Queen Of The Damned Reviews

Oh no no no

If you are a fan of Anne Rice's books DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE. It misses out vital characters and Stuart Townsend is awful, and what happened to Armand?!!!

Apart from this, the movie is just plain terrible. 1 Star is generous.

True to its own

To confront the critics first I will admit the faults this films has:

1) The film and plot bear little relation to one another

2) The plot that remains seems a little one dimensional

Besides this I thoroughly enjoyed this film. Oh sure it isn't a visual masterpiece but some scenes were truly amazing. Stuart Townsends "I am the vampire Lestat" after he is silohuetted into the graveyard goes down as one of the best acted lines in the world. He may not be able to match Tom Cruise in evil energy, but Stuart Townsend far than makes up for it with the casual evil arrogance which truly brings out the limelight loving Lestat of the books.

Sure it's no intellectual thriller, nor masterpiece but still fun to watch, especially for the occasional filmographic gem.

[Highly rated reviewer]

Avoid

Pop music video film making with another god awful metal soundtrack. Promising camp and entertainment in the first forty minutes it rapidly went downhill when the film lost its sense of scale, dialogue and acting. Aaliyah died shortly after filming this but on this performance I think it's fair to say that only the music industry will have missed her artistic contribution. Watch Near Dark instead.

For the goth in all of us....

Not being a purist or a devoted fan of Anne Rice I watched this with a less critical eye than many would. "Interview with a Vampire" was an excellent film and did the book enough justice for me. But fans of the sequels may well be irked by what they do to the plot of this follow-up. Suffice to say, its not true to the original.

That said, its a watchable effort, with particular attention being paid to the musical content (Lestat's rock songs co-written by Johnathan Davis of Korn). An excellent performance by Stewart Townsend and the touching presence of Aaliyah who died shortly after making this film. That tragic loss gives the whole thing an extra reason to be worth a look.

Bring your popcorn, sit back and enjoy.

Don't bother

This is one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my life. I certainly wanted my time back after sitting through this!

A complete destruction of the book - several people left the cinema with a feeling that they had been completely and utterly cheated by this film. Everything that 'Interview with the Vampire' had, this film doesn't. Style, substance, plot, mystery, actors with talent, erotica, suspense, action - you name it, this film has none of it.

A fantastic film opportunity completely and utterly ruined. Had the film kept even vaguely near the book, this film would have been earth shatteringly good.

The makers of this film should be ashamed of themselves.

Ok that is a generoius star

Ok this film is not good, but to me it had a certain appeal, good music and vimpires.. before you knock me yes I have read the book first and yes it does not follow it completely. Some say this film has not a good cast but then nor did Interview with a vimpire. I think Lestat may have been better portrade in this poor film and Aaliyah played her part very well. Just enjoy it and make your own opinion.

Best Film Ever!

If you love goth rock, vampires, nightlife and dark urban imagery then rent this movie NOW!

However, if you're the kind of person who admires and ponders over modern art, reads pretentious publications and hails films like Citizen Kane, then give it a miss.

Wot can i say

I can't say much about this really except it needs to be deleted from movie history!If you love the books DONT watch this,it trys to meld plot from 2 books an make it work unfortuneatly it does not!Anne Rice must hav got 1 hell of a kick back to allow this to be filmed,do yourself a favour just take the time an read the novels!

Very Disappointing

Having thoroughly enjoyed Interview With The Vampire, I was looking forward to watching this follow up. Whilst not totally terrible, this was hardly worth the effort that went into making it.