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A Few More Reviews Of STARDUST! Does It Shimmer Or Is It Merely Dust On The Wind?

Hmmm, might wait for DVD on by nertz	Aug 4th, 2007 11:51:00 PM
Hmmm, might wait for DVD on this one.
Michelle Pfieffer is still SMOKING hot by Osmosis Jones	Aug 5th, 2007 12:00:40 AM
50?
Michelle Pfieffer by tehgreekhammer	Aug 5th, 2007 12:25:10 AM
could ride my pole anytime. Cant wait to see this movie.
The special effects look terrible by robzass	Aug 5th, 2007 01:37:58 AM
Judging by the trailer the fx look dated
The trailers for this film look like shit by MistaSparkle88	Aug 5th, 2007 02:17:12 AM
Seriously. Everything I've read and the people involved have me interested, but I hate the whole advertising campaign. I hope this is just another case of studio mis-marketing.
Book vs. Movie by Onyx390	Aug 5th, 2007 02:35:45 AM
I read the book, and to be honest it looks to be very different from the movie. The book is actually very short. There are aroun 225+ pages (fairly large print and spacing) in the book versus 130 minutes in the movie. The movie is actually stretching out the book and adding its own scenes. What I loved most about the book was it's language, and unless it sports a Royal Tenenbaums/Arrested Development narrator, it's not going to be the same thing.
to shuttlepod_10 by Onyx390	Aug 5th, 2007 02:39:56 AM
That is an absolutely ridiculous claim seeing how Neil Gaiman's book was released five years before the first movie.
shuttlepod are you a 14 year old girl? by spectrebeeyatch	Aug 5th, 2007 02:52:05 AM
A POTC rip off? The book was released years before even the first movie was ever made. This looks better than the POTC movies because the cast isn't doesn't have Orlando Bloom in it, so it automatically wins. I agree with some other posters that the marketing sucks! But I'll see this one it looks fun.
Shuttlepod!! by Mundungus	Aug 5th, 2007 03:24:58 AM
Shuttlepod!!!
Sorry... by Mundungus	Aug 5th, 2007 04:47:07 AM
Sorry Mr or Ms. Shuttlepod_10. With everybody calling you out I just got excited. While I understand others comments about the book being written earlier than POTC, you may also have a valid point regarding the reasoning for the studios getting behind the production of a adventure\fantasy type film, - POTC made bunch of $$ and this project has some similar elements, so let's make this movie. So it would not be copying as much as trying to attract the same market. Maybe, maybe not. I don't think the films will be so similar an experience in the end. No one ever would have brought this up if Robert De Niro's character did not have an undead monkey pestering him for the whole film.
Mundungus... by TheRealMoriarty	Aug 5th, 2007 04:53:11 AM
... what the fuck are you talking about? De Niro's character does not have an undead monkey pestering him for the whole film. That's just a bizarre thing to say.
In defence of Mundungus... by George Ipicula	Aug 5th, 2007 08:55:09 AM
Robert De Niro's character has an undead monkey pestering him for the whole film.
I don't know by calnorso	Aug 5th, 2007 11:44:28 AM
I read the book, overall I wasn't that impressed. I think I'll wait for the DVD.
Brigadoon by Tigs	Aug 5th, 2007 11:45:20 AM
Its Brigadoon crossed with the princess bride and more cgi. lots of it.
"for the over-the-hill Danes" by WONKABAR	Aug 5th, 2007 02:40:07 PM
what are you....12?
Everybody Must Get Michelled by NNNOOO!!!	Aug 5th, 2007 03:04:41 PM
Caught a screening last week and really enjoyed it. The trailers try to emphasize the special effects and the swordplay, but the movie isn't really about that-- it starts slowly and quietly, setting up several relationships and histories. Things pick up (and become recognizably Gaimanesque) once we meet Peter O'Toole as the King of Stormhold, actively encouraging his sons to kill each other off for the right of ascension. Pfeiffer is ten kinds of awesome as the evil queen-- Vaughn even gives her a completely gratuitous moment where she winks at the camera. DeNiro is a rare treat, in a role that expands logically upon the dilemma of a certain Dread Pirate. Danes is, appropriately, radiant-- it's not the first time I've found myself thinking she would have been a huge star back in the silent era. My only complaint lies with Ricky Gervais-- did he absolutely have to slip in his catchphrase from 'Extras'?
SoylentMean... by WONKABAR	Aug 5th, 2007 03:09:29 PM
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM will still be in the top 3 methinks. It's gonna get really good word of mouth.
UNDEAD MONKEYS GOTTA EAT by BringingSexyBack	Aug 5th, 2007 03:57:57 PM
I know, shut up. I got nothing else.
The Princess Bride was a minor masterpiece when it came by GQtaste	Aug 6th, 2007 03:47:56 AM
out. You must not have a heart you cold-blooded bastard. And another thing: I've never seen a Rush HOur movie either and hopefully never will. It's pieces of shit like that - that give movies a bad name!

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