'But will you find me if Neil makes me a tree?'
Went to see Stardust on Saturday, which was, in a word, wonderful, particularly in the sense of said word that means 'filled with wondrous activity'. I tried to be strong and only order a small Diet Coke, but the person running concession persuaded me into a larger size by saying it was only another fifty cents (I blame him for any discomfort I experienced). In my stubborn way, I shall continue to like the book better, but I'm more pleased with the movie than I expected to be. I adored the actor that played Tristran, who managed to shift from awkward, stumbling boy to omg!hearthob without making it appear too contrived. Claire Danes, although I read some reviews that criticised her performance rather harshly, was very much the Yvaine that I pictured in my head. The Lords of Stormhold were absolutely perfect, as was Sienna Miller, and I deeply enjoyed the man who guarded the Wall.
Arthur Weasley getting his goat on, erm... explained a lot about Ron.
Everyone's raving over Robert DeNiro, Michelle Pfeifer, and even Peter O'Toole, so I won't add anything, other than what they say is absolutely correct.
I really only had one major issue with the adaptation, and that was the absence of the tree. While, yes, it would have been amazing if they had brought in Tori Amos and had her do the tree voice, that isn't (quite surprisingly) the main reason that this bothered me. The scene with the tree is, I think, the major turning point in the story and in Tristran and Yvaine's relationship because it is the point where he unchains her and (somewhat inadvertently) sets her free. The tree's line about only helping him because he unchained her is rather the point of the story, I thought-everyone else wants the star for their own purposes, but Tristran is able to trust her, albeit mistakenly, and eventually help her.
Okay, and I didn't like how they switched around the ending. There was something wonderfully sad about the idea of Yvaine living forever to rule the kingdom after Tristran die; the ending they chose was too conveniently neat for me to like it. Wonderfully sad, I suppose, but unpopular.
Anyway... I'm off to buy Tori tickets! B and I are going on December 3 and, well, now I just want it to be December 3. Boyfriend contemplated coming, until I said something along the lines of, "Do you really want to see what the two of us are like in that particular situation?" His response? "It would be... enlightening..." (B is the most delightfully quirky person I know and he tends to carry people along in his craziness.)
I'm so excited I can barely sleep. I do hope this wears off, otherwise I'll be unbearably tired by the time December comes around.
Arthur Weasley getting his goat on, erm... explained a lot about Ron.
Everyone's raving over Robert DeNiro, Michelle Pfeifer, and even Peter O'Toole, so I won't add anything, other than what they say is absolutely correct.
I really only had one major issue with the adaptation, and that was the absence of the tree. While, yes, it would have been amazing if they had brought in Tori Amos and had her do the tree voice, that isn't (quite surprisingly) the main reason that this bothered me. The scene with the tree is, I think, the major turning point in the story and in Tristran and Yvaine's relationship because it is the point where he unchains her and (somewhat inadvertently) sets her free. The tree's line about only helping him because he unchained her is rather the point of the story, I thought-everyone else wants the star for their own purposes, but Tristran is able to trust her, albeit mistakenly, and eventually help her.
Okay, and I didn't like how they switched around the ending. There was something wonderfully sad about the idea of Yvaine living forever to rule the kingdom after Tristran die; the ending they chose was too conveniently neat for me to like it. Wonderfully sad, I suppose, but unpopular.
Anyway... I'm off to buy Tori tickets! B and I are going on December 3 and, well, now I just want it to be December 3. Boyfriend contemplated coming, until I said something along the lines of, "Do you really want to see what the two of us are like in that particular situation?" His response? "It would be... enlightening..." (B is the most delightfully quirky person I know and he tends to carry people along in his craziness.)
I'm so excited I can barely sleep. I do hope this wears off, otherwise I'll be unbearably tired by the time December comes around.