Stardust

[icepixie]

I went to see Stardust today. It was excellent, although of course not quite as good as the book (but what is?). The book was rather obviously more adult than the film--particularly Tristran's and Ivaine's bickering--but whatever. First of all, even though I've read the book twice, I have absolutely no memory of the lighting-catcher ship and its flamboyant captain. Was this in the book? Perhaps I should read it again. (Oh, darn.)

I also don't remember Ivaine shining the witch-queen to death against all laws of physics and logic, but that's okay.

Preeeeeetty pretty scenery. Although I expected the market to be more colorful, but whatever. It was still largely a really pretty movie. And the ghosts cracked me up. All in all, I'd say it was an excellent adaptation, far better than most I've seen. Yay!

Comments

[icepixie]

Thanks for the explanation. I liked the captain as well, it was just sort of niggling at me that I had no memory of him in the book.

And I was thinking the ending was basically the same as the book, with the exception that I don't remember them becoming stars at the end. No?

[elflore.livejournal.com]

More or less. Tristran and Yvaine did become King and Queen of Stormhold in the book, but it's at least implied they never have children. (Yvaine warns Tristran they probably won't be able to, as she's a star and he a human, and after Tristran passes away of old age, it's Yvaine who rules the kingdom.) And of course Tristran's father and bio-mom, and Victoria Forrester, are very different than how we see them at the film's end as well...

[icepixie]

Methinks I need to read it one more time...