Stardust - sans spoilers
Sep. 28th, 2007 10:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eumeliaI went to see "Stardust" with Tami last night.
Oh my GD it was visually gorgeous.
It was very, very adapted from the book, but it was a good one, I thought. There were a few details that irked me, but that's simply because I'm a Gaiman purist - The Graphic version of "Neverwhere" irked me too, besides being one of the coolest things evah!.
Those who haven't read the book will enjoy it and want to read it and those who have read it will want to read it again (for the fifth time).
I think it's bound to get a few Oscar nods, though I doubt it will win anything, maybe editing, music, costume design, you know the small stuff, none of the big ones like screen-play, directing, the acting was great, but none of the actors gave really breakthrough performances, it felt as though they were ordinary people in an extraordinary world, which made all the more "real". Suspension of disbelief is so important in fantasy movies, that the slightest hint of so-called fallacy ruins the effect.
Throughout the movie I was believing.
Like most fantasy movies of this kind, it had detached feel to it, it wasn't the Huge Epic like "Lord of the Rings" or "Narnia", nor was it connected to Franchise like "Harry Potter". It had the feel of "The Princess Bride", "Willow", "Lady Hawk" and the other classic 80's fantasy films, only with 21st century flair and technology.
It was beautiful, and it was a "classic" modern-day adult fairy tale.
And that's all it ever will be.
In addition, the genocide in Darfur must be stopped.
וכמו כן, צריך לעצור את רצח העם בדרפור.
Oh my GD it was visually gorgeous.
It was very, very adapted from the book, but it was a good one, I thought. There were a few details that irked me, but that's simply because I'm a Gaiman purist - The Graphic version of "Neverwhere" irked me too, besides being one of the coolest things evah!.
Those who haven't read the book will enjoy it and want to read it and those who have read it will want to read it again (for the fifth time).
I think it's bound to get a few Oscar nods, though I doubt it will win anything, maybe editing, music, costume design, you know the small stuff, none of the big ones like screen-play, directing, the acting was great, but none of the actors gave really breakthrough performances, it felt as though they were ordinary people in an extraordinary world, which made all the more "real". Suspension of disbelief is so important in fantasy movies, that the slightest hint of so-called fallacy ruins the effect.
Throughout the movie I was believing.
Like most fantasy movies of this kind, it had detached feel to it, it wasn't the Huge Epic like "Lord of the Rings" or "Narnia", nor was it connected to Franchise like "Harry Potter". It had the feel of "The Princess Bride", "Willow", "Lady Hawk" and the other classic 80's fantasy films, only with 21st century flair and technology.
It was beautiful, and it was a "classic" modern-day adult fairy tale.
And that's all it ever will be.
In addition, the genocide in Darfur must be stopped.
וכמו כן, צריך לעצור את רצח העם בדרפור.
