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The History Connection - Queen of the Damned (Widescreen Edition)
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List Price: $14.96
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Aaliyah, Stuart Townsend, Marguerite Moreau, Vincent Perez, Paul McGann
Directed By: Michael Rymer
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790771946
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 0790771942
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-06-01
Running Time: 101
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2002-02-22
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Summary: amazing!
Comment: This has to be one of my favorite movies ever. The stunts, the action, the characters, and especially the music was AMAZING. You never know what's going to happen in this movie. Every detail was perfect to me. Best vampire movie hands down.
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Summary: Queen of the damned review
Comment: Not a very good film I deem
Maybe its hard for me. I picked up the book of the Queen of the Damned day it came out at Bookends, after reserving a copy
It was a good book. Not as solid as Lestat, but a solid book, with enjoyable bits: of Armand being confounded by a telephone and an interesting story concerning some twins
But this.. this is a mess. Firstly, the Queen of the Damned is the THIRD book in the series, after the Vampire Lestat, which is probably the best of the Anne Rice books in whats become known as the Vampire Chronicles
So Interview with the Vampire, skipping to The Queen of the Damned (filmwise)?
Now, the Queen of the Damned (the book) is all over the place, you've got several points of view, from Baby Janks to Jessica to the Vampire Armand
So it was always gonna be difficult getting it translated to film. The Vampire Lestat (book 2) is a more straight forward tale, an adventure story starting in Paris about Lestat and his best friend Nicki (who Anne Rice did not like, but allowed Lestat to love).
And it all goes downhill from there! (Lestat has a terrible time in Paris and has to abandon it to the Theatre of Vampires, which is encountered by Louis in the 1st book & movie (Interview with the Vampire)
So thats where we are - you've got Louis' point of view in Interview (Khayman's humorous surmise of it: "Behold the void"). Then Lestat comes along and his book (autobiography: TVL) is very much a reaction to Louis's tale (Khayman on The Vampire Lestat: "This. And this. And this. And it means nothing")
Then Queen of the Damned, dealing with the fall out from Lestats concert (waking the Mother, the twins story, and a resolve of the situation, for good and evil)
So what do you get in the movie? Well, nothing really. Marius is kept from The Vampire Lestat, but hes younger, and theres not the intimacy between the two men in the book, where Marius saves the younger mans life because he recognizes so much of Lestat in himself and the timing of his transformation (they both were born to the blood at the cusp of a new age). Here you really don't get too much of an idea of makes the two tick.
You've got Lestat being a rock god, playing with Satans Night Out in San Francisco (nice touch to have him on the cover of Mojo magazine - that bit I DID like) - that bit was kept (the concert happens in books 2&3, and many characters go to it to find out whats what)
But no Louis? no Gabrielle? Well, okay, I guess if this is The Queen of the Damned and you're gonna leave a bit out of the 2nd book, fine, but Louis & Gabrielle were pretty close to Lestat and helped you understand him
And no Nicki too? which destroyed Lestat with his fate and sent him into the ground (to be revived by Marius, who then took him to Those Who Must Be Kept)
I just don't get why Anne Rice didn't speak up and denounce this rubbish. I mean, I'm prejudiced, I really like the books.
But this isn't really true to the books! I can get leaving Louis, Gabrielle. But no Armand? (no Armand?! WTF?! his relationship is crucial to Lestat, who even seeks him out later for help in TVL!)
Theres not much on show here. You've got some vampires flying around at the concert, and GOD it just looks stupid! You've got the Queen of the Damned, but theres no depth there (no background on what makes her tick)
And Jessica puts herself in harms way.. uh why? In the book she was never so foolish as to confront certain death; she did go to the concert against advice, but not deliberately into a dangerous situation
Just a mess. Please: just read the book! The movie really doesn't add much to the ouevre and should be shunned like the plague. An appalling film.
After this there were to be no other films featuring Lestat. Interview was a great film (it changed the book here and there - it was Louis's wife who had died, not his brother) but it got the essence of the book right (Louis telling off Armand on the end, noting his emptiness).
The only thing this film has to do with the book is maybe it keeps a couple of the names from it!
And its even rated lower than the Star Wars Holiday Special at Rotten Tomatoes.. Yikes!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Gift
Comment: Not my favorite film, but still a good one. I bought it as a gift to my sister. She loved it and watches it often, so it was a great purchase.
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Summary: Excellent DVD!
Comment: I love Queen of the Damned! The DVD arrived just as stated! If possible, I'd like to order from this person again!
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Summary: 3 stars for the film itself; 5 stars for the DVD; an average of 4
Comment: Here's my viewpoint, QOTD as a movie isn't really the best movie I've ever seen. It has its moments, especially the scene between Akasha and Lestat in the pool with rose petals with the song "Change" playing. That's the scene that got me into the movie. I admit, there are some parts I get bored during. But there are scenes that I absoloutely love. The movie is entertaining though, as well as sexy. And Aaliyah is also in this movie, showing if she was not taken from us at such a young age, she had so much to offer us. Stewart Townsend makes a sexy vampire, though I was actually dissappointed that he doesn't look like he does in the film.
Now, the special features on the DVD are great. I love the music videos. I watch those a lot. And the extended concert footage is really good. I've seen the movie 3 times before buying the DVD. I've now owned the DVD for a month and really have yet to watch the movie. I watch the videos. The songs are great. (And I do admit to having a thing for the bassist in the band, which is a big plus when it comes to my love of the videos). The special features are worth it for me. That's the main reason I bought the DVD too.
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Editorial Reviews:
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It's her time. Her place. The wickedly regal Mother of All Vampires is ready again to rule! Aaliyah plays the title role in this stylish shocker based on Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles. Stuart Townsend portrays Lestat, the undead antihero previously seen in the movie version of Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire. This time, Lestat finds acceptance in a tattooed and pierced world. He's a rock star. And his intoxicating Goth-riffed sound rekindles the desires of all-powerful Akasha.
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