The festering scent of this movie still burns in my sinuses. Someone should stake the screen writer and the producers for releasing such a worthless, inept film upon this world. By the first hour I was wishing someone would put me out of what seemed to be the eternal misery cursed on me by the filmmakers.
As a writer myself, and a fan of Anne Rice; I expected much more. I at least hoped for an adaption even worthy of the other misguided Vampire flick based on her ever worthy series. Unfortunately I did not even get that. Instead we are presented with a rambling, pointless showcase of Jonathan davis's Music, which is not even up to par of his past forayes into the subject. We were given a descent performance by the late great Allyah who only had a total of 19 minutes screen time, that is unless you count the time she was a statue in the film. Even then her acting job was much better than the rest of the cast.
being a published writer in this genre, I believe i know a little about the subject. Therefor I must say it is most unfortunate such a excellent novel could be misconstrued to the point that the very essence of the story is lost in the process. I dread seeing what they can do to ruin the best book of the series "Minock THe Devil" in its rumored upcoming production, I suggest the movie company look into hiring the screenwriter used for the flm adaption of Red Violin, another of Anne Rices great books, and the director of The Kindred series, that was based on the game Vampire of The Masquerade. At least both of these were worth 7.50 admission and the 2hrs of your life you will never get back. Because unlike the protagonist in this film, we do not live forever and therefor our time has value.
My final review: Put a stake in it. it's done. Now bury it where it will never have to be endured by another unfortunate soul.
As a writer myself, and a fan of Anne Rice; I expected much more. I at least hoped for an adaption even worthy of the other misguided Vampire flick based on her ever worthy series. Unfortunately I did not even get that. Instead we are presented with a rambling, pointless showcase of Jonathan davis's Music, which is not even up to par of his past forayes into the subject. We were given a descent performance by the late great Allyah who only had a total of 19 minutes screen time, that is unless you count the time she was a statue in the film. Even then her acting job was much better than the rest of the cast.
being a published writer in this genre, I believe i know a little about the subject. Therefor I must say it is most unfortunate such a excellent novel could be misconstrued to the point that the very essence of the story is lost in the process. I dread seeing what they can do to ruin the best book of the series "Minock THe Devil" in its rumored upcoming production, I suggest the movie company look into hiring the screenwriter used for the flm adaption of Red Violin, another of Anne Rices great books, and the director of The Kindred series, that was based on the game Vampire of The Masquerade. At least both of these were worth 7.50 admission and the 2hrs of your life you will never get back. Because unlike the protagonist in this film, we do not live forever and therefor our time has value.
My final review: Put a stake in it. it's done. Now bury it where it will never have to be endured by another unfortunate soul.
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