Stardust (Spoilers)

[cattoy]

I enjoyed it!

BONUS: One of my local DM's favorite actors is Robert DeNiro and all I have to do to make him totally lose it is to start humming the cancan theme... ^_^

 

[Prince Atom]

My wife and I went to see it recently. Our opinion was that DeNiro stole the show.

My family went to see it for my parents' 35th anniversary. They were raving about it all that weekend.

That swordfight between Tristan and Septimus had to be physically hard for Septimus.

It was full of tropes, and they played around with them. Tristan tries to drop the chandelier on Septimus, and has trouble getting the right one ....

I'm sorry it won't be as successful over the short term as the Simpsons or Transformers, but I hope it will have a longer life as a classic.

TWK
I was feeling so good, man ... And then they go and announce 4th Edition.

 

[Mistwell]

My wife and I just saw it, and loved it. I would rank it below Once, and above Harry Potter. Which is pretty good company for this summer's share of movies.

By the way, in two weeks it's made $32,708,871, which is close to half the cost of making the movie. Seems to be doing fine. Not a box office smash or anything, but fine overall.

 

[yangnome]

Just got back from seeing it and I absolutely loved it. I wasn't sure if it would live up to the Pricess Bride comparisons I've seen, but upon viewing I think it did--I guess time will tell whether it has that classic quality or not though.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

The only recent fantasy movie that I have liked better was Pan's Labyrinth. Pan's Labyrinth was incredible. Stardust was 'only' very, very good. Best movie of the summer by far.

The Auld Grump

 

[Tetsubo]

I've come to the conclusion that I found DeNiro's character offensive. Why can't a gay man be masculine? Or a fierce Capt.? Why did he have to be a cross-dressing sissy? With a lisp no less... It's so nice to see that we are planted so firmly in the 1950's...

 

[Hand of Evil]

excellent movie and worth seeing.

 

[Klaus]

I've come to the conclusion that I found DeNiro's character offensive. Why can't a gay man be masculine? Or a fierce Capt.? Why did he have to be a cross-dressing sissy? With a lisp no less... It's so nice to see that we are planted so firmly in the 1950's...

The difference between the captain in the book and DeNiro's character (from what I read... the movie hasn't opened here yet) is one of my major disappointments in the movie (alongside the Lion & the Unicorn, the Witch-Queen's and Septimus' ultimate fate and the true giver of the candle).

 

[Wrahn]

I don't get the Princess Bride comparison. I liked the Princess Bride, but it was a comedy with fantasy elements in it. Far, far, far sillier than Stardust.

Stardust was a fantasy with comedic elements (along with action, romance and several others) that apart from a slightly long beginning I enjoyed a lot more than I did the Princess Bride. (I have a dislike for the Princess Bride's brand of humor, that I liked the movie is a testament to it's makers).

It is a shame Stardust is doing so poorly in the box office. I blame marketing since I barely even knew it existed before it came out, and then only went to see it on a lark.

 

[Fast Learner]

I agree about the comparisons to Princess Bride: I just don't see it. Both fantasy, though Stardust is a lot more fairytale-like. Otherwise, though, they don't strike any of the same chords.

Princess Bride is hilarious throughout, and is incredibly quotable. What were the quotable lines in Stardust? How often was it hilarious? Even the romance was better in Princess Bride, and it had much less.

I enjoyed Stardust, but for what it was, a very different film than Princess Bride.