The Best Vampire Movie out there!

Rating: 10/10 (23 February 2003)

i must say, when i was preparing to watch it, i thought ok this is probabley gonna be your typical Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt pretty boy movie. Usually i find Tom Cruise's acting ability to be corney and non-emotional, Brad Pitt's movies typically kinda funny and not so original. But i was quite mistaken after watching this epic tale of the torturing soul and coniving vampires. I don't know if it was because the make-up artists did a good job making Cruise blonde and pale. But through out the movie i actually forgot it was him. He was brilliant as the Vampire Lestat with the evil laugh and crude antics. Brad Pitt brought to life the torturing soul of my favourite character Louis. i was very pessimistic about him as i really didn't want to see a actor portray what i had thought of Louis in the novels, especially a well known pretty boy. But again i was wrong. The chemistry between them was of brothers the fighting, and caring at times. Lestat as the older brother teaching his young vampire Louis. They bond together to parent the young Kirsten Dunst character Claudia,when you think about how young she was at the time she did a awesome performance. It is very unfortunate that Tom Cruise refuses to reprise a role, especially because both actors haven't done a good drama since. That did well because of a good script and not because of media hype.