Stardust

Year: 2007

Grade: B+

Country: UK, USA

Director: Vaughn

Review

had all the elements of your typical fairytale along with those from other classic literature: the greek chorus, the three witches of macbeth etc., the king dividing his land ala king lear, and the comedy and fantasy of the princess bride. deniro goes out on a limb with his character choice and it pays big time dividends. he plays a gay captain of a pirate ship who is still in the closet. he does a great job with the role, as does everyone else. claire danes plays a fallen star and is absolutely radiant (pun intended). the comedy is great and the fantasy really takes you away. we’re not sure about all the rules of this fantasy world, but the characters are and it all makes sense as the film unfolds. in this regard it takes a page out of the princess bride which gives you all the information you need when you need it and does it without unnecessary exposition or seeming like it’s making things up as it goes along. somehow all of the magic and falling stars as humans and flying pirate ships make perfect sense. a great film and a classic for this generation; i just hope they realize it and make it as much of a classic as my generation made the princess bride.

Watched in theater