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		List Price: $39.99		Label: Paramount Salesrank: 7177 Released: December 18, 2007
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		MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Media: HD DVD

Editorial Review:
Escape into the enchanted world of chivalry and romance in Stardust, an epic tale starring Claire Danes with Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro. In hopes of wooing a beautiful girl (Sienna Miller), Tristan (Charlie Cox) promises to bring her a falling star. But he’s in for the adventure of his life when he discovers the star is actually a celestial beauty named Yvaine (Danes) When an old witch Lamia (Pfeiffer) attempts to steal Yvaine’s youth, Tristan must protect her at all costs, in this magical family adventure that will make you fall in love over and over again.

Description of Stardust [HD DVD]:
Stardust settles over the viewer like a twinkly cloak. The film, which captures the magic and vision of author Neil Gaiman's fantasy graphic fable, is a transportive journey into a world of true enchantment, which fans of the Harry Potter books will enjoy as well as will adults looking for the perfect date movie. The tale is a not-so-simple love story and adventure, set in 19th century England--and an alternate universe of witches, spells and stars that turn human--and hold the key to eternal life.

Young Tristan (played with wide-eyed vigor by Charlie Cox) vows to retrieve a fallen star for the most beautiful girl in the village, the shallow Victoria (Sienna Miller), and in his quest, finds his true love--in a true "meet-cute" moment (by Babylon-candle-speeding into the just-crashed human incarnation of the star, Claire Danes). Much of the film involves the duo's journey back home--though home for Tristan is his village, and home for the celestial Yvaine is, of course, in the heavens. There are villains, notably Michelle Pfeiffer as the vain witch who seeks the fountain of youth a fallen star can give, and the seven venal sons of the dying king of the mythical realm, backstabbing, grasping, and hilarious--even in death as a ghostly Greek chorus.

While the sparks of love between Tristan and Yvaine are resonant and touching, Stardust truly succeeds as a brilliant fantasy yarn--and as a comedy with more than its share of belly laughs. Much of the humor belongs to Robert De Niro, who plays a notoriously wicked air pirate, who is secretly a bit light in his swashbucklers. Ricky Gervais has a small but memorable role essentially channeling his character from Extras, including his catchphrase, "Are you having a laugh?!" The special effects are all that any fan of Gaiman would wish for. Catch a bit of Stardust and you'll feel enchanted for a good long while. --A.T. Hurley

Stardust [HD DVD] Reviews:
A King, some Witches, a Hero and a Girl from the Stars
2009-12-19 - 4 of 5 stars for the fantasy adventure movie Stardust. A really nice fantasy movie was fun to watch. A young man lives in a town that borders a magic place; a stone wall is the dividing line. As the young man escapes his town he finds many wonders in the magic land. The movie addresses a couple of generations of time and events. In the future generation, an old king about to die needs to name one of his seven sons as new king. They are sent on a quest. Oh, and the sons have a habit of killing each other. And then there is this girl or is she a star? Not really sure. Yes, a little confusing, but, a funny and nice story. Very well made with a good look and feel. Special effects are well integrated.

All in all, a fun, cute, interesting movie with a couple of plot surprises. Well worth the time to watch. Recommended for teens and up. BTW, Michelle Pfeiffer is still beautiful and one of my favorites--she plays on of the witches (oh, did I mention there are witches?).

Fantasy Makes the World Go 'Round
2009-12-18 - To paraphrase Terry Pratchett, "Grind up the entire Universe and pass it through the finest sieve: you'll find no trace of respect, or compassion, or honour." Humans made up those lovely ideas; humans live for those ideas; humans die for those ideas.

Magic? Unicorns? Santa Claus? They don't exist in the physical world either. But entertaining the possibility of the 'little' fantasies is the first step in belief of the big fantasies: duty, courage, integrity. Humans need to believe in the big fantasies to become human. On the day that an ape stood beside her mate to chase away a leopard threatening their children, not as a matter of hard-wired instinct but as an altruistic decision to protect her family, that was the day that a human first walked on this planet.

"Stardust" is a fantastical tale. An ordinary boy, with not-so-ordinary hidden qualities, becomes enmeshed in a situation where he must overcome lifelong assumptions about how the world works. The boy meets the embodiment of a star... a celestial watcher crashed to earth. The rare presence of this beautiful avatar awakens the foul lust of an evil witch who wants to rip out the star's heart and eat it to gain prolonged life. The boy also has a use for the star: she will be a gift to an indifferent village girl who has toyed with the boy.

A parallel story line involves the succession of the ruler of the magical kingdom and the search for a jewel. The fact that the star has the jewel on her person brings the two threads of the story together. The story-arc of callow youth to manhood, good defeating evil, bravery rewarded is ancient. The reason that such a tale is continually retold is simple: we WANT to see ourselves in such a narrative. We want to believe that somewhere inside us is the spark that can kindle to a flame of right-thinking and right actions.

We want to believe that, when the time comes, we will do the right thing.



Overlooked gem
2009-12-14 - This apparently little known movie features a great cast, fun & lighthearted storyline and a fantastic soundtrack. I thoroughly enjoyed the humor, dialogue, special effects and action sequences. Similar in genre to the Princess Bride, but with higher production values. I don't recommend it for kids as its a little dark/scary at times for young children... Definitely a good date movie, etc. Highly recommended.

8)
2009-12-09 - I absolutely love this movie. If you love fantasy/love then this is a great movie for you.

Great Idea, Poorly Cast.
2009-12-06 - Stardust was someone's great idea for movie fantasy with lots of high tech special effects and a wonderful story line. Unfortunately "someone" had a "casting agenda".
The fallen star heroine is played by the less-than-attractive Claire Danes while a "totally beautiful Sienna Miller" is completely mis-cast as the bithchy stuck-up girl friend. Likewise, Charlie Cox isn't really "leading man material" but "someone" seems determined to make the viewer buy it. Robert DeNiro is "awful" as the "closet gay pirate captain" (The "only" movie I've ever "not" liked DeNiro in).What a waste. This could have been a "classic" fanstasy movie. Now it's just a flagrant nepotistic showcase for the power of Hollywood "insiders' vain promotion" of their relatives and family members. They'd be more believable as an industry if they just released their "backyard home movies".