Okay.

So, it’s pretty rare that a movie comes along and offends me so thoroughly as to keep me up at nights. These rare few cinematic abominations go right on my “you’re a schmuck if you enjoyed this movie” list.

Well, okay, so no, you’re not necessarily a schmuck if you loved one or more of the films on my list of detestation. But, I might look at you funny when you back is turned. Maybe throw a soda cap at your head and then play innocent when you look around for who threw it.

But, not a coke cap. Those are valuable.

Anyway.

Stardust is absolutely, positively, without any doubt in my mind - NOT one of these movies.

I expected a dumb, little romance about a guy and a girl and yadda yadda hetero icky tuh kissing and bla bla bla with magic and froo froo and witches and .. flying things. I thought it was gonna be cute and fun at best.

OOOOoooh boy.. was I * EVER * wrong. Okay, most of the time, beautiful parts in movies make me get all choked up and squirt out a couple tears and stuff. And, while this movie HAD plenty of beautiful moments, I never got choked up. I don’t know why, really – probably because it never poked at any of my deep-rooted emotional scars. * emo moment *

Somebody play some The Cure, eh?

Anyway. Stardust is a romance. True. It’s *thinks* cliché and yeah, a little bit predictable as far as the grand scope of things go, and it’s fantasy, so SURE, there’s a little it of a deus ex machina. However- The devil is in the details. It’s the cute little, unexpected twists that brought this movie to life for me.

Sheeit! More than brought it to life! Made me freakin’ squirm with glee! It’s AWESOME! OOOOOH my god and that last sword fight .. is .. AWESOME!!!!

I am thinking of having some friends over and watching it again before sending it back to Netflix. I advise you to get your hands on a copy of it.

Loyalty, Honor, and what True Love is all about. It’s a fantastic movie

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