Does anyone else hate Queen of the Damned

Jetame · Apr 22, 2009

I remember when I was a lad I wanted to see it dearly when it came out in theaters of around December 2001 or whenever it was released. Of course I ended up waiting a year until it came on HBO to see it. It sucked, I read some of the book which was pretty good and then forgot about it. Now for some reason all of my friends praise this horrible peice of film as one of the best things in theaters ever. Does anyone else besides Maddox agree with me that this move sucks?

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LaurieD · Apr 22, 2009

Anne Rice's Queen of the Damned? Loved the book, hated the movie. I had such visuals from reading the book and was so disappointed with the movie

dgrintalis · Apr 22, 2009

Yes, the movie sucked. Despite the dark hair, Stuart Townsend did a good job portraying Lestat. If only it had been a better movie...

Romantic Heretic · Apr 24, 2009

Yeah. The movie blew.

Don't care much for Rice's vampires anyway. They seemed a bit too inhuman to me, distant from the world, like Greek Gods.

scarletpeaches · Apr 24, 2009

Stuart Townsend takes his shirt off. What's not to like?

sunna · Apr 24, 2009

scarletpeaches said:
Stuart Townsend takes his shirt off. What's not to like?

Hmm. I never watched it, but I may have to now.

Kathleen42 · Apr 24, 2009

Of the four Vampire Chronicle books I read, it was my least favourite.

I eventually rented the movie because it stars Paul McGann. His voice was the only decent thing in it.

I did, however, find it a compelling argument as to why translating Lestat directly as written would have ruined Interview.

James81 · Apr 24, 2009

I hated it. Then again, I'm not much for Vampires. They are way overdone, overtired, and just boring.

robeiae · Apr 24, 2009

Of course they're overtired, James. They're up all night...

James81 · Apr 24, 2009

robeiae said:
Of course they're overtired, James. They're up all night...

Heh, yeah. But you'd think after that first cup of blood in the morning, they'd be alright.

caitysdad · Apr 28, 2009

a very uneven movie from a great book. Stuart Townsend nailed playing Lestat, but some the decisions the producers or the studio made? Oh, boy. Read the book.

And I read that Tom Cruise had UA pick up the rights for "Tale of the Body Thief." That could either be very good or very bad. Most important would be the casting of Raglan James.

Zoombie · Apr 28, 2009

I was furious when I saw this thread from outside of the forum. Cuase it was cut down to "Does anyone else hate Queen"

And I was like, "WHAT!? HOW CAN YOU HATE QUEEN! YOU BASTARDS, FREDDIE MERCURY IS GONNA COME BACK TO LIFE TO SLAP A- oh wait, Queen of the Damned! Ah, right, nevermind."

Yeah, the movie sucked.

Diana Hignutt · Apr 29, 2009

No, I don't hate Queen of the Damned, in fact I purchased a DVd of it just last week. I'm a big Rice fan. Of course, the movie couldn't live up to the books (it was actually based on both The Vampire Lestat and QoD). And, I agree that the producers made some bad choices. But, do remember that Allayah died in the middle of making it, so that hurt the production. Stuart Townsend was a very good Lestat. But, the music for that movie rocks.

E. Arroway · Apr 29, 2009

Stuart Townsend in all his decadent, rock-and-roll vampire glory is pretty much enough reason for me to own a copy.

scarletpeaches · Apr 29, 2009

E. Arroway said:
Stuart Townsend in all his decadent, rock-and-roll vampire glory is pretty much enough reason for me to own a copy.

Word.

Adam · Apr 29, 2009

I thought the film was appalling, despite the hawtnesses of Alliyah (a black woman, playing a character known for her marble like alabaster skin...) and Stuart Townsend.

Jcomp · Apr 29, 2009

James81 said:
Heh, yeah. But you'd think after that first cup of blood in the morning, they'd be alright.

Depends on whether or not they're feeding on somebody who just left a Starbucks...

KTC · Apr 29, 2009

I was unimpressed by the movie. I thought Stuart made an okay Lestat though. Cruise blew monkey chunks as Lestat. Everybody praised it so much...it was just the anti-Lestat. He blew. My favourite chronicles book was The Vampire, Lestat. It'd be interesting to see that one turned to film.

ElsaM · Apr 29, 2009

I remember when they were filming it. Never before had I seen so many goths in the one place.

Does anyone else hate Queen of the Damned

Jetame

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dgrintalis

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Romantic Heretic

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scarletpeaches

sunna

Kathleen42

crushing on fictional characters

James81

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robeiae

Touch and go

James81

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caitysdad

Zoombie

Dragon of the Multiverse

Diana Hignutt

Very Tired

E. Arroway

scarletpeaches

Adam

Not dead.

Jcomp

KTC

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ElsaM

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