Queen of the Damned (2002)

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

I've watched it disregarding anything related to the books, therefore, I wouldn't judge the movie by any fidelity with the novels (I've read The Vampire Lestat but not Queen of the Damned). Having said that, it is indeed a bad movie. Bad acting, horrible visual and sound effects. Gutural sounds when biting, no blood after feeding, blur and trails behind the vampires movements. Interview with the Vampire was able to show very elegant special effects but this movie is hard to watch. It isn't a good movie even if measured only by it's story or if you don't care about the books.

"Queen of the Damned" is a vampire movie that sort of have me divided into two camps. The first is that the movie is actually fun and entertaining enough, and it does have some nice aspects to it. The second is that "Queen of the Damned" is actually one of the corniest and most stereotypical of vampire movies out there.Now, I haven't read the book upon which this movie is based and sculpted, so how true the events and characters were to what Anne Rice constructed, I have no idea.The story in "Queen of the Damned" is about Lestat, a vampire coming out in the open and proclaiming himself a vampire to the world in conjunction with promoting his band. A ruse to call out the elder vampires."Queen of the Damned" is entertaining enough for what it turned out to be. Campy and cheesy, certainly, but there still was something entertaining to it. However, the storyline was bordering on being ridiculous and did have some gaping plot holes here and there. And there is a frightful similarity between the Lestat and Jesse characters and the Edward and Bella from "Twilight". And that sort of was just ridiculous.It is the atmosphere of the movie that works out for the best, because there is sort of a gloomy goth-like atmosphere to the movie."Queen of the Damned" feels like a fan service movie through and through. And the movie never shook that mantle, and it wasn't particularly promoting the enjoyment of the movie.Stuart Townsend (playing Lestat) was really carrying this movie, and this was definitely his movie in every aspect. And while Aaliyah certainly was great in the villainous role (playing Queen Akasha), then it was hard to take her serious when she was moving. Vincent Perez (playing Marius) was also adding a lot of flavor to the movie, despite having a minor role also.This is an entertaining enough movie, but hardly a vampire movie that stands out as being memorable.

That hurt. There is usually some redeeming qualities about a movie...here all you have is a great soundtrack. That is literally ALL there is positive to say about this.What the heck happened? "Queen of the Damned" read like a comic book, it was one of the few things Anne Rice has ever written too over-worked to be enjoyable.Compared to "Interview with the Vampire," it was an action packed romp. Compared to "Memnoch the Devil" it was Shakespeare...how the heck did they turn it into crap? They upped the vomit inducing cheese for starters. The introduction between Lestat and the band was, well, I really don't know how else to put it but "disgustingly fantastical" is the only thing I can think of.Wait...there is a better way to review this.I'm an audiophile among my many material fetishes. Audiophile, bibliophile, cinephile. As such I can be comfortable and enjoy metal as much as I can punk, rock, jazz, whatever.And I know more than a few PhD.'s that head bang along to System of a Down.This movie is NOT made for them.Instead it's the wet dream made for the people who listen to metal, think they are the toughest kung-fu ninjas on the planet, and breath through their mouths.You know the type, the people that think Metallica wrote "Turn the Page." This movie is made for them.For everyone else it's just a painful thing to watch.

When it comes down to movie titles - I certainly think that "Queen of the Dumbed" would have been a much more appropriate label for this double-dreary "seen-it-all-before" vampire movie.Poorly adapted to the screen from 2, interlaced "Anne Rice" vampire novels - This movie's "fanged-ones" were all nothing but a bunch of despicable trash. I mean, this story even featured a scrawny, effeminate blood-sucker named Lestat who (get this!) posed as a darling, little "Romeo" and a no-talent pop-music idol.And, believe me, this snivelling twinkie's stage presence, the songs that he sang, and the band who backed him up, all made me totally cringe with absolute revulsion like I never thought possible.All-in-all - This was yet another one of those boring, predictable, and easily-forgettable vampire movies that clearly tried to pass itself off as being so cool and hip - But, in reality, it was just pure vampire-asininity, on all counts..... And, with that - I now pronounce the vampire-movie genre officially dead.