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Okay… inspired by @i-want-my-iwtv – here are the four things that I like/love about the Queen of the Damned movie
1. Aaliyah as Akasha – this was my introduction to Aaliyah and it was a damn good introduction. Firstly, she looked stunning. That’s how I imagine Akasha would look like. And, despite the poor script, Aaliyah gave it her all and I really enjoyed her performance.
2. The score – I’m a sucker for a good music score, and QOTD is no exception. I love the violins (On the Beach sounds epic) and the overall theme, that’s included in Forsaken, sounds really cool.
3. The soundtrack – I freaking love this soundtrack! I love the artists’ versions that were on the official soundtrack but i also love Jonathan Davis’ versions that are heard in the movie (there was some problems behind the scenes that Davis couldn’t release his versions on the official soundtrack – something like that) Also it has the Deftones! Who are awesome!
4. The music video for Forsaken – it’s an homage to the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. What’s not to love about that? The sets, the lighting – it’s so freaking cool! And again, it’s a good song.
And there you go 🙂
RIGHT all of the above! And I forgot about #4! They get points for that, for sure ;D he looks p cute ‘n spoopy here:
When someone asks me what’s wrong with this movie I show them this gif of Jesse and Lestat
I’m really impressed that you can tell how bad the acting is without sound.
“Queen of the Damned” (2002) –
Queen Akasha(Aaliyah) and Lestat (Stuart Townsend)
“NO”
…or, That One Time Lestat Tried to Watch Queen of the Damned.
Have I told you how much I love you? Because that is my EXACT reaction to not!Lestat (yeah, I can’t call him by the actual character name…)
re: “Not!Lestat” #AGREES AGGRESSIVELY #TERMINOLOGY ACCEPTED.
Armand put the Macarena on Lestat’s chillax playlist. Again.
“NO”
…or, That One Time Lestat Tried to Watch Queen of the Damned.
I feel like QOTD would be that *in-universe* attempt to make a movie about Lestat by someone who didn’t know or care what he actually looked like, they just wanted to do one of those “based on a true story” type things. I could easily see Lestat watching it just to make fun of how inaccurate it is. “That guy looks NOTHING like me” “is this really what my music sounds like to mortals” “if they really wanted to make a movie about me they should’ve just asked me to write direct and act in it”
Do you mean movie!QOTD? The REAL Lestat was not consulted on that adaptation.
thanks for writing that dialogue FOR ME, @audacityinblack!
What do you think of Lestat from the Queen of the Damned movie?
I really dislike that movie as a whole, but I know many ppl enjoy it for what it is and/or find it nostalgic, so I try to keep my negative opinions about it to myself.
(by textsfromthevampire ^This meme actually works in reference to Lestat and Stuart Townsend AS Lestat.)
The long answer is:
I didn’t hate Townsend. I don’t like to throw hate on actors for their acting. I’d say ST did the best he could with what he was given. His failure as Lestat was a group effort (makeup, costume, script writer, dialogue coach, director, editor, sfx, etc. all had a hand in what we got on the screen) much as Cruise’s success was a group effort (wherein all those things previously mentioned came together so perfectly).
The actor is one part of the machine in creating that character. The failure or success of the character can ultimately be placed on the director since s/he’s the one who coordinates and makes all the aesthetic choices for the entire film.
But again, some ppl really enjoyed him as Lestat, maybe for the same reasons I /disliked/ his performance! Everyone has their own taste, ppl frequently disagree with the Academy Awards (why hasn’t Tom Cruise gotten one yet???!!), it’s all very subjective.
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