Since I have been watching a number of "Vampire Queen" like movies lately this seemed appropriate.
Again, while I don't like the movie as part of the larger Anne Rice Universe, the movie is kind of fun. I think the tried too hard to take two books "The Vampire Lestat" and "Queen of the Damned" and make them into one movie.
Though to be fair, there is lot in both books that could have been cut or least edited down to size.
It is interesting though that I can recall exactly where I was when had heard that Aaliyah had been killed. I had never really given her a second thought prior to that. Watching her performance here again some 12 years after her death I am struck that how she physically embodied Akasha. I can't tell if she would have been a good actress or not, it is just a shame we never got to find out.
Stuart Townsend makes for a decent enough Lestat. Or at least the heterosexual Lestat. Tom Cruise probably did Gay Lestat better.
I have tried to stat up an Akasha like figure in many games before, but I usually end up disappointed in the results. In this movie and the book she really is less of a character and more of a plot device. Maharet (and Mekare, who is not even in the movie) are easier to do since they have more developed characters.
This is a re-watch. I reviewed this one back in 2010.
Tally so far: 33 Total Watched / 21 New
What do you find scary?
October Horror Movie Challenge hosted by Krell Laboratories.
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