Stardust
 

Haven't seen this mentioned and a search didn't come up.

http://www.stardustmovie.com/

Looks really interesting and a good cast! :up:

Based on some book or original?

Very cool to see a movie based on a Gaiman book. And Matthew Vaughn gets props for Layer Cake.

less Action Comics and more Vertigo titles for you, mister Superman07 because this is a good book.

It was a rather decent port over from the book. Sure, they had to drop a lot and it would have been nice to have Tori voice the tree but I have to say that watching a test screening of this sometime back with limited FX shots, it was a well done film. I enjoyed it a great deal and a lot of folks will relate it to a sort of Princess Bride level when it comes out.

Anyone know why Tori Amos is not going to be voicing the tree?...
That would have been a real treat..

Just finishing up the book today...it is such a great little novel and i hope the film does it justice which it looks like it will...

Man, what a cast.

Looks like pretty good light fantasy, would it be comparable to something like Princess Bride?

cause the tree part was cut out. ;)

Ladies and gentlemen, I have to say this is going to be THE biggest flop of 2007. The trailer was terrible looking and got 0 audience response when I saw it.

The cast... it looks great. And when I looked the movie up on IMDB I saw it was based on a Neil Gaiman book. Damn it. I like Neil Gaiman.

I just have a bad feeling about this. :(

Hopefully they will program the trailer on Shrek 3 and Harry Potter 5 and Pirates 3....
I dont know how it could bomb it advertised with those films...

It looked good to me and I wil see it, but I dont think it will do to well in theaters

I dunno. It may play well to some of the crowd. I think it will grow a following ala Princess Bride. So it may not be all that huge box office wise, but it'll be followed fairly well.

It's a shame people won't open their minds to something new, but are more than willing to have their brain cells systematically killed by seeing the new Shrek movie (also, as I type this, a review for The War At Home is sitting on top of the page. Talk about another brain cell murderer).

There's really no point in seeing the movie if you've seen the trailer. They pretty much cover the ENTIRE storyline. -ohbfrank-

I had never heard of this movie until I saw a display at the theater yesterday. I came home and watched the trailer and I think that it could be good. I will probably get the book at some point too.

The trailer looks cheesy, but I liked the book a lot so I'll see it.

Oh, but it looks so much fun though. I went down the shop and picked up some Neil Gaiman just to get me in the mood. Looking forward to it.

I went to the free screening at San Diego Comic-Con. I was only mildly interested in seeing it. I'll agree that the trailers look awful. I had not read the book. in fact i have very little experience with Gaiman's writing, I'm only on the 2nd trade of Sandman. The film was introduced by Gaiman and the screenwriter with a Q & A afterwards.

I thought the movie was fantastic. I described the film to a friend as "Unironically magical." The only movie I can possibly compare it to is Princess Bride (not my thought, Gaiman mentioned it during the Q & A). It has that aura of whimsy and romance that so few films have. The cast is amazing. Pfeiffer and De Niro steal the show, with Danes and newcomer Charlie Cox holding their own. I have a feeling this movie will have the fate of Princess Bride and others and be more of a cult hit, but it deserves so much more.

this movie has a big fuckin' "FLOP" and "MEH" all over it...still..it's getting good reviews so far,though.

The book was great and if the movie captures even a small part of the magic of the book it will be good.

I'm gonna catch this since I'm a fan of the book. But I have a feeling the movie is gonna flop terribly....just because of it's name. They should've changed it, it sounds like a "My Little Pony" biopic.

I agree it looks like it'll flop, can't say why for sure....
I'll still see it for myself though.

Does DeNiro take every single offer for roles? Seems like he has been in a lot of trash the last several years.

I was quite shocked by the early praise as well. The trailer borders on painful....

It's a good film. I liked it a lot. But the marketing will be the downfall of the film.

I just saw the theatrical trailer and yeah, the above poster was right. They pretty much give away every single plot point in the movie.

Agreed that the marketing blows. The TV spots I've seen are really weak. If I didn't already know what it was, I'd have zero interest in it.

I'm also surprised that they aren't using Neil Gaiman's name to push the film. He's not only the biggest name in comic books, but he's also a best-selling novelist as well. I know more than a few people who read his novels who have never even heard of Sandman.

I must be the only one that actually liked the trailer. I'm a dork that TIVO's 'Nothing But Trailers' and have been excited for some time for this movie. Looks like one I can take the kids to as well.

I think the trailer looks great and i think this movie will do quite well.
The book was so enjoyable and the movie looks like a lot of fun. (unlike Harry Potter IMO)
If a movie called Bridge to Terebitia (or whatever the hell) can do well then this movie sure as hell better make at least $100 million.

Bridge to Terabithia was not only a beloved children's novel, but also had Disney marketing it whereas Stardust has the marketing of sinking ship Paramount.

Sinking ship Paramount who just released Transformers and Disturbia?

...and has iron man and indiana jones IV coming out next year mind you...
What are they gonna do?

Problem is that this isn't as easy to market. What, you target the hardcore comic fans who most of which haven't even read this book and exclude those female types who would like it as a love story?

You market it as a love story and exclude the typical comic/guy crowd and just make it a chick flick?

It's a tough sell any way you cut it.

Not to mention Disney's marketing of Bridge To Terabithia had most people leaving the theater confused...

We had to read "The Bridge to Terabithia" in grade school.

The commercials for the movie made it look like some kind of fantasy epic like Narnia or The Neverending Story. I haven't seen the movie (and don't plan on it), but the book was like a Lifetime Movie of the Week for ten year-olds.

They could do targeted marketing, instead of one all-purpose trailer.

I really don't know what to make of what I know so far about Stardust.

Theres good actors and what seems like a good story line, but I dont know... theres a lot of it that just looks real cheesy.

Just as easy as it could be really good it could be really bad

It mind end up being a Ben Kingsley in Bloodrayne type of movie

Just saw a midnight show, and I loved it! I'd go so far as to say this is one of the best movies of the year. Everything about it worked. Granted, some of the special effects looked to be on the poorer end of the spectrum, but it didn't detract from the experience one bit. The whole cast was brilliant, especially Claire Danes and Robert De Niro. This thing is probably going to do little at the box office, but it's a damn sight better than anything else that's out right now.

Stardust is very good. It's lots of fun.

Granted, I know the choices this weekend are Rush Hour or watching Bratz a second time out of loyalty, but Stardust is really well-done. There're a few flaws that probably stem from adapting the book - a bit long, a lot of characters that bog down the film's momentum by introducing them all, some scenes that feel like they probably meant a lot in the book but not so much after editing - kinda the same problems I had with Matthew Vaughn's Layer Cake. They don't affect the movie much, though.

So, yes. Stardust is properly good. To be all Donald Kaufman about it, it's Midnight Run meets The Princess Bride, done with such a sense of genuine fun and adventure, you won't even mind Take That playing over the credits.

Yeah, it's a shame it'll do poorly in the box office. It deserves a lot more credit than it's going to be getting. Hopefully word of mouth spreads. who knows.

I really loved the movie and thought it was extremely well done. Claire Danes was radiant and De Niro seemed to be having a great time. I think this movie can appeal to just about anyone, young/old male/female because it truly does have something for everyone...I just don't know if the audience is going to find it. Word of mouth will be stellar, but this looks like a sleeper video hit to me - however I'll be back for a second viewing and taking as many people as I can wrangle up with me. Just a fun, fun movie.

MATT

This film was fantastic.
Better than any Harry Potter movie, ANY movie this summer and probably the best fantasy film ever made after Lord of the Rings.
I would put stardust in my best films of the year right up with Death Proof and Zodiac.
I will be so pissed off if this movie doesn't do well.