Gentle Readers, today Stardust is available on DVD. This movie not only became one of my favourite movies of this year, but it quickly got on my list of top favourite movies of all time. I don't know if it was everything that I was going through this year or if it just speaks to the child in me, but Stardust really captured my heart and imagination. This movie has a positive message and is filled with notions of hope and believing in oneself and it is all wrapped in a cool little bundle of a magical adventure.Stardust is based on the novella of the same name by Neil Gaiman and is directed by Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake) and stars Charlie Cox (remember him?) (Casanova) as Tristan Thorne, who promises Victoria (Sienna Miller), the girl he loves, that he will venture beyond the wall that separates their village from the magical world of Stormhold and retrieve a fallen star. The star was "knocked" out of the sky by a magical necklace that the dying King of Stormhold released to send his three remaining sons on a quest to settle the succession of the throne. Three witches also see the star fall and want the star for their own diabolical purposes. When Tristan arrives to retrieve the star he finds that the star is an actual person in the form of the lovely (and cranky) Yvainne. Adventure and romance follow as Tristan attempts to get Yvainne back to his village.
I don't want to give too much more away, accept to say that this really is a nice wee fable, much in the vein of The Princess Bride (1987), only done so much better. It also makes for a good holiday movie, so put a little magic in your holiday and pick up Stardust. I've included a pretty decent tribute video that includes excerpts from the movie set to the closing song from the film by the British pop band, Take That.
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