Stardust (2007)

Truly Dreadful Film

just watch it!

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

An ordinary boy promises a girl from his village that he will retrieve a fallen star as a sign of his true love. This way, he crosses The Wall, venturing into the magical world which existed on the other side. He's in for a big surprise when he finds it, as it wasn't exactly what he expected. Besides this, he isn't the only one after it. A couple of other people wanted it for its heart (which granted eternal youth to the one who ate it) or for its diamond (which granted a true male heir to the magical world's throne his crown).It's a movie which I was tempted to take seriously but I was very surprised when I found out that it was actually presented in a funny and entertaining way. It's unique way of telling a fantastic story made me laugh quite a lot but also kept me eager to discover its ending. As you might expect, the plot is OK, but nothing more, just enough to makes the funny events possible. It is a great movie in my opinion, a must see, but if you're after a movie which doesn't put such an accent on its comical side, this might not be for you.

However, while Tristan and the Star were on the cloud and fighting, Tristan calls the Star 'cow'. In this day and age, no matter the movie's supposed time frame it the 18th-19th century, that's no way to talk to any lady. 10 years ago, the world was in a different place. I speak of Robert De Nero's character and his effeminate ways. If it were made today the only thing to be said would be "Why not use an actor who had 'effeminate ways?".

This movie came highly regarded from coworkers who couldn't believe I hadn't seen it. 20 minutes in I knew I wasn't a fan, but when I checked here I was baffled at the high rating/view count! Did we watch the same movie?My issue with Stardust is that it's heavily plot/dialogue based and moves the story line quickly, but it's not a particularly great story. It feels like a stream of clichés delivered by uninspired acting. Everyone in this film is white and cis. There are no surprises. It tries so hard to let you know how dramatic it is. You'll notice the "epic" music occurs every other scene.Maybe the strange badness of this movie is part of its charm, but I found it difficult to sit through. It's not completely unwatchable; mildly interesting stuff happens frequently on screen. I'd probably enjoy it more if it wasn't such high production, or had better actors. I really just wanted to turn it off and watch Harry Potter instead.

This is not a great movie, but it is a very good one.Unlike, say, Harry Potter or such, it doesn't get bogged down in its own mythology. It's in the back, a setup for making some funny situations and having some fun in general.Michele Pfeiffer is _great_ as the main witch, villain. There are several very nicely staged and done jokes. In general, the humor is not "thematic", so you can't get annoyed with it. There's wordplay, physical comedy, story-jokes, one-liners... BTW, Michele Pfeiffer has maybe the best part of physical comedy, when she uses magic to stop her advance aging, but it has interesting side-effects.But, it's not just humor, it has a story to tell. It's a naïve story, but, it's nice.I didn't like the extended cameo of Robert De Niro very much, but, it, too, was OK (and it's, like, the worst part of the movie). Second worst is, unfortunately, the ending, which misses a few shots and kind of drifts off the main point of "forget the fantasy, we're just having fun" (and, again, for such a movie, it's OK).With just a few bad elements and none of them being really bad (more not good) and many nice ones, several very good ones and a few great, this gives for some very nice time spent watching this, having fun.