While a majority of reviews may have stubbed Stardust as an unimaginative mix of fantasy elements of witches, magic and kingdoms and the like, along with a wrong casting, I may object rightly to those reviews saying that it is a new bold, but successful attempt. Stardust offers an absolute synergy of story elements of which provide a fresh and new view to how we see fantasy movies these days.
Adapted from Neil Gaiman’s novel of the same title (of which I have recently finished reading), I particularly enjoyed the movie adaptation better seeing that it had a more concise and stronger (and less complicating) plot. Talking about plot – The movie’s modified plot was somewhat predictable, but even so, it sustained well and managed to keep myself to the seat’s edge.
A difference as seen from the novel and the movie is the extended role of Captain Shakespeare, which (in the book) was an different-named captain who appeared for only 9 pages and did not do much to flavor the story. Robert De Niro did a fine job in this role (despite other reviewers saying otherwise), playing as the funny and charismatic Captain Shakespeare. In terms of CGI and movie sequences (action in particular), Stardust did a very well job at that, and I’m happy enough to say that I was very impressed.
For those who feed on fantasy movies, this is a movie you cannot pass!
