Stardust (2007)

Has anyone seen it yet?

Neil Gaiman is one of my favourite writers, having written such greats as Neverwhere, American Gods, Anansi Boys and lot's of short stories. He wrote the Sandman comics as well. So now they made a movie out of Stardust (which just arrived at my place in bookform) and I'd like to know if the movie's any good The cast is quite good (Robert de Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer) and since it's written by Neil Gaiman, I'm not afraid the story will suck

So, again, has anyone seen it already?

Yep I've seen it!

Did you like it?

I can't remember that much of it because I was drunk while watching it! But I know I liked it

Special effects are stunning! And Michelle Pfeiffer kicks ass!

Allright!

I have to wait for another week before I can watch it, want to read the book first and I'm not yet finished reading the book I'm reading at the moment...And I have to work through the weekend...And I have to watch some films as well

But it's nice to know that it doesn't suck

Hahaha!

What book are you reading?

George's Secret Key to the Universe, by Lucy and Stephen Hawking...It's a children's book about space Really funny and it's very educational (not the space part, I know all that already, but I'm reading this because I want to see what level of English is proper for children from 7 to 11 )

Wow sounds interesting! I'll put that on my booklist!

Seen it and loved it

Okay...Just read the book today, I'm going to wait a little while before watching the film, because I'm still too much in love with the book

I know the feeling!

You should really read the book then

and you, kind sir, should be asleep at that time

Eeerrr...

Yeah I know...

So what?

I will!

Ok, saw it yesterday
The special effect are indeed very good that I liked
But there are also some things I didn't like
The characters are a bit simple, cliches and too cheesy. They dont have much charisma and I didn't really get attached to any of them...
There are some good ideas but not pushed further which makes the whole thing a bit flat in my opinion
Somehow it is lacking something, not sure exactly what but a bit desapointing...
And I didn't read the book....
Would give it a

Hm...

I'll wait some more before watching it then

Allright...I finally watched it yesterday...

The movie in itself is very entertaining, though a quite shallow (especially when you've read the book). It's a shame they didn't use the idea of the market on the other side of the wall properly, it would've made some things easier to understand. The death of the witch in a kind of final battle is something I really didn't like, in the book this happens in a very different way, which would make the story a LOT clearer as well...In the end, I think I'd have liked the movie more if the accent had been more on the magical, fairytale side and less on the "let's make an actionpacked fantasy movie" side.

The acting is OK, not very bad, but no really well done stuff either. Captain Shakespeare was great though
The soundtrack is what people have come to expect from a movie marketed as Fantasy, orchestral soundtrack stuff that is, it sounds good though and fits the movie like a glove.

The special effects are indeed nicely done, they really blend into the movie (most of the time )

All in all, keeping in mind that I should review this film as a movie on its own, not as an adaptation of the book, I rank this movie 7.2/10

It's a nice movie to watch, but not too special...

If you're looking for a great, magical, book to read, read Stardust by Neil Gaiman!