Cinema tonight

[karohemd]

On the spur of the moment, I decided to go to the cinema tonight when I was at the Grafton Centre. Blade 2 is on too early and late, so I'm going for Queen of the Damned at 7:10. Anyone who would like to join me is more than welcome, I'll be at the drinks/snacks counter from about 6:45 or so.
If it's as good an adaptation as Interview, it should be good. Question is only why they didn't do The Vampire Lestat first, the second in the Vampire Chronicles.

Comments

[sesquipedality.livejournal.com]

I went yesterday. It's OK.

I think it's a combination of books 2 and 3, which is why it doesn't make an awful lot of sense in places.

Lestat seems to have transformed into Brandon Lee from the Crow, which is, I think, not a patch on Tom Cruise's performance, and loses a lot of character depth.

Definitely a film for goths to go see though. It's very into glorifying that particular subculture.

Not Brandon Lee

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

more the "actor" from the atrocious second Crow film.

Brandon Lee was cool but is sadly very dead.

I don't think they could have found a worse actor for Lestat, except Keanu Reeves, maybe.

Re: Not Brandon Lee

[sesquipedality.livejournal.com]

I thought he had an interesting face, and nice stage presence, but he was playing some sad goth twat, rather than Lestat.

Brandon Lee from the Crow was just who he reminded me of in looks. I think because the film makers were consciously going for that look. Haven't seen the Crow II and don't intend to.

Julian Clary as Lestat would have been worse.

[uknc.livejournal.com]

Queen of teh damned the movie is a mixture of Vampire LeStat and Queen of teh Damned the books, and is the better title of the two I'm sure you agree.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Yep, QotD was the only other Chronicle book I enjoyed after Interview, it starts getting really weird and pretentious with Tale of the Body Thief. I still have Memnoch the Devil unread at home because I've heard so many bad things about it...

[uknc.livejournal.com]

I once read Memnoch the Devil and I want the time I spent doing so back, as well as the brain space that acknowledges information about that book removed.

[jonnyargles.livejournal.com]

To be picky, 6 hours notice isn't really 'spur of the moment'

[crocodilewings.livejournal.com]

It is if you live life thirty times slower than the rest of the human populace...

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

I decided in about 10 seconds if I wanted to go tonight or not...

damn automobiles

[raggedyman.livejournal.com]

I decided to go to work by car today so there is noway in heck i can make it to the cinema by 7:15 (i finish at 7). Guess I'll just have to go some other time