Bad Fantasy.

I agree with the OP. I was disappointed with Stardust. I was hoping for more of a Princess Bride feel, which it definitely had more of than, say, Lord of the Rings, but the story was in pieces.

Like I said in another thread, the problem with Stardust, for me, is that it takes all the wonderful pieces of the fantasy genre- witches, kings, beautiful damsels in distress, poor-to-riches story- and tries throw all these pieces together to get a fantasy story. Unfortunately, it didn't work that way.

I also thought the acting was mediocre. Daines and Cox's performances could have been replicated by any other B-rated, young, attractive actor and nobody would know the difference. Pfeffier is in the same boat. De Niro, though, was hilarious and entertaining.

To be fair, this movie probably is enjoyed more by pre-teens and children than the average adult. I was just disappointed because I was hoping this movie would be entertaining for all ages, much like The Princess Bride.

So your problem is that Stardust wasn't enough like LOtR?

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Stardust isn't great, but it's far from horrible. It's an OK movie. Had some great little pieces, great setting, but it didn't do much with them. The beginning was completely rushed. No explanation about why Fairy exists where it does, why Wall doesn't have it as a big tourist attraction and why Dunstan Thorne treats the world of Fairy as if it's no big deal when he first goes there. You'd think there'd be SOME sort of intense reaction out of him. You don't know why Una ended up where she did and why Sal is keeping her. You don't know why Una chooses Dunstan to have sex with 30 seconds after she sees him for no reason I can tell or why she doesn't age at all. You don't know why some magic works in the human realm - the Babylon candle - but some magic doesn't - turning into a meteoric rock.

You don't know why the Lightning pirates are called pirates. Is collecting lightning illegal? And if so, why? Aren't they more like smugglers than pirates? And for all the gods' sake won't SOMEone please answer Shakespeare when he asks about England!?!?! He only asks three times without anyone ever answering him.

Still, the movie was better than the book. The book was a huge disappointment. I mean, really, who wants to know Tristran's mother problems or the fact he has weird ears or the midgets he meets?

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by velvoofell (Sun Feb 7 2010 10:43:09)
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This, 'Eragon' and the first 'Dungeons and Dragons' movie - horrible, horrible films made as if Lord of the Rings never happened.

I prefer Stardust to LOTR.

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