Stardust, the movie

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "anita_hillin" 
<anita_hillin at ...> 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
>


Alla:

So I only went to see Stardust yesterday and again for myself saw 
again that it is much better for me to NOT read or reread the book 
before seeing the movie.


Let me explain. I AM  a big fun of Neil Gaiman. I pick up Neverwhere 
at least once a year to reread, I read Good Omens god knows how many 
times, I am in love with Ananci Boys from his more or less recent 
books.

I not only adore the man as a writer, but he has my deepest respect 
for not writing several books in short periods of time, you know? ;)


So, having said all that I read Stardust LONG time ago, I mean it 
long time ago and was not very impressed in a sense that I did not 
want to reread the book. Not that I hated it or anything, I consider 
several of his books to be extraordinary, this one seemed just Okay, 
whatever from what I remembered.

I pretty much did not remember anything except main premise, 
ANYTHING.

Goodness, I loved, loved the movie. I found it to be fast pacing, 
exciting, chemistry between Tristan and Iveine to be fascinating, 
etc, Michelle Pfaifer - so deliciously evil and De Niro - oh so very 
cute.


But heeeee, plot does indeed contains some departures and I already 
know that had I reread the ending, I would have be annoyed at movie 
makers for Hollywoodising it too much in my view, but since I did 
not have a  book in my mind to compare - LOVED.

Alla