Stardust

[reapersaurus]

Saw it tonight.  One sentence review:

Stardust is the best (fairy tale subgenre) fantasy film ever made.

Of course, it doesn't have much competition (since I put Narnia and LotR into the "high fantasy" subgenre) but not since Dark Crystal has there been a fantasy film that so fully inhabited the world with a true-to-itself story and characters that

Comments

[toryadore]

I agree. It was honestly very well done, and I can say I loved it and want to see it again before it leaves the theater. The story moved in a cohesive circle, the end meeting with the beginning, completing a rather beautiful story line. Definitely more than I was expecting, and if I would have had high expectations for Stardust, it far exceeded those I could have had as well. A must see movie and a must see in the theater.

Definitely worth the Friday night opening trip to the theater. Great seats, good food after the movie at a new restaurant, and as always, the best company I could dream of. :)

[cmjenn]

Glad to hear this! Bethany came to me disappointed yesterday because the Bee critic gave it two stars. I told her not to listen to the critic - she can't tell you what to like and dislike! Anyway, we're going sometime this weekend, probably tomorrow.

I remember borrowing the book from you guys and reading it. I need to get my own. haha. :)

[reapersaurus]

I had been wanting to read the book, but didn't get around to it before seeing the movie. (Yeah yeah - I've had it for years but never read it. :D
I got it more for Charles Vess' art than for Neil Gaiman's writing.

What I found very interesting was that after about the 4th refreshing surprise in the movie story, where something happened that I hadn't expected, I was really glad that I hadn't read the book first - otherwise those many little wonders of the story would have been known to me, and I probably would have been comparing them to the book version instead of enjoying them on their own and the way they were unfolding in the film.

This is one of those few films where I think the best order is to watch the movie on it's own visual merits - then read the book to explore the story more thoroughly (I'm guessing).
By the end of the movie, I even got Kelly to admit that she wants to read the book - even though it's Neil Gaiman! LOL