Stardust: A Future Fantasy Cult Classic
You Are Psyche!
Eternally in search of purpose and insight.
You're curious and creative with a total sense of wonder.
Totally empathetic, you pick up on other's moods easily.
Just be sure to pamper yourself as well!
What Goddess Are You?
A quiz from machi_neko!
You Need Some Blue in Your Life
Blue will make you feel calm, intelligent, and confident.
And with a little blue, you will project an aura of sincerity and loyalty.
If you want wisdom, you've got to get a little blue in your life!
For extra punch: Combine blue with brown or green
The downside of blue: Blue can make you seem more conservative and reserved than you are
The consequences of more blue in your life:
You will feel more open to the world around you
You will have a broader and richer perspective on life
You will be able to find solitude, even in the most hectic times
What Color Do You Need?
Yesterday, I saw the grand and wonderful movie, Stardust! For a second time! Yes, this Friday and the Friday before that. I needed only a week to decide I needed to see it again.
It's currently one of the better films out there at the moment, though since it's August - one of the "bad movie months", like February - that may not be saying much. It's the nicest fantasy out right now. Like the Neil Gaiman book of the same title, it concerns an 18 year-old boy named Tristan Thorn who lives in a town called Wall in the 1800's, a village named because of the wall that runs along it and what appears to be a giant field. The giant field belongs to another world, particularly the kingdom of Stormhold. There are tons of fun things there, like a royal family attempting to kill each other in order to get the crown, sky pirates that try to catch lightning, witches searching for eternal youth, and a star that has fallen from the sky. If the star had landed in our world, it would have been a fairly normal meteor, but, since landing in Stormhold, she has been transformed into a haughty but like-able blond in a blue dress who calls herself Yvaine (Claire Danes).
Several plot lines weave together through out the film, all surrounding the presence of the star. Tristan (Christopher Cox) wants the star to impress his potential beau, the vain, stupid Victoria, and I guess I'll just have to suspend my belief and pretend its his innocence and naivete that blind Tristan to the annoyances of this woman. This beginning thread of a plot line, though, isn't nearly as interesting as the royal family of Stormhold: seven princes who all attempt to kill each other in order to get the crown. Their ghosts remain even after their characters die, and not only do they serve as excellent comic relief, they happen to provide running commentary for the film.
The witches, including Michelle Pfeiffer, are all delightfully, unforgivably evil. The movie treats them seriously like it does all fantasy elements of the film, not simply belittling the villains into childish bad guys. These women are real witches - seething, horrible, animal-abusing witches. Pfeiffer loves her some melodrama in this role, but that's probably what the part calls for, and it looks like she has a lot of fun with the character.
Robert De Niro is Captain Shakespeare (yes, Shakespeare) on a flying ship of pirates. Though he seems initially a bit unenthusiastic about the part, he eventually hams it up as much as Pfeiffer, if not more so. He's silly, but still excellent.
Now, the original book. (machi_neko, order the illustrated version of the book from the library, and you will seriously fall in love. No, seriously. Just take a peak at the book store, in the very least!) The original book's storyline differs from the movie in many respects, but this is completely fine with me. Stardust the film and Stardust the book are two very different animals, and should be treated as such. At any rate, the movie wraps up the plot much more evenly and with a big shiny bow of an ending. Best of all, most of the good parts of the book are preserved beautifully! That's all I can ask for an adaptation.
See Stardust, even if that sort of movie is part of a genre that isn't one you enjoy. It's worth the ticket price.
Eternally in search of purpose and insight.
You're curious and creative with a total sense of wonder.
Totally empathetic, you pick up on other's moods easily.
Just be sure to pamper yourself as well!
What Goddess Are You?
A quiz from machi_neko!
You Need Some Blue in Your Life
Blue will make you feel calm, intelligent, and confident.
And with a little blue, you will project an aura of sincerity and loyalty.
If you want wisdom, you've got to get a little blue in your life!
For extra punch: Combine blue with brown or green
The downside of blue: Blue can make you seem more conservative and reserved than you are
The consequences of more blue in your life:
You will feel more open to the world around you
You will have a broader and richer perspective on life
You will be able to find solitude, even in the most hectic times
What Color Do You Need?
Yesterday, I saw the grand and wonderful movie, Stardust! For a second time! Yes, this Friday and the Friday before that. I needed only a week to decide I needed to see it again.
It's currently one of the better films out there at the moment, though since it's August - one of the "bad movie months", like February - that may not be saying much. It's the nicest fantasy out right now. Like the Neil Gaiman book of the same title, it concerns an 18 year-old boy named Tristan Thorn who lives in a town called Wall in the 1800's, a village named because of the wall that runs along it and what appears to be a giant field. The giant field belongs to another world, particularly the kingdom of Stormhold. There are tons of fun things there, like a royal family attempting to kill each other in order to get the crown, sky pirates that try to catch lightning, witches searching for eternal youth, and a star that has fallen from the sky. If the star had landed in our world, it would have been a fairly normal meteor, but, since landing in Stormhold, she has been transformed into a haughty but like-able blond in a blue dress who calls herself Yvaine (Claire Danes).
Several plot lines weave together through out the film, all surrounding the presence of the star. Tristan (Christopher Cox) wants the star to impress his potential beau, the vain, stupid Victoria, and I guess I'll just have to suspend my belief and pretend its his innocence and naivete that blind Tristan to the annoyances of this woman. This beginning thread of a plot line, though, isn't nearly as interesting as the royal family of Stormhold: seven princes who all attempt to kill each other in order to get the crown. Their ghosts remain even after their characters die, and not only do they serve as excellent comic relief, they happen to provide running commentary for the film.
The witches, including Michelle Pfeiffer, are all delightfully, unforgivably evil. The movie treats them seriously like it does all fantasy elements of the film, not simply belittling the villains into childish bad guys. These women are real witches - seething, horrible, animal-abusing witches. Pfeiffer loves her some melodrama in this role, but that's probably what the part calls for, and it looks like she has a lot of fun with the character.
Robert De Niro is Captain Shakespeare (yes, Shakespeare) on a flying ship of pirates. Though he seems initially a bit unenthusiastic about the part, he eventually hams it up as much as Pfeiffer, if not more so. He's silly, but still excellent.
Now, the original book. (machi_neko, order the illustrated version of the book from the library, and you will seriously fall in love. No, seriously. Just take a peak at the book store, in the very least!) The original book's storyline differs from the movie in many respects, but this is completely fine with me. Stardust the film and Stardust the book are two very different animals, and should be treated as such. At any rate, the movie wraps up the plot much more evenly and with a big shiny bow of an ending. Best of all, most of the good parts of the book are preserved beautifully! That's all I can ask for an adaptation.
See Stardust, even if that sort of movie is part of a genre that isn't one you enjoy. It's worth the ticket price.