Oh i agree about the books being sequels.... but what i mean is that the moods in the 2 movies are just UNBRIDGABLE... from a movie point of view, they should be seen as complete seperate movies.
I own the whole Vapire Chronicle collecction, been collecting them since i saw the movie Interview with the Vampire.... and yes... I like IWTV MUCH more than QOTD.... but when not viewed as a sequel... QOTD rises to a much higher quality than it would if you consider them a sequel.
Its recoded from 2 very different point of views. IWTV is nostalgic and mildly depressed (Louis), while QOTD is Compulsive, factual and i can almost call it ecstatic in its mad pace (Lestat), these 2 characters were like this in the books too... so i think that they captured the general disposition of the narators (Louis and Lestat) perfectly in the movies.
Your existence alone, is excuse enough for the creation of the entire universe… Il you my darling Jeanne-Dré