Stardust, the movie

[anita_hillin]

I will begin by saying I have not read any Neil Gaiman novels (due to
inertia rather than lack of interest), so I went to see "Stardust"
without any preconceived notions.  

We all loved the movie, and I'm now ready to read the source material.
 I hear that the movie contains several major departures, which is
even more intriguing to me.  

If anyone who has read the book has also seen the movie, I'd be
interested to hear your views.

akh, who found Mark Williams howlingly funny as Billy (does that
appear in the book?), and who was informed by her comic-book obsessed
SO that Neil Gaiman started as a comic book writer