A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

The film has everything you need for a good fairy tale.It's a beautiful mix of fairy-tale places and characters, love and hate, humor and magic. There are good guys and bad guys, and of course there are indirect - not quite good, but complementing the performance with humor.Great acting. Good and not exaggerated special effects. Very well-chosen music that builds emotions.Great for teenagers. Also worth seeing in the evening of February 14... with your beloved.

Two hours passed by like the falling star and brought me to the world, where everything is possible. All the actors are so sympatic that even the acts of bad characters are somehow hidden in comedial mist and nothing bad can make you hate them. Magic of love, shining of stars, beautiful locations of Scotland, Wales, England and even Iceland are carrying you away to the world over the wall, where death is a funny thing, but hatred is something you can't trust in....The movie draws you in and you forget about time...you are smiling like a small child and feel that warm and kind atmosphere, which reminds you, that love rules the world and is the biggest of all of powers and even the fantastic magic.

However, while Tristan and the Star were on the cloud and fighting, Tristan calls the Star 'cow'. In this day and age, no matter the movie's supposed time frame it the 18th-19th century, that's no way to talk to any lady. 10 years ago, the world was in a different place. I speak of Robert De Nero's character and his effeminate ways. If it were made today the only thing to be said would be "Why not use an actor who had 'effeminate ways?".

STARDUST is one of those flimsy, lightweight, CGI-fuelled effects extravaganzas that have been all the rage in cinema as of late. Eschewing plot and character in favour of pithy one-liners and outlandish caricatures, this is an adventure yarn aimed squarely at the masses and focusing on style over substance. Needless to say I'm not the ideal target audience; I'm a guy who likes something solid in his films among the effects, and I didn't find it here.That's not to say it isn't entertaining. On a superficial level, it definitely is. The CGI effects are pretty good and the fantasy world is well imagined. A near-continuous plethora of cameo appearances also helps out on the entertainment front too: Robert De Niro has a ball as a camp pirate, Michelle Pfeiffer equals him as a wicked witch, and Mark Strong does his snarling bad guy routine very efficiently. Then there are brief turns from Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Sienna Miller, Peter O'Toole, Ricky Gervais, David Kelly, Rupert Everett, and Ian McKellen as the sonorous narrator. These help pass the time. Claire Danes is a bit wishy-washy as the fairy-type character, though, and I never did end up warming to Charlie Cox's lead.Still, there are moments of inspiration amid the chaos and the fantasy stereotypes. The ending, in which Strong's character is exposed to all manner of dark magic, is very well realised. There are twists galore, and a level of breathless imagination usually missing from fantasy films. The resultant concoction is a bit like a sugary sweet: fun at the time, but not something you'd want to return too for fear of an upset stomach.