why do they unleash this movie upon u . it seem a though they set out to make this movie a total slap in theface to anne rice and every self respect vampire chronicle fan . it ignore the ground work lay down by interview with the vampire and mutilate the plot of the novel and have stuart townsend stumble around drunk . stuart be not our lestat . our brat prince and our adventurous rebel with the damndest sense of humor . stuart be a second rate and boring rip off of dracula in black leather . he do not read the book or know the character . be he illiterate . tom cruise be dyslexic and still he make a point to read the book and know and love lestat . don not kid yourselves and it be not a stand alone vampire flick it trash plain and simple .