Weekend of Film

Over the weekend Sarah rented two movies from Blockbuster for us to watch. They were Stardust and Eastern Promises, both of which I liked a lot.

On Saturday, we watched Stardust directed by Matthew Vaughn, and stared an ensemble cast including Claire Danes, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Charlie Cox, Sienna Miller, Rupert Everett, Ricky Gervais, Nathaniel Parker, Peter O'Toole, David Kelly, and Mark Heap. Plus, it’s narrated is by Sir Ian McKellen. It is based on the novel of the same name by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Charles Vess and originally published by DC Comics.

Stardust is about Tristan Thorn who is an 18 year old young man in love with the prettiest girl, Victoria in a small English town. And he’s desperate to bring her a newly fallen star by her birthday b/c that’s the only way she’ll agree to marry him. So, Tristan sets off to find the star, and there’s a twist when he does find it. Soon he’s off on a brilliant magical adventure, and discovers Victoria is not what she seems to be… Neil Gaiman is SO one of my fav authors and I’m DEFINITELY going to check out the novel b/c Stardust is just a well good family film, unlike many other boring family typical films, and I really enjoyed it. Highly recommended to watch w/ your family. *** THREE 1/2 STARS ***

Furthermore, on Sunday Sarah, me, and my two carers watched Eastern Promises directed by David Cronenberg, which stars Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts. Eastern Promises is about the interactions of a British midwife with the Russian mafia in London. It was yes very violent, but felt very realistic; and Viggo’s performance was fantastic, he really embraced that role, as he does on every role he takes. In addition, writer for Dirty Pretty Things, Steven Knight, wrote the screenplay too. Overall, Eastern Promises was a well brilliant film that was superbly filmed and acted, and is a very highly recommended as long as you’re not eating or by yourself in the dark (and definitely not with anyone under the age of 18). *** FOUR 1/2 STARS ***

Also, later on in the evening on Sunday, we (Sarah, Sana, Sufian, me, and my two carers) went to go see the new Indiana Jones film, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I thought it was quite a good film and I had a very fun time with my siblings b/c we hardly all go out together. And it has some well cool special effects, despite having a few bits that were annoying, but all in all a great film. Really recommended. *** FOUR STARS ***