Stardust ... the best D&D movie EVAR...(spoilers)

[Archetype]

Heh, just got back from seeing Stardust.

Besides being a really good romance/date movie, it contains so many "D&Disms," which are handled so much better than in any other fantasy movie *intending* to be a D&D movie, that I highly recommend it for the DDO crowd.

*Commoner levels up, takes Swashbuckler Prestige Class.
*a *proper* mythological Unicorn (hey, finally they can Break Enchantment).
*awesome Eberron-like Sky Galleon, with "lightning bolt collectors."
*Baleful Polymorph used often and to good effect.
*Witch's curse/geas employed by a caster who knows how to phrase a curse limitation.
*Pirates! (arrrr)
*a unique Undead swordfight, unlike any other.
*multiple Burning Hands spells used in battle (with "saves for half damage too" heh).
*Vodoo dolls, illusions, dual-dagger-weilding spellcasters, someone eaten by a pack of wolves (who have the Trip feat as well), cantrips employed as a daily tool, oh and everyone and his freakin' brother (literally) using a form of runic Divination to navigate across the world like a magic GPS link...

And, the best thing in the whole movie is Robert DeNiro, who plays:
A gay, closeted vicious Pirate Captain, afraid the world will find out his real love of fine cuisine, hairdressing and crossdressing...heh..awesome.

Now, be advised that this is primarily a Romance movie, in the classical sense. But it has a whopping amount of action, magic and wonder to feed the Geek Need, as your date soaks up the "True Love" storyline (or...visa versa as it may be).

Stardust will probably fly under the radar of all the overhyped, underwhelming Summer Blockbusters, but I found it to be the best movie of Summer 2007.

Here's the link if ya want to check it out. Stardust-Official Movie Site

[Gypsy_Mouse]

Haven't seen it yet. I wasn't crazy about the book, I actually never got far into it (not a big Neil Gaiman fan really), but I have hopes the movie will be better.

But what I'm really, really hoping for is that Stardust will do well enough to spark interest in getting "Neverwhere" (the only book of his that I've read and enjoyed) done into movie form and that it's just as good as, if not better than, the book.

I won't hold my breath, though, since Mirrormask didn't do very well.

[Attomic]

Haven't seen it yet. I wasn't crazy about the book, I actually never got far into it (not a big Neil Gaiman fan really), but I have hopes the movie will be better.

But what I'm really, really hoping for is that Stardust will do well enough to spark interest in getting "Neverwhere" (the only book of his that I've read and enjoyed) done into movie form and that it's just as good as, if not better than, the book.

I won't hold my breath, though, since Mirrormask didn't do very well.

The only book of his that you've enjoyed??? You REALLY need to read Good Omens.

[samhuinn]

The only book of his that you've enjoyed??? You REALLY need to read Good Omens.

Yeah, Good Omens is great. American Gods is fantastic as well. I enjoyed Stardust (but I'm a comic book geek too) and am looking forward to the movie. Glad to hear it doesn't suck

[QuantumFX]

Well, if you like Gaiman's stuff - he penned the upcoming CGI animated version of Grendel coming up in November. I haven't seen Stardust yet only because my wife has been sick and I'm not allowed to see it without her. (She loved Mirrormask.)

[GeneralDiomedes]

Mirrormask was not really a proper movie was it? It looked extremely low budget, more like it was intended to go straight to video, so I wouldn't take anything from that.

[Tous]

LOL the undead sword fight was awesome.

[QuantumFX]

Mirrormask was not really a proper movie was it? It looked extremely low budget, more like it was intended to go straight to video, so I wouldn't take anything from that.

Well my wife and I watched it in one of the local art house theaters. The movie was made by Henson's company and appeared, to me, to have the same level of attention as episodes of Farscape. We loved it nonetheless and it helped cement her desire to watch Stardust and Beowulf.

Edit: Also more of Gaiman's TV work - Day of the Dead episode of Babylon 5.