Escape into the enchanted world of chivalry and romance in Stardust, an epic tale starring Claire Danes with Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro. In hopes of wooing a beautiful girl (Sienna Miller), Tristan (Charlie Cox) promises to bring her a falling star. But he’s in for the adventure of his life when he discovers the star is actually a celestial beauty named Yvaine (Danes) When an old witch Lamia (Pfeiffer) attempts to steal Yvaine’s youth, Tristan must protect her at all costs, in this magical family adventure that will make you fall in love over and over again.Stardust settles over the viewer like a twinkly cloak. The film, which captures the magic and vision of author Neil Gaiman’s fantasy graphic fable, is a transportive journey into a world of true enchantment, which fans of the Harry Potter books will enjoy as well as will adults looking for the perfect date movie. The tale is a not-so-simple love story and adventure, set in 19th century England–and an alternate universe of witches, spells and stars that turn human–and hold the key to eternal life.
Young Tristan (played with wide-eyed vigor by Charlie Cox) vows to retrieve a fallen star for the most beautiful girl in the village, the shallow Victoria (Sienna Miller), and in his quest, finds his true love–in a true “meet-cute” moment (by Babylon-candle-speeding into the just-crashed human incarnation of the star, Claire Danes). Much of the film involves the duo’s journey back home–though home for Tristan is his village, and home for the celestial Yvaine is, of course, in the heavens. There are villains, notably Michelle Pfeiffer as the vain witch who seeks the fountain of youth a fallen star can give, and the seven venal sons of the dying king of the mythical realm, backstabbing, grasping, and hilarious–even in death as a ghostly Greek chorus.
While the sparks of love between Tristan and Yvaine are resonant and touching, Stardust truly succeeds as a brilliant fantasy yarn–and as a comedy with more than its share of belly laughs. Much of the humor belongs to Robert De Niro, who plays a notoriously wicked air pirate, who is secretly a bit light in his swashbucklers. Ricky Gervais has a small but memorable role essentially channeling his character from Extras, including his catchphrase, “Are you having a laugh?!” The special effects are all that any fan of Gaiman would wish for. Catch a bit of Stardust and you’ll feel enchanted for a good long while. –A.T. Hurley
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April 12, 2008
#1
An ill cast film and a poorly written script add to a fairly ho hum exercise into fantasy.
Derivitive and bland because it doesn’t know what to say.Carroll,Tolkien,Lewis,Barrie et al spoke of the things they believed important through their imaginative worlds.Gaimans source comic seems thin when compared to what those works accomplished.Frankly meandering.And the sceenplay couldn’t address this flaw
All said,Stardust is a film that is perhaps for those who are embarrassed to be fans of such material.And please stop saying Deniro is a great actor,hes now difficult to watch as he’s always kind limited and off in his performances.
April 12, 2008
#2
Nothing wrong with this DVD, but I could not believe that Robert de Niro or Michelle Pfeiffer would stoop so low as to do a children’s movie, without warning the purchaser that it should be intended for pre-teens, even though the movie is PG-13, which baffles me totally.
I thank my seller for selling me, what I was too stupid to realize, should have read the reviews before I ordered this item! Woe is me!
April 12, 2008
#3
There’s no other way to describe this movie but to call it a mess. There’s too many things going on at once–it lacks focus. And then out of nowhere, Robert DeNiro pops into the picture. What a mess.
April 12, 2008
#4
Stardust is a fantasy movie directed by Matthew Vaughn in 2007. Basically it’s big time Hollywood’s response to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
It stars a couple of old warhorses, Michelle Pfiefer and Robert Deniro in supporting roles. Michelle Pfiefer was so-so as the evil witch Lamia, at least the role was something she had life experience with.
Robert Deniro role, on the other hand, as the in-and-out-of-the-closet Captain Shakespeare was the biggest, lamest ego trip I’ve seen a major Hollywood actor make since Ishtar. I cannot possibly convey to you how bad, annoying, and downright irritating Deniro was in this movie. I am Robert Deniro fan, I think he is one of the finest actors of our time. But this movie made me hate him in ways I would have never imagined, and every other movie he has made in his life will be forever tainted in my mind by this abyssmal performance.
The Hindenburg was a disaster, Hurricane Katrina was a disaster, the tsunami in Indonesia was a disaster, World War II was a disaster, but they all pale in comparison to Deniro’s performance in this movie.
It’s really too bad. Neil Gaiman wrote a clever and entertaining story. Claire Danes was very good as the star Yvaine. Charlie Cox, was a little too smirking in his role as Tristan. But Ian McKellan’s narration was top notch, and the special effects were superb.
There are parts of this movie that I truly enjoyed and would love to watch again, but I honestly can’t watch Deniro’s performance without losing my lunch.
Thanks Bob.
April 12, 2008
#5
Geez, this movie stank on ice. And that’s really saying something, considering I’m a huge fan of fantasy. I love “Lord of the Rings”, I love unicorns and dragons and magical amulets, I love adventure and romance and humor — but “Stardust” failed to meet my expectations, in any of those categories.
This movie was so stupid, so downright lame, it nearly made me gag. I was barely fifteen minutes into the movie before I suddenly felt the urge to get up and do something else. Even the unicorn hardly made up for the rest of the movie. (The unicorn was there for, like, three minutes; and then it was gone, just like that.)
No offense to the actors — I like Robert DeNiro, and I like Michelle Pfeiffer, and all those other guys, but I liked them much better in other movies.