Title: Skip It -- Read the Books Instead!
Product review: The only reason this movie gets ONE star is because of the potential of Stuart Townsend and Aaliyah. If this movie had been done right; that is, as two movies -- the Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned -- then they would have been a hell of a lot better than this bastardized version of two great novels. The writers, producer and director have pulled a mish-mast of plots from both novels, changed complete story lines, and created a mess. Stuart Townsend,Aaliyha, and Marguerite Moreau were great choices for the characters of Lestat, Akasha, and Jesse, but the rest were pathetic. Vincent Perez was completely wrong as Marius, Lena Olin was over the top as Maharet -- and this time no twin sister, in addition the characters of Pandora, Armand, and Mael were completely underused and poorly acted. If you love the Vampire Chronicles, skip his movie and enjoy the books instead.
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