Stardust

[Head Wreck]

nuts.

its still not out in the UK.

[freydis]

i *really* need to see this movie......

[Daniel]

I'm only in the middle of the book after having already seen the movie, but my friend who saw it with me and had read the book already said he liked the movie better than the book. He liked the storytelling better.

Whew, that's a stretch. I enjoyed the movie a lot, but the book is truly amazing. I think some of the embellishments in the movie are.... not so much an improvement, but rather a very pleasant addition. I was pleased with the embellishments, as well as with many of the things they skipped over from the book. The ship captain with Robert Deniro being one embellishment I loved(he completely stole the show IMO). As well as the portrayal of some of the small characters, which were nicely embellished. The actions scenes were well done. The wide sweeping camera angles though pretty, were pointless and needlessly trite. However, the book's story telling is worlds beyond the movie. The story ends much more bitter sweet, and the character of Yvaine is developed a whole lot better. I do not think Claire Danes was able to demonstrate properly the true range of the character. Yvaine changed in a pretty steep way, and Danes seemed convincing but flat. The book also provided a level of detail and plot mechanics that the movie simply skipped. The movie skipped, for example, a lot of the magical adventure parts of the story which really gave the whole book its unique feel. Skipping things is great for a movie as movies of the sort do not need to be tedious. But, I do not think Gaiman's writing in Stardust is tedious in any way. In fact, I think it is elegant, beautiful, concise and entirely cohesive.

[Nienna]

I LOVED this movie!! I smiled all the way home!

[Mzdeadlyspell]

It was really entertaining. I liked the part with Robert Deniro...lol

I am pretty sure I want to see this flick again!

[Johnny]

I thought Neil was supposed to have a lot more control this time ,it was supposed to be his vehicle to getting into the directors chair.

right or wrong ,i would like to see him have more influence in the world,convert more people to his unique combo of dark,light and shear brilliance

[Shade Everdark]

It was really entertaining. I liked the part with Robert Deniro...lol

I am pretty sure I want to see this flick again!

Pilfered what I was going to say.

Robert DeNiro...stole the show.

[freydis]

This was a great movie!

[Johnny]

i heard that if this is a success they will go on to finish death ,Fairuza Balk staring (meow) and neil gaiman directing!! both begging for the position.

exerpt from yahoo movies: "As a comic book-turned-film, Death: The High Cost of Living bears probably the most similarity to Ghost World, as both books/films focus on young women with an emphasis for well-written dialogue and conversation, except with Death, the title is not just metaphorical, the girl in question *is* Death. Although this film does have supernatural/fantastic roots, it's far from a typical comic book movie (and definitely not a "super hero movie")."

thats what i was hoping to hear,bring it on.

[Wooleybooley]

i heard that if this is a success they will go on to finish death ,Fairuza Balk staring (meow) and neil gaiman directing!! both begging for the position.

exerpt from yahoo movies: "As a comic book-turned-film, Death: The High Cost of Living bears probably the most similarity to Ghost World, as both books/films focus on young women with an emphasis for well-written dialogue and conversation, except with Death, the title is not just metaphorical, the girl in question *is* Death. Although this film does have supernatural/fantastic roots, it's far from a typical comic book movie (and definitely not a "super hero movie")."

thats what i was hoping to hear,bring it on.

Yeah. I hope Neil gets to do this!

[Johnny]

Yeah. I hope Neil gets to do this!

the following is just a copy and paste job.

Distributor: Warner Bros. (USA); Pandora (international)

Production Company: Angry Films (Iron Man), JD Productions (From Hell), Village Roadshow

" Neil Gaiman has long said that he plans on making his directorial debut with this project. We should know this week whether those plans are still active. It's curious that Pandora is holding the "announcement" back since Gaiman has been telling everyone he wants the honor for years. Did he get it? My hunch is "yes" and Pandora is probably just trying to whip the "official" announcement into as much of an event as they can. We'll see. (9/26/02) Well, that October, 2001 announcement that Pandora was expecting to do was apparently delayed by Gaiman's decision not to work on this project immediately following the events of 9/11/01, because he couldn't "couldnt muster the enthusiasm for a story about Death spending a day in New York", according to a recent (9/19/02) post at his online journal. He writes there that he spent a week in a hotel in early August, 2002, and wrote nothing but the "Death" script, and is very happy with what he's produced."