About 2 weeks ago, we saw Stardust with Jot, a good friend of Lisa’s who was visiting for the weekend.  I’ll start off with two confessions:  while I haven’t read a lot of his work, I do enjoy Neil Gaiman and the worlds he creates.  And, when I was younger (high school/college), I had a thing for Michelle Pfeiffer.  If there was one actress I thought was absolutely gorgeous, it was her.

Stardust is a fairy tale, the story of a man who enters a magical world and finds his true love.  There are a number of twists and characters along his journey, and it takes him a while, as it seems it often does in these things, for him to realize who his true love is, but he gets there.

The characters are the best part of the movie.  Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro play very over-the-top characters that are enjoyable to watch on screen.  The plot is somewhat standard.  And it, of course, has a happy ending.  But, I liked that, unlike some Disneyfied stories, this one had more of the original Grimm feel to it.  People die.  Sometimes violently.  This is mitigated a bit by them coming back as ghosts and providing some comedic relief.  But, they die nonetheless.

I was intrigued enough by the movie that I will definitely find the book by Gaiman that this was based on and see what his original version was like.  Definitely recommended.