OK, heres the deal, I have the entire vampire chronicles memorized, including those that wasn't even written as of the release of this movie. And this movie is horrid. Interview with the Vampire, was despite having bad casting in many roles, a good representation of that book, the mood was right, the "look" was right..and the story was only moderately hacked leaving most of the story intact. Queen of the damned on the other hand, was strictly to get the Gen "X" crowd to see Allyiah in leather and silk, Stuart Townsend shirtless, and Jonathan Davis's original songs..The story was cut to the point it wasn't the same story. Lestat's maker is NOT Marius. Where's Mekare? (the real QUEEN of the damned) Where is Louis? Why wasn't more attention paid to Khayman, who had an important role in the story...Azim...Gabrielle ...Armand, Daniel (The interviewer from Interveiw with the Vampire) Why did the Queen die in that fashion, part of what makes the "real" ending cool, was the fact that as powerful as the Queen was, she is killed by simple, common, mortal beheading, done as a human would do it with a large sharp pane of glass..Why did it not show the Queen Killing innocent men everywhere she went, as that was her whole purpose for waking, not Lestats music. There was no mention of how Vampires came to be, which is really the true point of the entire Queen of the Damned story. I know they couldn't leave everything in with film time constraints, but they cut out most of the important characters, and almost all of the relevant story. It's pretty, the music is decent. but its not the same story. Anne Rice was on set during IWTV. and it showed, Warner Bros. refused to allow Anne Rice any rights or say on this film, and wouldn't even allow her to come to the sets, again. It showed. The casting was bad again. Lets clear this up. Lestat is about 6 foot tall, 175lb-ish, medium length blonde hair, eves that range from blue to Gray. Not 5'6" with brown hair, and brown eyes, or 6'0" with brown hair and brown eyes. Armand is not a 40 year old Latin guy, he's about 14 human years old in appearance and is Russian, has long CURLY auburn hair and is small, and looks "boy like" Sorry Antonio..he's not you. Marius also has long curly hair and is roman/Anglo Saxon. Allyiah looked great, and considering she did a great job, but as an African-American, she doesn't look Egyptian... overall I feel like I just watched a pre-packaged, music video, not one of my favorite stories of all time. Thanks Warner Bros. jerks.
Review of Queen of the Damned
