One of the best (and pretty much unknown) movies ever

Rating: 10/10 (9 February 2009)

This is my favorite movie ever! The story line is awesome; the actors are amazing and the visuals are stunning.
Robert DeNiro makes a wonderful transvestite pirate. Captain Shakespeare is my most favorite character in this film, but Charlie Cox as Tristan is also extremely good. Claire Danes as Yvaine does a fine job of portraying a star, and as a young woman coming to terms with a whole new world/environment. Michelle Pfeiffer is the perfect witch and it's wonderful to see her anger and frustration as she loses her youth and Tristan and Yvaine continually escape her. Mark Strong is a wonderful--or should it be terrible?--Septimus. He portrays the ambitious prince very well and captures the cold-blooded assurance very well.
I suppose I should mention the dead princes. After Capt. Shakespeare, they are the best of the movie, providing quite a few of the funniest moments in the movie.
Stardust is quite reminiscent of The Princess Bride. It has the same fairy tale feeling, but it's much darker and has a lot more action and humor--although humor of a different sort. Anyone who liked the Princess Bride is guaranteed to love this movie.