Stardust is the movie you go to see to realise how crap all the other movies you go to see are. Neil Gaiman can script a story that will make you think you were meant to hear it during your childhood, surely it must have been retold many times, but that somehow you missed out on it each and every one.
Fortunately if you missed the graphic novel or the book you can now go and see it at the cinema. See it if you’re a fan of The Princess Bride (released 20 years ago!) or Ever After. See it for de Niro’s scenes, for the other scenes that will make you cry, or cry with laughter, or make you think your heart is going to stop with excitement. Witches and Princes, romance and magic abounds, strange and fabulous characters drawn into conflict by their own individual quests.
Stardust is rated PG for “Mild violence, fantasy themes, may frighten young children”.
Neil is the guy who loves to chat with his fans and spends hours of time (during which I’m sure he could be doing something much more interesting) sitting down and signing books for them. I guess that’s kind of like worshipping him as a god, for really, we are not worthy of the talent and effort he expends for us.
