So 'Stardust' was absolutely brilliant. Funny, sad, romantic, and visually beautiful with excellent performances from everybody and Robert de Niro as you've never seen him before. Mark Strong was fantastic as Prince Septimus, although he bore more than a passing resemblance to Severus Snape so I might have been a little bit biased. Having said that, Charlie Cox was gorgeous as Tristan (especially once his hair grew a bit) and I've always had a soft spot for Nathaniel Parker so it was good to see him as well. A perfect fairytale and well worth seeing. It will definitely be finding its way into my collection when it's released on DVD.
While at the cinema we saw the trailer for 'The Golden Compass' better known in the UK as 'Northern Lights' the first book in Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' trilogy, unlike 'The Dark is Rising' this film looks like it's stuck to the story and I have to admit to being VERY excited to see it. The characters seem to be perfect, certainly Sam Eliott fits my vision of Lee Scoresby as does Dakota Blue Richards as Lyra and Eva Green as Serefina Pekkala. If you haven't read the books you really ought to do so as they are first class.
Just so you can be as excited as me here's the trailer:
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