"Queen of the Damned" is on TV right now. I saw it in the theaters when it came out. I thought it was a stupid movie back then, and still do. However, Stewart Townsend sure makes for one gorgeous Vampyre!!!
I loved Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles! And I agree about Tom Cruise... down right creepy in the part.Originally Posted by Trillcat
Best Vampire move ever, "Interview with a Vampire" though Tom Cruise is a quite disturbing Lestat, but that is kind of the point. Brad Pitt with the long hair, just pure eye candy! Antonio Banderas AND Brad pitt, oh my! The disturbing creepy homoerotic slightly pedifile move, gotta love it!
The book is better.
Did you see her melt town on Amazon.com? The original along with a whole bunch of really, really, really heated replies both between her and some of her "fans" have been deleted.Originally Posted by valanhb
I loved Anne Rice, but after Stan's death her whole life took a 180 degree turn and her writing did as well.
I think that's a bit judgmental when it was a bad script and ridiculous movie to begin with. She was only in 2 movies before her untimely death, and Romeo Must Die wasn't a hit either, but she worked it. She was extremely talented, in every aspect, and we will never know how much she had to offer since her life was stolen at such a young age.......Originally Posted by Natalie_ca
She had "ok" musical talent, but she sucked as an actress, especially in this movie. My date that night suggested that the only reason she got the part is because she happened to fit the costumeI didn't disagree.
I hadn't read that before. Doesn't surprise me at all. Actually, I had really been surprised she kept the Chronicles going as long as she did. You could tell in the writing that she was done with the vampire mythos, done with Lestat being the Brat Prince, done with the fans of her books, done with the whole thing. Of course I still bought and read every one.Originally Posted by Natalie_ca
Did you see her melt town on Amazon.com? The original along with a whole bunch of really, really, really heated replies both between her and some of her "fans" have been deleted.
Anne Rice Responds to Criticism of Blood Canticles
And here is her statement on her website stating that was in fact her who posted that:
http://www.annerice.com/msg092604a.htm
I felt completely insulted with her last couple of books because I felt the "fan bashing" that her character was doing, was in fact she herself.
I completely agree with you. In fact, I don't believe I've actually been able to sit through the entire movie - I've only seen it broken up because it's that bad.Originally Posted by Natalie_ca
I thought it was a stupid movie back then, and still do.
Oh no, I meant the soundtrack. OK, looking at the track listing I probably meant just a few of the tracks.Originally Posted by strange_wings
^Unless you meant the score, I'm going to have to disagree about the soundtrack. Being a collection of late 90s-early 2000's popular alt rock/nu-metal, it was as bad as the movie. There's a reason most of these bands only lasted a few years and are gone now, get gigs playing bars at best, or have switched genres. Manson is the only one that is still popular.At least Sony kept Davis from actually singing on it, he was suppose to sing for Lestat. I distinctly remember the book describing Lestat's voice as melodious, something Johnathan Davis's voice is not.
When "The Lord of the Rings" was being filmed and there was so much publicity and hype surrounding it, it was made known that Stewart Townsend had initially been the choice to play "Aragorn" and that a few days into filming he was let go and replaced with Viggo Mortensen.Originally Posted by esrgirl
Townsend pretty much makes this movie worth watching.. as does the guy who plays Marius... hot!
I agree! Way too old for the part!Originally Posted by valanhb
I could never see Rutger Hauer as Lestat.