Mark visit and movie review: "Stardust"

[matrixrefugee]

My good buddy Mark was finally able to get his car to behave and he's out here for a week. I probably won't see him again till December, but we had a good, long visit, the high point of which was seeing the movie we've both been wanting to see, namely, the film version of Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess's "Stardust". I give it six stars out of five: incredible visuals, great editing, beautiful art design, wonderful adaptation of the story, wonderful acting (Claire Danes as Yvaine the star utterly *sparkles*, while Michelle Pfeiffer as Lamia the witch is deliciously nasty; unfortunately, I didn't get the name of the lovely young fellow played Tristan Thorne, but he's utterly delightful. And Robert DeNiro as the not-so-dread pirate Captain Shakespeare almost steals the show), just an all around *GREAT* film.

We spent the rest of the evening chatting about stories we're working on (Mark told me about a series that blends sci-fi, fantasy and fairy tales he's working on, and I told him about "An Issue of Blood") and watching vids online.

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He's Called Charlie Cox. And He Is Delightful! :o)