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Stardust
2007
Director Matthew Vaughn (LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS) takes his experience with credible crime capers and applies it to the fantasy genre in this charming but not too precious adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel. The many threads of the story intertwine seamlessly, unfolding at an unforced pace that complements the movie'.. Read more
| Starring | Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro |
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| Director | Matthew Vaughn |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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Stardust
Director Matthew Vaughn (LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS) takes his experience with credible crime capers and applies it to the fantasy genre in this charming but not too precious adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel. The many threads of the story intertwine seamlessly, unfolding at an unforced pace that complements the movie's magical special effects. Charlie Cox (CASANOVA) stars as Tristan, a somewhat bumbling shopkeeper's assistant in the sleepy English village of Wall, so named for the stone barrier that separates it from the magical realm of Stormhold. Tristan is in love with the beautiful, dismissive Victoria (Sienna Miller), who much prefers her other suitor, Humphrey (Henry Cavill), since he has travelled all the way to Ipswich to buy her an engagement ring. Tristan, in a last-ditch effort to win Victoria's affections, offers to bring her a fallen star they've just seen, and she agrees to marry him if he can deliver. Unbeknownst to Tristan, he is the product of his father's (Nathaniel Parker) sole excursion to Stormhold, where he had a tryst with a mysterious slave girl (Kate Magowan) who said she was a princess. As Tristan retraces his father's steps he discovers that the 'star' is actually a beautiful young woman named Yvaine (Claire Danes). A trio of witches, led by a delightfully wicked Michelle Pfeiffer, wants to capture Yvaine to cut out her heart and gain eternal youth, while the three remaining sons of the recently deceased king (Peter O'Toole) compete with one another to find the gem Yvaine wears around her neck. With special effects that never outshine the performances and a sweet story peppered with hints of Gaiman's dark sensibility, STARDUST is a truly enchanting fairy tale.
| Starring | Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Mark Strong, Rupert Everett, Peter O'Toole, Sienna Miller, Ricky Gervais, Jason Flemyng, Billie Whitelaw |
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| Director | Matthew Vaughn |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 10 mins HD DVD: 2 hrs 3 mins |
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| Genres | Action/Adventure, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English HD DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 25 Feb 2008 Blu-ray: 01 Feb 2010 HD DVD: 25 Feb 2008 Production year: 2007 |
| Format | DVD |
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Simple the worst film ever
Simple the worst film ever! Narnia, Lord of the Rings are so much better! What was DeNiro thinking off! Don’t waste your money and time on it! Simple awful! There are no words to describe how bad this movie is! I don’t know what movie the people who have written reviews so far saw but it wasn’t Stardust.
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Sucked
Now I don't mean to get on anybody's nerves who loved this film, but personally, this was pretty bad. The story was weak. The characters were totally unbelievable. Most of the 'magical' elements were recycled from weaker folklore. It had no drama. No emotional depth or truth. I was just amazed that a movie with a budget this big could be so poor. And don't even get me started on De Niro... keep doing performances like this, Bobby, and you could be starring in Home Alone 5 in the not too distant future. And Ricky Gervais made a bad film for a moment unbearably bad by including his crummy catchphrase. Yuck.
I didn't like it, but a lot of people did. Most of which seemed to be 12 year old girls. No more of this cringey fantasy, please. -
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