it is - a fun and VERY loose adaptation - you'll enjoy it. The story line from the book has been simplified to the extreme. But the characters are interesting and the plot stays closer to the book than one might expect. Stuart Townsend carried the whole movie. He did a wonderful job portraying Lestat. Besides being great eye candy, he pegged the emotions well. I could almost wish he had played Lestat in the first movie, instead of Cruise. The other characters were weaker and Aaliyah was (sorry to speak ill of the dead) positively wooden in her performance. The music was sensational. (Of course you'll only agree if you like hard rock.) I went right out a bought the sound track. All in all - it's not a bad movie. Very enjoyable and very watchable. I will be buying the video.
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Summary: How Could They Have Ruined it THAT Much?
Review: Whoever wrote the screenply for this movie muust have tried to find out how many waysthey could ruin the book. It was nothing like it. Annne Rice fans: Beware! Thay must have not even read the book. Mekare didn't exist, Marius made Lestat, there were no dreams about the twins, and the list goes on and on! The didn't even kill Akasha the same way. If you have never read the book then it might have been OK (Which is why I gave it 2 stars). This movie should have never been made the way it was!
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Summary: Anne Rice fans: avoid this one
Review: I could have forgiven the fact that the director obviously never read the books, and ignored important plot points, if the movie was decent on its own. Taken by itself, this movie is just bad. It's closer to a bad '80s horror flick than anything else. The only redeming qualities were the music, which was OK, and Aaliyah's portrail of Akasha was pretty good, even if she was young for the part.
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Summary: I'm glad I didn't see this at the theater
Review: Even though I didn't read the book, I didn't like this movie much. Special effects were so-so, but, when Akasha did finally make a debut (not in the dream sequences/images) it seemed compressed, like they cut out pieces between her resurrection and "death". I know Aaliyah died toward the end of filming this, but Akasha just seemed to be shoved in at the end and only had about 5 or 6 scenes in the movie.
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Summary: A huge waste of time.
Review: "Queen of the Damned" is one of the worst vampire movies i have had the misfortune of watching. I thought Dracula 2000 was bad until i saw this, this, whatever it is. Sharing only its title in common with the book, this movie has butchered Anne Rice's vision. The acting is not bad, but not great. The special effects are good and yes Aaliyah is beautiful. I highly recommend you think twice about purchasing this movie. Most of the people that gave this movie 3 or more stars did so because they are big Aaliyah fans. Some even went so far as to write a condescending, self-serving, 'shame on you for not giving this movie 5 stars because Aaliyah's in it for 15 min.' review. Not naming any names *cough* a dark colored liquid falling from the clouds *cough*. To this I say, even if you are an Aaliyah fan stay away from this movie, it's not worth your money.
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Summary: dvd improves the movie greatly
Review: I have to say that i was disappointed in the movie itself. It was so far off the the book that it shares only the name and some of the vampires. Stuart Townsend did a great job of Lestat, but I was disappointed in the portrayal of Akaska. However, the dvd is worth buying due to all the extras. Not only do you get lestat's music videos(awesome), but you get the cut scenes of the ancients and Jesse's original dream. The gag reel and extended concert sequences are great too. I wish they would put out an unedited version of the movie to show the original vision of the directors.
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Summary: Queen of the damned wasn't to bad!
Review: First, let me start with a warning. Anyone who wants to see this movie because they liked the Annie Rice novels will be unhappy with Queen of the Damned. It is how it has always been, books are always better than movies.
Queen of the Damned, I believe, still stands on its own as a movie, it has a powerful cast and a great soundtrack! The story line has a bit of The Vampire Lestat, and Queen of the Damned mixed together, toss in a few special effects, which were also great, some good acting, and one or two of those SEXY vampire scenes, and....BOOM there is Queen of the Damned in a nutshell.
All in all, I think I enjoyed this movie, aside from not staying true to the novels. I think it makes a good rental, it's just no Interview with a Vampire!
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