Stardust, the movie

[stacygalore]

anita_hillin wrote:
>
> 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
>

Oh I LOVE Neil Gaiman!!! I'm dying to go see Stardust.  I have an autographed hardcopy of 
the book.  I highly recommend reading some of his graphic novels, especialy Sandman and 
Death.  He also wrote a graphic novel called "Books of Magic" about a boy that has magical 
powers who remarkably resembles HP.  I read the first issue a long time ago, before I 
caught on to the HP books.  One of my best friends refused to read any of the HP books 
because he is convinced JKR ripped-off Neil Gaiman.  I must say, the resemblance is 
striking.  Check out this picture:
http://www.chromewaves.net/images/interface/booksOfMagic.jpg

Stacy