Movie: Stardust

I must admit that I'm not a great fan of fantasy films. Cut the witches and unicorns thing, spare me the Peter-Pan fight scenes that hardly gives me any andrenaline - it bores me.

But wait, Stardust isn't one of those let's-walk-out-before-the-witch-turns-him-into-a-frog show. It's captivating. It really is, even if the plot was nothing to boast of. Wait, there is. The show's absolutely great, even the plot, one of a quest for love, of something so special, and an added bonus to that.

The story tells of a ficitonal land of Stormhold - which lies beyond a wall of the village of Wall (Okay, maybe they could use a better name), and Tristan's (Charlie Cox) quest through the land to find a fallan star to win the heart of Victoria (Sienna Miller). It is there that he learns that the fallen star has turned into a beautiful girl by the name of Yvaine (Claire Danes), and soon realises that he isn't the only one in search for the star. And through a short time with Pirate Captain Shakespeare (Robert De Niro), Tristan 'grows into a man' and finally finds his true love.

The opening immediately brought M. Night Shyamalan's 'The Village' to mind, but quickly moves into a mystical world and tells of Tristan's story. The plot development was good, quite an adequate explanation on the story without leaving too many points to ponder on. Robert De Niro never fails to entertain with his hidden secrets.

Great trip into the world of fantasy, and definitely worth the watch.