Stardust

I’m bummed. I just finished this review and it disappeared. I hate it when I do something and have no idea what it was.Okay. This is another movie in the Fantasy genre, which is in its ascendancy right now. There are at least half-a-dozen more coming out or in production, including the next in the Narnia series, Prince Caspian.Starring Charlie Cox, Clare Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Robert De Niro, with a small role by Peter O’toole, and narrated by Ian McKellen (Who I thought was O’Toole all the way through the movie.)This one takes place in England, near a small village called Wall. It is called that because there is an old stone wall separating this world from another, called Stormhold. Our hero, Tristan, vows to go over the wall (which is never done) to retrieve a fallen star and bring it back to a girl who does not love him, but is willing to marry him if he impresses her. Pretty straightforward, right? But, as tales such as this often do, things go from bad to worse. Several other people are trying to get to the fallen star as well. The star, of course, is Clare Danes. In Stormhold, stars turn into beautiful young women when the fall to earth. They head back to Wall but fall into lots of adventures, encounters, troubles, challenges and mysterious situations, mostly as a result of Michelle Pfeiffer, who, along with her two sisters, is a very naughty witch. They hope to capture the star and cut her heart out so they can be young again, and based on the make-up, it’s been a really long time since they were even middle-aged.Five princes are also looking for the star, but they keep killing each other off because they dad (O’Toole, the king) is dying. It’s a family tradition. At some point the star-crossed lovers (pretty good, huh?) run into Robert De Niro, a pirate captain, and his cutthroat crew. De Niro is both more and less than he seems, and helps the kids on their way. His character, the captain, is done to perfection. It’s worth the price of admission (discounted of course) to see De Niro do his thing. Very unexpected, but that’s all I’ll say about that. Needless to say, the entire mess is sorted out two minutes before the credits roll, and the young lovers are saved, marry and have thirty-six kids. (Not really).This is not a great movie, but it is a good movie. It is rated PG and had nothing objectionable in it (rating wise). Nita really liked it and I enjoyed it as well.