'Stardust' enchants

[arrefmak]

So twenty years ago (which in Hollywood years, dear reader, is about a century), the film that surprised everyone with its charm was 'The Princess Bride' by director Rob Reiner.

The film was nominated for a series of awards and won a few as well. It boosted several careers and cemented several characters and quotes in the public media consciousness. It's a film that serves the book well (it should, the author did the screenplay) and the book was quite brilliant and complex.

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Comments

[follybard.livejournal.com]

Thank you for that. I saw Stardust on Friday and found it sweet and funny and charming and very entertaining, and look forward to seeing it again. But you've managed to articulate in a way that I hadn't, yet, why I still prefer Princess Bride: my favorite form of expression is satire.

(Thanks also for reminding me that I really should re-read that book....)

I will say this for Stardust, though: Michelle Pfeiffer is AWESOMENESS ON A STICK.

[arrefmak.livejournal.com]

Michelle is fantastic.

I'm so sad that many, many reviewers go straight to "Michelle is so visually stunning" and seem to gloss her acting chops. I just listened to NPR's review where they had the nerve to say that Michelle makes the movie more believable 'because of how beautiful she is'.

I mean, give the gal some REAL credit why can't you.

[princejvstin.livejournal.com]

Beauty is beside the point, especially because the high quality of her acting remains high throughout her appearance changes.

[princejvstin.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, it looks like its going to sink at the box office. Catch it while you can on the big screen.

[notshakespeare.livejournal.com]

The graphic novel came first, and the original inspiration was "something I can work on with Charles", so in my opinion the novel version was the first adaptation.