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Rumor · Aug 10, 2007, 04:56 PM

I haven't heard a peep about this until today. It looks pretty cool and has had good reviews so far.

Stardust - Official Movie Site

stardust - Google News

Trailer.

KeriVit · Aug 10, 2007, 05:24 PM

Looks good, you're right. I like the cast too.

Rumor · Aug 10, 2007, 05:28 PM

Had you heard anything about it previously?

I don't have television at home and this didn't cause enough stir on the tubes to get my attention.

KeriVit · Aug 10, 2007, 05:56 PM

Not a word until you posted- all I hear about is "Superbad" these days.

andi*pandi · Aug 11, 2007, 09:56 AM

The trailer looks great.

Kevin · Aug 11, 2007, 10:07 AM

Def gonna go see that one.

Cold Warrior · Aug 11, 2007, 10:11 AM

Yeah, it looks good.
I hope it's better than Sunshine. I saw that last night and it was worthless.

reader50 · Aug 11, 2007, 10:58 AM

Apple has had the same trailer posted since four months ago.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/stardust/hd/

Chuckit · Aug 11, 2007, 12:35 PM

It's based on a novel* by the popular comic book author Neil Gaiman. I've heard good things about the novel from my friends, so hopefully the movie lives up to it.

*That's an actual novel, by the way, not this "graphic novel" hoo-hah.

andi*pandi · Aug 11, 2007, 01:50 PM

then no wonder I like it. I wonder if I've read it before...

Chuckit · Aug 11, 2007, 02:03 PM

I always want to see movies before I read the novels, because I know otherwise I'll hate the movie for completely stupid reasons.

keekeeree · Aug 11, 2007, 08:42 PM

Saw the movie this afternoon. At the complex we went to, they were selling out Rush Hour 3 on four screens. There were about 30 of us in the one screen this movie was on.

This is the movie people should be lining up to see and have it showing on multiple screens. I don't know why there wasn't much of a push for this movie.

If you like The Princess Bride, you'll love this movie.

KeriVit · Aug 11, 2007, 08:46 PM

Originally Posted by reader50

Apple has had the same trailer posted since four months ago.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/stardust/hd/

The point is that it looks great and has had no publicity.Unless one was looking for it, they may not have seen it. Some movies get way too much and it seems many good ones get way too little.

Chuckit · Aug 11, 2007, 10:00 PM

I got back from it a couple of hours ago. It was pretty good. I thought it kind of dragged a bit toward the beginning, but I enjoyed it once it got going.

Lava Lamp Freak · Aug 11, 2007, 11:33 PM

I loved it. It was a very enjoyable movie. The audience was very pleased. I heard many people around me saying how good the story was.

I loved Robert De Niro's character.

reader50 · Aug 12, 2007, 12:26 AM

Originally Posted by KeriVit

The point is that it looks great and has had no publicity.Unless one was looking for it, they may not have seen it. Some movies get way too much and it seems many good ones get way too little.

My post was a tech note rather than commentary. In fact I think it looks interesting based on the trailer.

KeriVit · Aug 12, 2007, 01:03 AM

Intranet needs inflection.

- - e r i k - - · Aug 12, 2007, 03:23 AM

I'm a huge Gaiman fan and have read Stardust twice (once out loud for my fiancé). The trailer and marketing for the movie really got me worried, but it appears the reviews for it is great. So I'm a bit ambivalent about it, but I'm prepared to be pleasantly surprised. What's with all the swashbuckling though?

Rumor · Aug 28, 2007, 11:14 PM

Just got back from watching it. It was really good. Nice fantasy movie with quite a bit of humor.

I recommend it.

pinenuts · Aug 29, 2007, 09:12 AM

Saw is 2 weeks ago. Absolutely loved it. Packed theater.

mdc · Aug 29, 2007, 09:14 AM

Saw it last weekend and really enjoyed it. I honestly wasn't expecting too much, but it was good.
Robert De Niro was brilliant

Atheist · Aug 29, 2007, 09:23 AM

Saw it over the weekend. Enjoyed it but wouldn't say it's great. It had it's slow points and I think De Niro was totally miscast.

Not really sure if this is a true spoiler. But the part that bothered me most was how willing the star Yvaine was to go along with Tristan as his gift to Victoria.

Rumor · Aug 29, 2007, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by Atheist

Saw it over the weekend. Enjoyed it but wouldn't say it's great. It had it's slow points and I think De Niro was totally miscast.

Not really sure if this is a true spoiler. But the part that bothered me most was how willing the star Yvaine was to go along with Tristan as his gift to Victoria.

The only reason she did was because he had enough of a Babylon Candle left to get her home.

- - e r i k - - · Aug 29, 2007, 06:31 PM

Originally Posted by Atheist

Not really sure if this is a true spoiler. But the part that bothered me most was how willing the star Yvaine was to go along with Tristan as his gift to Victoria.

Haven't seen the movie yet, but in the book she was not very willing at all.

Eug · Dec 22, 2007, 09:52 PM

Originally Posted by Cold Warrior

Yeah, it looks good.
I hope it's better than Sunshine. I saw that last night and it was worthless.

Yes, I was very disappointed by Sunshine.

Originally Posted by keekeeree

If you like The Princess Bride, you'll love this movie.

I just saw this on DVD, and liked this movie more than I liked The Princess Bride.

I will be picking Stardust up on HD DVD.

Cold Warrior · Dec 22, 2007, 10:25 PM

Stardust is excellent. Loved it in the theater, and will watch it again on DVD.

hart · Dec 26, 2007, 04:08 PM

This was one of the year's sleepers. Effects were largely invisible in a good way (at least on my computer screen.) And it's a lot of fun to see the cast in action. Michelle Pfeiffer getting scarey ugly, Robert de Niro as a cross-dressing pirate. And the "newcomer" guy who plays our hero was quite good. Not to mention the seven ghost princes. And Mark Williams (aka Arthur Weasley) plays a hapless goat turned into a human.

I gather that it was originally a novel and then was produced in a form with extensive illustrations that makes it sort of a graphic novel hybrid.

I certainly would recommend it to anyone who didn't feel that blood is a necessity for entertainment.

MindFad · Dec 26, 2007, 04:23 PM

I saw it last night. I thought it was great. I wasn't expecting it to be as comical as it was, but it was actually a relief. It had a style and charm that kept me going the whole film. Good flick.

AngelaBaby · Dec 26, 2007, 07:28 PM

Saw Stardust. Excellent movie.

reader50 · Jan 7, 2008, 02:02 AM

I liked it. It held up to the trailer. Quite a few movies don't rise to the standards of their own trailers.

BSG-style nit:

When she shines up near the end, I expected collateral damage in the great hall. She should have totaled the place. Instead, not a single candle was blown out.