I am posting my review of Stardust on this blog as well as my movie review blog cause I don't know how much you guys check it. :)

STARDUST (2007; PG13)

So let's see...when does my interest in this movie begin? Hmm...well, let's go back a year to Comicon 2006. As I spent one of my long days in the dreaded Hall H I was delighted to hear about a movie called Stardust that was based on a book by a Neil Gaiman. I had heard of Neil Gaiman from various people but had never read any of his books. He was at Comicon to talk about this movie which was the story of a star, a land of Faerie, pirates, witches...all fun stuff like that. It peaked my interest.

So I went right out and bought a copy of the book. It is rather short so I read it quickly and I absolutely loved it! I was hooked! I started reading some of Neil Gaiman's other books and quickly became a huge fan. I now even read his highly entertaining blog just about everyday! So I have been following the progress of the film quite a bit.

At this year's Comicon they did another panel for the movie showing clips from it which got me even more excited because it seemed to be rather similar to the book! So I was all ready to see it come August 10th.

Now - this movie has the problem that a lot of new and original movies have. The marketing department for Paramount Pictures, who is used to pumping out remakes and sequels, doesn't know anything about marketing a movie like this. Therefore I am pretty sure most of you haven't even heard of this movie except from me or one other media outlet maybe. So in the weeks coming up to the release as the excellent reviews were coming in, the filmmakers and Neil Gaiman himself were very worried about the film getting the amount of viewers it deserves. So I decided that I would support the opening weekend and bring as many friends as I could round up to see the movie on Friday night.

So - on to the movie. It was excellent! Totally great! I really think it is a movie that just about anyone that ever liked a fairytale would like. It is similar to the book in many ways but they did make several changes to make it fit better in a movie-format. Any misgivings I may have had about the casting were quickly resolved. Claire Danes was excellent as Yvaine, the star, and newcomer Charlie Cox was very charming as Tristran. Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert DeNiro were great in their respective roles and the rest of the supporting cast was great. Many reviewers have compared the movie to The Princess Bride and I would say that I agree but I think mostly they have done so because there isn't anything like it to compare it too. It is truly an original for mainstream film.

Anyway - bottom line is - you all need to see this movie. I guarantee that you will like it. So, please, go out and see it today so that more movies like this will be made. :)

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