All weekends should end on Monday nights

[drwex]

So as noted in the previous update we swapped our Saturday babysitting token for a Monday token and went out to see Stardust. Lots of folk have reviewed it and I don't have a lot original to add, but yes, that was a very good movie.


I felt that the weakest part of the film was Charlie Cox's Tristan. It's not entirely his fault, he's relatively inexperienced as an actor and the script doesn't always put Tristan in the best position, but the combination of his character and the on-screen pairings didn't work in his favor. Claire Danes completely overwhelms him. With Robert DeNiro and Michelle Pfeiffer turning in amazing performances it felt like any time Tristan wasn't in center focus and speaking I had to work to remember he was there.

There were probably deviations from the book I'll realize once I go back and re-read it, but none of them stood out enough during viewing to mar my enjoyment.


Then the wifey and I came home and gamed, because we really are that kind of nerd couple.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

yup, exactly. i had the oddest feeling that the part was written for orlando bloom, or one of the other star-power pretty-boys who are gracing the swashbuckling scene these days... Cox? meh.

--desrt born, posting from work

[drwex]

I don't think much of Orlando Bloom, personally. He didn't seem as dreadful in the last movie as in the second, but... meh.

[sweetmmeblue.livejournal.com]

Actually I thought he was just right. Going from a character that you overlook to one of a stronger stage presence. He's supposed to fade in the background at first. Then, as he grows his character takes on more life, more color. It worked for me.

[candle-light.livejournal.com]

We went to see Stardust on Monday evening also. I really enjoyed it except for the overly long time they gave to Capt Shakespeare. They could have better used that time elsewhere (did we really need to see him dancing to the can-can?). I agree w/ your wife's assessment of Tristan.