Stardust

Rating: 8/10 (16 October 2007)

Stardust is really, really magical. More than the whole Harry Potter series, because you can feel the weariness and the desire to hit the box-office more than they can in Harry Potter movies, while in Stardust all comes from the heart and all is heartfelt. And the viewers feel that: the movie theatre was nearly empty (apart from me and my friends, and some lustful couples), but near the end we all burst into an applause.
I think the best actor-actress here has been Michelle Pfeiffer. Villain without redemption, she portrays perfectly the bitchy witch Lamia, and probably she's even prettier than Claire Danes and Sienna Miller, although Mrs. Pfeiffer is nearly 50-something. Charlie Cox won't be a great movie star, but a good actor; Robert De Niro is funny, funny, funny, funny (my friend Federica and me couldn't stop laughing); Claire Danes is a bit false, but works as the falling star Yvaine; Sienna Miller appears for few scenes, and it's better this way: I can't stand her! Costumes, sets, cinematography, all first-rate, not like the computer graphics; to make up for it, we have what an American film fantasy can't offer: good actors, valid screenplay, imaginative direction.
I hope they won't do a sequel or a prequel so Stardust won't be spoiled, but Neil Gaiman didn't write a second book and we can heave a sigh of relief.