People who commit monstrous crimes are not necessarily monsters. If they were, things would be easy. But they aren’t and it is one of the experiences of life.

Bernhard Schlink (via devilsfool)

“People
don’t do things to be evil, they do things because
they think they’re right, and they think what they’re doing is right and it
just so happens that it can be evil to others.”

Source: larmoyante

I love the – “don’t fucking cry” meme. Haha

March 12, 2015 iwantmyiwtv Leave a comment

ikr?? Thank u! Just look at his face! that little twinkle of expectant hope in his eye! ;A;

So many thoughts on this one TEENSY ACTING MOMENT… feels like so much is conveyed in like 4 seconds. Mostly it’s someone who loves too much but can’t be open with the object of his affection, he’s holding back these secrets that ~~even if he were allowed to tell him (which he is not bc Marius threatened such intense retribution)~~ would probably end up driving Louis away, if not crazy.

The “Don’t Fucking Cry” sentiment is smtg I got from Tony Stark, though. liquorandptsdvarietyshow is the one who enlightened me on the striking comparison that can be made of Lestat and Tony, and even Tony/Steve and Lestat/Louis. Not going to go into a lot of detail here on that. Maybe another time.

I definitely think Lestat would understand the whole “Stark men are made of Iron, and don’t show weakness, GRRRR” thing. He doesn’t particularly identify it as a de Lioncourt men trait, but he is a consummate actor, and he has built a beautiful shell to protect himself from the onslaught of shit happening ~~some of which he brings on himself, of course, in the pursuit of doing good~~.

Deep down they both want to be loved and give love in return, and they struggle to make and maintain those connections while still wearing a suit, whether it’s made of iron or emotional barriers ;A;

I just saw your post about Gaspard Ulliel being Lestat, I just wanted to say he would be awesome as lestat! I saw him recommended before on YouTube or something but yes he’s a good choice. (Sorry if this seems a little pointless I was just excited)

February 15, 2015 iwantmyiwtv Leave a comment

I think Tom should be consulted on his opinion, and then when they do cast a Lestat, Tom should train him personally.

Yep, the director alludes to it in the commentary; and then there’s an interview I read with her about the film; she said that she publicly refused to be attached to it when she heard the casting, but then saw the test reel and redacted everything she said. But she still thought the ending was, I forget her exact words, something along the lines of “a pulp horror ending” or something like that.

January 23, 2015 iwantmyiwtv Leave a comment

I don’t remember anything about how she felt about movie!IWTV’s ending, but yeah, there was a whole thing about the Cruise casting, and she certainly changed her tune.

AR’s actual words re: Tom here: http://www.angelfire.com/ri/cerat/AnneOnTom.html

She went from:

“The Tom Criuse casting is just so bizarre, it’s almost impossible to imagine how it’s going to work, and it’s really almost impossible to imagine how Neil, David and Tom could have come up with it. I have one question: Does Tom Criuse have any idea of what he’s getting into? I’m not sure he does. I’m not sure he’s read any of the books other than the first one, and his comments on TV that he wanted to do something scary and he loved “creature features” as a kid, well, that didn’t make me feel any better. I do think Tom Cruise is a fine actor. [But] you have to know what you can do and what you can’t do.“
– an interview with Martha Frankel, published in Movieline (Jan/Feb 1994)

To:

“ON TOM CRUISE: From the moment he appeared Tom was Lestat for me. He has the immense physical and moral presence; he was defiant and yet never without conscience; he was beautiful beyond description yet compelled to do cruel things. The sheer beauty of Tom was dazzling, but the polish of his acting, his flawless plunge into the Lestat persona, his ability to speak rather boldly poetic lines, and speak them with seeming ease and conviction were exhilarating and uplifting. The guy is great.

You’ve been in the fandom longer than I have, so can you answer something I’ve always wondered? Did the Lestat fans go nuts when Rock of Ages came out (the movie)? Since its pretty much rock star lestat….

January 20, 2015 iwantmyiwtv Leave a comment

Exhibit A:

^Basically rock star Lestat.

Exhibit B:

More gifs/pics from RoA that I consider Lestatuesque.

As for the fandom reaction, tbh I’ve been a fan ever since the dark ages ~~of speculative fic on geocities websites oh gawd i am old I survived the War on Fanfic from the 90’s..~~. but I didn’t actually find the fandom as it exists now until after this movie came out (2012)!

At the time, I myself was excited along with a few RL friends who were my entire VC fandom at that time. We were pleased as punch.

I’ll speculate that the fandom ppl that loved Cruise’s Lestat (like meeee) were very psyched for RoA. Even now, I consider Cruise’s Jaxx to be an older, mortal, brunet, tattooed Lestat. That’s alot of AU there, but still.

In RoA, his character is similar to Lestat: that whole macho shell with a tender, bruised inside that just wants to be loved for who he really is. At the end of RoA, Jaxx ends up with someone who loves him for HIM, rather than the groupies who love his stage persona or want to bang him for his sexual prowess, or his money, or whatever. Same thing with Lestat. So many people want to fuck him, but very few put in the effort, or gain his trust enough to get to know who he really is inside.

Video

January 15, 2015 iwantmyiwtv Leave a comment

Tom Cruise says Lestat was a fun character (at 0:12)

Tom Cruise was the best Lestat. Townsend was a try hard.

January 3, 2015 iwantmyiwtv Leave a comment

In short: YES.

Exhibit A:

Exhibit B:

[textsfromthevampire]

However, Townsend’s fail is not all his fault. He was doing what the director told him to do, he was made up the way the director wanted, and he was working from a terrible script. Unfortunately it was a trainwreck of a movie.

IWTV had Anne Rice on the script, working closely with the director to keep her vision as close to the book as possible.

Also, Tom Cruise did his homework. He read IWTV, TVL, (and presumably QOTD and TOBT bc at one point he was trying to star in and get TOBT made). He’s been at this longer, he’s a more practiced actor, he just *got* Lestat better.

DESPITE all those ppl who still complain that he was too short, bc honestly, to judge an actor by his height, something entirely outside of his control (he did wear boots w/ some vertical assistance) is so narrow-minded ~~and other related complaints so don’t even get me started.~~

I don’t know what the deal was with QOTD, but they clearly didn’t care for canon. That was the real source of its failure, not just it’s terrible Lestat.