sar_thornton This movie came highly regarded from coworkers who couldn't believe I hadn't seen it. 20 minutes in I knew I wasn't a fan, but when I checked here I was baffled at the high rating/view count! Did we watch the same movie?My issue with Stardust is that it's heavily plot/dialogue based and moves the story line quickly, but it's not a particularly great story. It feels like a stream of clichés delivered by uninspired acting. Everyone in this film is white and cis. There are no surprises. It tries so hard to let you know how dramatic it is. You'll notice the "epic" music occurs every other scene.Maybe the strange badness of this movie is part of its charm, but I found it difficult to sit through. It's not completely unwatchable; mildly interesting stuff happens frequently on screen. I'd probably enjoy it more if it wasn't such high production, or had better actors. I really just wanted to turn it off and watch Harry Potter instead.

zso88 I recently re-watched this movie and I'm just as in love with it as I was back then when it premiered. Beautiful love story, great characters played by great actors, exciting and engaging through the whole movie. Definitely a must see for all generations. The only bad thing about it is that a sequel was never made. I will be watching it again soon for sure.

javi-y-se-acabo This movie is perfect. And with that would be enough for you to watch it, but I'll explain a bit more. Everything is so great that I wonder why this movie is not so much known by many people. From the story to the visuals to the acting to the score it is such a wonderful movie that I ask myself why I hadn't discovered it sooner.It tells the story of Tristan (Charlie Cox), a young men who wants to cross The Wall to get a shooting star he sees to give it to his love interest, Victoria (Sienna Miller), to show his love for her. Later he discovers his father had crossed The Wall a long time ago and that his mother was from the other side of The Wall. He then travels to the place where the star has fallen and discovers that the star is a young and pretty girl called Yvaine (Claire Danes). Together they start a journey through Stormhold, the kingdom on the other side of The Wall, to return to The Wall so Tristan can show Victoria his love for her, but this young star is also being chased by Lamia(Michelle Pfeiffer), a horrible and old witch who wants to recover her youth and beauty, and Septimus (Mark Strong), an evil prince who wants to get the throne of his father before his brothers.All the actors from the bigger roles to the smaller roles are great. First we have the main characters, Tristan (Charlie Cox) & Yvaine (Claire Danes) they both have chemistry and you can connect with them very well. On the other side you have the witch, Lamia (Michelle Pfeiffer) who is as evil as ever and gives a performance full of charisma, the same as Mark Strong in the role of Septimus, one of the many sons of the king who wants to take the throne of his father for himself. Also there are minor characters like the Captain Shakespeare (Robert de Niro) who gives an hilarious and great performance as the captain of the flying vessel. Even characters like Victoria (Sienna Miller) or Una, the mother of Tristan(Kate Magowan) are great in their small roles.Other great thing I have to add is the awesome visuals this movie has. Many scenes felt like a Lord of the Rings movie, with many epic moments but also many emotional moments. All the visual effects and the cinematography only add to this movie one more reasons to love it. This and also the amazing score created by Ilan Eskheri, an awesome, magical and epic masterpiece that carries much of the epic and emotion of the movie (just watch the scene of Septimus riding in slow-motion in the black horse, or the whole opening scene when the star falls to the Earth), and along with the scenes of the movie, it creates such a wonderful fairy tale full of epic, comedy & romance.I recommend this movie to everyone who wants a movie full of epic and romance but also wants to laugh. This is a movie to enjoy and to travel through Stormhold without worrying about anything more than the old witch and the evil prince. Watch it and you won't regret it!

Leofwine_draca STARDUST is one of those flimsy, lightweight, CGI-fuelled effects extravaganzas that have been all the rage in cinema as of late. Eschewing plot and character in favour of pithy one-liners and outlandish caricatures, this is an adventure yarn aimed squarely at the masses and focusing on style over substance. Needless to say I'm not the ideal target audience; I'm a guy who likes something solid in his films among the effects, and I didn't find it here.That's not to say it isn't entertaining. On a superficial level, it definitely is. The CGI effects are pretty good and the fantasy world is well imagined. A near-continuous plethora of cameo appearances also helps out on the entertainment front too: Robert De Niro has a ball as a camp pirate, Michelle Pfeiffer equals him as a wicked witch, and Mark Strong does his snarling bad guy routine very efficiently. Then there are brief turns from Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Sienna Miller, Peter O'Toole, Ricky Gervais, David Kelly, Rupert Everett, and Ian McKellen as the sonorous narrator. These help pass the time. Claire Danes is a bit wishy-washy as the fairy-type character, though, and I never did end up warming to Charlie Cox's lead.Still, there are moments of inspiration amid the chaos and the fantasy stereotypes. The ending, in which Strong's character is exposed to all manner of dark magic, is very well realised. There are twists galore, and a level of breathless imagination usually missing from fantasy films. The resultant concoction is a bit like a sugary sweet: fun at the time, but not something you'd want to return too for fear of an upset stomach.