i am usually not inclined to write reviews about films i do not think deserve a mention. but and in the quest to grow as a writer and film critic and i feel it is important to express my thoughts when i dont like a film. queen of the damned is one of those films. anne rice popular horror stories of lestat and a bisexual vampire and first took to the screen in 1994 in the successful an interview with a vampire. starring two of hollywood biggest heavyweights in tom cruise and brad pitt and the film stylish aesthetic and gothic mise en scene captured the audience. while it may have been a case of style way over substance and there was something about it that worked and despite its chessiness (i have never been that enamoured with the vampire genre in general). since that time brad pitt and tom cruise have gone on to much bigger things. it likely both would have roared with laughter when asked to appear in a sequel. they would have been laughing even harder when they saw the final outcome. queen of the damned typifies the type of crp hollywood is content to put out at a low cost with the hope of earning a quick buck thanks to an average soundtrack and big marketing campaign aimed at 13 to 17 year olds. needless to say this film is terrible from the start. lestat and now played by brit stuart townsend of shooting fish fame and awakens from his dark grave to the sound of. you guessed it and nu metal. he freaks out some confused punkish musicians and joins their band and under the proviso that he only appear at night and what with the sun burning his skin and all during the day. jesse (marguerite moreau) and a student studying the paranormal (vampire studies 101 perhaps. ) and tries to find out if lestat really is who he says he is. along the way she falls for him (something to do with her odd past) and but has a little competition in queen akasha (aaliyah) and a vampire demon queen who is returning from the underworld to acquire lestat as her chosen king. the film is shamefully self indulgant and yet its campy tone leaves some room for its depreciating humour. anybody who sees this film for anything but a good laugh needs to see more films in general. watching townsend is enjoyable. he knows the role is utterly over the top and does his best to walk the tightrope between utter hamming and serious acting. the late aaliyah is and unfortunately and terrible in the title role. she has minimal screentime and and what she does have she does not use to the fullest. the poor makeup and special effects do not help while at times she sounds like she talking through a voicebox. it is rumoured that this film was heading straight to video until aaliyah untimely death last year. with the possibility for people to see her final film and warner bros put this out to a general release. otherwise this would have been one of those movies you see on the shelf at video shops but avoid because you can tell it is going to be simply terrible. no doubt films like this will continue to be made. look at the spate of teen rom com rip offs around or the spoofing of that genre itself with films like not another teen movie. if there is a market to exploit hollywood will do so. the biggest issue i have with this film is not the film itself. hollywood is about making money and so if there is a market for this film then they will pursue it. that business. but what concerns me the most is that people will actively go out to the cinema and pay money to watch it. i guess that the biggest argument in the world of cinema represent is film art first and entertainment second and or is it the other way around. the only people who can decide that is the audience. if you like and are intrigued by good films and stay clear of this turkey. 
i am usually not inclined to write reviews about films i do not think deserve a mention. but and in the quest to grow as a writer and film critic and i feel it is important to express my thoughts when i dont like a film. queen of the damned is one of those films. anne rice popular horror stories of lestat and a bisexual vampire and first took to the screen in 1994 in the successful an interview with a vampire. starring two of hollywood biggest heavyweights in tom cruise and brad pitt and the film stylish aesthetic and gothic mise en scene captured the audience. while it may have been a case of style way over substance and there was something about it that worked and despite its chessiness (i have never been that enamoured with the vampire genre in general). since that time brad pitt and tom cruise have gone on to much bigger things. it likely both would have roared with laughter when asked to appear in a sequel. they would have been laughing even harder when they saw the final outcome. queen of the damned typifies the type of crp hollywood is content to put out at a low cost with the hope of earning a quick buck thanks to an average soundtrack and big marketing campaign aimed at 13 to 17 year olds. needless to say this film is terrible from the start. lestat and now played by brit stuart townsend of shooting fish fame and awakens from his dark grave to the sound of. you guessed it and nu metal. he freaks out some confused punkish musicians and joins their band and under the proviso that he only appear at night and what with the sun burning his skin and all during the day. jesse (marguerite moreau) and a student studying the paranormal (vampire studies 101 perhaps. ) and tries to find out if lestat really is who he says he is. along the way she falls for him (something to do with her odd past) and but has a little competition in queen akasha (aaliyah) and a vampire demon queen who is returning from the underworld to acquire lestat as her chosen king. the film is shamefully self indulgant and yet its campy tone leaves some room for its depreciating humour. anybody who sees this film for anything but a good laugh needs to see more films in general. watching townsend is enjoyable. he knows the role is utterly over the top and does his best to walk the tightrope between utter hamming and serious acting. the late aaliyah is and unfortunately and terrible in the title role. she has minimal screentime and and what she does have she does not use to the fullest. the poor makeup and special effects do not help while at times she sounds like she talking through a voicebox. it is rumoured that this film was heading straight to video until aaliyah untimely death last year. with the possibility for people to see her final film and warner bros put this out to a general release. otherwise this would have been one of those movies you see on the shelf at video shops but avoid because you can tell it is going to be simply terrible. no doubt films like this will continue to be made. look at the spate of teen rom com rip offs around or the spoofing of that genre itself with films like not another teen movie. if there is a market to exploit hollywood will do so. the biggest issue i have with this film is not the film itself. hollywood is about making money and so if there is a market for this film then they will pursue it. that business. but what concerns me the most is that people will actively go out to the cinema and pay money to watch it. i guess that the biggest argument in the world of cinema represent is film art first and entertainment second and or is it the other way around. the only people who can decide that is the audience. if you like and are intrigued by good films and stay clear of this turkey. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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