Personal Plug #4682

[snurri]

Just a quick note to let y'all know that my review of Stardust (the film) is up at Strange Horizons.

I, um, didn't love it.

Comments

[snurri.livejournal.com]

I've been seeing the Princess Bride comparisons, and this movie is so not The Princess Bride. I'm not sure I believe that's what they were going for. It seems to me that someone involved was working from The Fantasy Blockbuster Handbook (A Work In Progress). Wizard-battle light show? Check. Sweeping vistas? Check. And so on.

I enjoyed Danes more than you did, but I agree that there were too many tongue-tied, eyes-locked moments. I thought she did what she could to make the love story believable, but in the end it was something you had to accept rather than believe.

[v-verticordia.livejournal.com]

I was happy you liked Claire. I've missed her, and thought she was (to make an awful pun, sorry) a bright spot in the film. I actually liked Michelle Pfeiffer too. She seemed to be having fun. It was just a feel good sorta fluffy movie--but I'll have to get ahold of the novel now because I'm sure it's far more interesting. And I'm woefully under-read when it comes to Neil--except for the Sandman and Good Omens.

I review on SH too! I see I am in good company!

[snurri.livejournal.com]

Hello and welcome! No apologies for puns; I'm the one who referred to her as "radiant" in the review, so far be it from me to object :-)

It's possible I came down a little too hard on the film, in the end. It was fun; it just wasn't anything more than that, if that makes sense.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

P.S. I see you went to Odyssey; I'm an alum as well, of the 1996 class.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

Hey, wait--is this a Hannah I already know?

[v-verticordia.livejournal.com]

Whoops! I'm so braindead! We do know one another! I think I thought you were Darell Schweitzer for some reason--Weird Tales guy! Then I thought about it and I'm like....no. That name is familiar for another reason. I think I'm developing a brain tumor! Weren't you at TNEO w/ me in 06? I'm a dork. Forgive me. I didn't know you did reviews for SH--but then I guess I'm not good at noticing any details that don't run me over like a Mac Truck!!
Well cool! We're both SH scribes! And it's your job to be hard on a film. Gives people something to think about and argue about and we all love to argue! You should see the catty things I say when I review something. I turn into a Snark monster. It's compulsive!
So glad to reconnect with you. I enjoyed the review.
What are your thoughts on the upcoming Dark is Rising movie? I hear it's a travesty!

[snurri.livejournal.com]

I was thinking we met at the Odfellows party at WFC in Madison two years ago; I could be wrong. I haven't been to TNEO since (I think) 2001? So it wasn't then.

I've heard some mixed things about the Dark is Rising film too. I have to confess I've not read the books, though, so I'm not sure I would know!