Stardust is a fantasy tale about Tristan, an awkward young man who wants to cross a gap in the wall into a magical world so he can pick up a fallen star and present it as a gift to win his beloved’s hand in marriage. When his determination brings him to Stormhold, the magical world at the other side of the wall, he not only does what he sets out to do — pick up the star and find his true love, but he fulfills his destiny that was formed years ago when his own father did exactly what he had done and crossed over to the magical realm.
This is one of my favorite movies of the year. It was a mix of fantasy and romance and comedy. It entertained from start to finish and I would not mind watching it again!
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I was touched by one scene when Yvaine, the star, professed her love to Tristan because he had been turned into a mouse and she thought he couldn’t understand her. She said:
You know when I said I knew little about love? That wasn’t true. I know a lot about love. I’ve seen it, centuries and centuries of it, and it was the only thing that made watching your world bearable. All those wars. Pain, lies, hate… It made me want to turn away and never look down again. But when I see the way that mankind loves… You could search to the farthest reaches of the universe and never find anything more beautiful. So yes, I know that love is unconditional. But I also know that it can be unpredictable, unexpected, uncontrollable, unbearable and strangely easy to mistake for loathing, and… What I’m trying to say, Tristan is… I think I love you. Is this love, Tristan? I never imagined I’d know it for myself. My heart… It feels like my chest can barely contain it. Like it’s trying to escape because it doesn’t belong to me any more. It belongs to you. And if you wanted it, I’d wish for nothing in exchange – no feats. No goods. No demonstrations of devotion. Nothing but knowing you loved me too. Just your heart, in exchange for mine.