Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Paul Magne Haakonsen "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.

Prismark10 Whereas Neil Jordan's Interview with a Vampire was baroque, overlong and filled with 'A' listers or potential 'A' listers.Queen of the Damned on the other hand contains 'B' listers or those who never even reached those heady heights. It is a Goth Rock horror film. Vampire Lestat (Stuart Townsend) awakes from a long nap into a changed world and becomes a rock star as we enter the world of Goth clubs where he constantly gets attacked by other vampires.A paranormal librarian investigates this new rock singer believing him to be a vampire and an ancient Egyptian queen comes back to life, awaken by Lestat's music.The film is just poorly plotted and uninteresting. It lacks the budget and imagination Jordan brought to the first film and it really is sloppy seconds without any of the camp.

jessegehrig Cheesy. Like a hot pizza. I love pizza. This was the high tide mark for the goth scene. A lot of leather pants and clunky boots. Are vampires supposed to come off as lame-asses? No, I do enjoy this movie but not because it was done well. Queen Of The Damned was done badly, very badly, but that's why I like it. It is more entertaining than Interview With A Vampire, which is a noteworthy achievement, I mean I guess. Its just so goth, but such a wormy high glam version of goth, it boggles the mind. The soundtrack is hideous, terrible terrible music, all of the songs sound the same but are done by different bands. Believe it or not this was based on a book.

Emerald Fisher (ryokugyoku) Here is the thing about this movie. They get so much from the book wrong that you can't, and shouldn't, compare them. It isn't even on the same level as Interview with a Vampire and, again, should not be compared to it. If you want to watch and enjoy this film then you must take it as is. On its own. Or you will be angry, unsatisfied, sad, and lost. It is a beautiful film as just a film but as a film adaptation of a book it is the spawn of crap and the cousin of vomit. But again it is a great movie for itself and by itself. The actors did well for the script and description They were given and I honestly hope that in the future they will attempt to redo the vampire chronicles in film media again. But until then we have this to sedate our need to see the sexy brat prince.