A couple of days ago, I watched “Stardust“, featuring Charlie Cox, Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro and Sienna Miller.
I’d heard about the movie on TV a number of times, but there wasn’t much that pulled me in to see it. But then a friend at work told me he had seen it and that he actually liked it. So when I got the chance to see it, I was like: why not.
It turned out to actually be quite a nice movie, that I enjoyed. It’s sort of a light fairy tale about a young man who makes a promise to his beloved that he’ll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm that lies beyond a wall on the borders of their small village, finding himself on a fantastic journey and adventure with stars, witches, pirates and more.
I really like fantasy movies like this one and “Big Fish” for example, and how they take you on this amazing ride through a wonderful world of magic and imagination.
It was good seeing Michelle Pfeiffer back in action, she was very good in this movie; and Robert De Niro was really funny.
I think it’s a nice movie worth seeing if you’re into the genre. I think I’d give it an overall score of:
I personally didn’t think I will like it either. I read nothing about it anywhere, so I wasn’t sure about Robert De Niro’s role in it. The trailer didn’t give me a lot of insight, but I surely enjoyed it and 4/5 is a fair rating.
I felt the story was nicely crafted. In such genre where reality and fiction intertwine you don’t always swallow it easily. In Stardust the whole story was unfolding nicely, which wasn’t the case with the Bee Movie which in a way belongs to the same genre.
In addition to what you said about the actors and story, the soundtrack was nice as well.
i enjoyed the movie too