Stardust

[richardburton]

I got to see this last night and after a bit of an awkward start I actually really enjoyed it. At first it seems quite disjointed - like they've had to shoe-horn as much as possible from the book into it to the detriment of the flow of the story. But it settles down and turns into quite an adventure laced with a generous amount of British humour.

Claire Danes and Charlie Cox play the two main leads - they both give decent enough performances, but the real stars are the amazing ensemble cast around them. Robert De Niro (brilliant!!!), Michelle Pfeiffer, Peter O'Toole, Sir Ian McKellen (narrating), Rupert Everett, Sienna Miller, Mark Strong, Jason Flemyng, David Walliams, Dexter Fletcher AND Ricky Gervais.

There's one or two nudge-nudge-wink-wink scenes that are wonderfully naughty and are totally Jane Goldman who co-wrote the screenplay. That Jonathan Ross is a lucky guy!

Overall an 8/10

[Scifishocks]

Just seen it and I loved it!
A feel good movie but not with too much saccharin, a stellar (pun intended) cast and some very British humour. Even the Americans camp it up with the best of them (especially De Niro!).
I've not read the book so can't compare but I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. Has the feel of 'The Princess Bride' with a bit of extra sauce.
Ace!