Queen of the Damned | | Cast : | Aaliyah, Stuart Townsend | | Director : | Michael Rymer | | Studio : | Warner Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound | | Released Date : | February 22, 2002 | | DVD Released Date : | June 07, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 09, 2005 | | Summary | Just buy the soundtrack | Content
 | OK, I know It doesn't follow the novel at all. Just for that, it deserves negative stars. But again, that everybody knows. So, let's pretend for a moment there is no novel, and NOT compare the movie with the book.
IT IS A TERRIBLE MOVIE ON IT'S OWN!!! AND A LOUSY SEQUEL TOO!!!! Anne Rice complained at first for Tom Cruise being selected as Lestat for Interview with the Vampire, but after watching the movie, she stated that he portrayed him marvelously. It was in great part because of a incredibly well written script.
And now, they bring us a lousy vampire, who (God knows why) speaks all the time in whispers. In fact, every single vampire in this movie whispers! Did the producers or the director think that way the vampires would look scarier? More intense? Deeper? Damn! I felt I were back in the 70s. I like Stewart Townsend as an actor, but he failed to perform a good Lestat.
No climax at all, Akasha kills some vampires and nobody cares. No one cares also about Jesse's fate, mostly because she could have been removed from the movie and nobody would have noticed it.
And what's the deal with the lousy special effects? To fake vampire's preternatural speed they add some ridiculous trail. I could have done that in After Effects!. And AAliyah? Well, she portrayed the most powerful bellydancer ever, but that was all. Marius, the Ancient, only looked ancient because of his' baldness, and nothing more. Kayman was scarcely mentioned. Maharet had no real presence in the movie. Too many characters, none of them with significant relevance in the film.The credits even mention Pandora and Armand! Do anybody noticed them at all???
Also compare the magnificent score from IWTV (remember Liberame?), with the almost inexistent score in this one. I'm not talking about the rock music. I liked it. In fact, the only star I gave to the movie was because it was great, but the film lacked a solid support score.
I could go on for hours. Please don't buy this movie. Buy the soundtrack instead. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 09, 2005 | | Summary | Two Stars for Aaliyah- negative 15 for the movie | Content
| Although "Interview" didn't exactly follow it's book, it did manage to capture the intent of the book (seriously, if a true to book film version was created, it would go on for hours)- for what it left out, the first movie really made up for with an amazing cast, amazing sets, costumes, music, and a story that stands alone as a great movie. Unfortunatley nothing of this can be said about "Queen of the Damned". Taking not only ONE but TWO of the books from the Vampire Chronicles (The Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned- the second and third books respectively)- The movie changes many of the important parts of the book, and even screws up some of the stuff explained in the first movie - like Lestat's creation by Marius- In the book it was done by a Vampire who burned himself to death right after creating Lestat, leaving him to figure everything out on his own, and even in the first movie Lestat explains that he never knew the one who made him. But the story goes on, rushing though the stories. Although it's not the greatest acting job, Aaliyah is the only saving grace of this movie, and sadly it was her last. The only really good scene is when Akasha (Aaliyah) walks into the Admiral's Arms (a club/pub for the living impared, and rips out another vampire's heart and eats it. The part that dissapointed me the most was that they left out, which in my opinion, was the best part of "the Queen of the Damned" which depicts how Vampires came to be. The movie ends with a team effort by a group of Vampires that anyone who didn't read the book would understand who they are. I hope that one day someone will do both these books justice, until then, this movie is a rental at best, only worth the first watch. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 28, 2005 | | Summary | at least there was music | Content
| Yes, i think that any true vampire fan would admit this was not a movie but a complete mess. It's sad really it could have been grand. I only recommend this to fans of rock music (which was pretty good). |
| Rating | | | Date | July 15, 2005 | | Summary | Not a faithful adaptation but enjoyable. hey Lestat is here!! | Content
| I'm returning to this movie, years after its theatrical
release, at that time and as an Anne Rice fan, I was angry
and dissapointed with this movie adaptation of two novels:
The Vampire Lestat & Queen of the Damned, imagine what my
opinion was, on seeing 700 plus pages comprised into a
90min story. Then one day a cable channel broadcasts the
movie and, sincerely I liked it a lot, it's entertaining,
it's a delight to the eyes to see the Vampire Lestat as a
Dionysian Rock Star. My favorite scenes are when Lestat
falls on the pair of groupies from the ceiling, when he
has to kill the gipsy girl and the pain, that as a consequence, he experiments when he realizes of the things he has left behind unwillingly; and the rock concert its's simply fantastic, I wish the producers had filmed an entire concert to be included as a extra DVD. If you are a reader of The Vampire Chronicles you will enjoy this movie as a visual addendum to them. You'll watch this movie with a tear trying to escape from your eyes every time when Aaliyah appears, quoting from the Vampire Chronicles: "So young, so beautiful..." If you are the casual vampires movies watcher you'll enjoy it. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 13, 2005 | | Summary | Awesome! | Content
| I've never read The Vampire Chronicles, but I have seen Interview with a Vampire and greatly disliked it. I LOVE this movie however. It's great for people who like sci-fi, fantasy, and also for people who like love stories. I've probably seen this movie well over two dozen times since I bought the movie6 mos. ago and I could literally watch it every day if I let myself. You should definitely check out this movie! |
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