Drink from You and Live Forever? No, I'm Okay!

Rating: 4/10 (5 September 2012)

*** SPOILERS *** I am reviewing this movie given you have seen it, or don't care to know all of what happens in it.
Tera-gallons of blood = nothing. Brad Pitt's Louis shows up at Christian Slater's apartment to tell him all about his life as a vampire. But, after all of it is over, neither Slater nor we know why we have sat through the interview or the movie, for that matter.
I am guessing that Anne Rice's novels are mostly circle-jerks like this one. A full story of vampires, killings, grousing about being vampires, etc., with no reason for it.
After the initial gory proceedings calm down a little, you begin to think that this could end up being an entertaining story about a family, even though a very macabre one. But, about three-quarters of the way through, that is stopped, and it becomes just a lot of revenge and killing. You end up feeling more tortured about going through it than Louis does.
Then, the final scene is just a standard "shock" ending, like in a "Friday the 13th" movie.
I really only sat through it because it seems fairly well regarded, and I have kind of run out of movies to watch. This one I could have passed on.
**** (4 out of 10 Stars)