Biggest Box-office Loser Stardust
At a cost of over $100 million, this well-reviewed Neil Gaiman-written fairy tale with a stellar cast made a paltry $9 million in its debut weekend. It seems audiences are just not in the mood for a Princess Bride-style adventure. As you wish.
i agree. the book was AMAZING. the movie? not so much...
i hate how much violence and keys to the plot were removed to make it family safe.
EDITED TO ADD: everyone who liked the stardust movie obviously didn't read the book first. and if they did? they are sell-outs.
xo
I haven't read the book but even if i did the movie is still good. It's like the Harry Potter movies (which i noticed the Order of the Pheonix wasn't mentioned) they took out a bunch of stuff, played down certain key scenes, etc. to make it family friendly and no it wasn't as good as the book, but it was a good movie. i mean people liked the Bourne Ultimatum as well and that was based on a book and i am sure as hell they cut a crap ton of stuff out of that. Robert Lunldum novels are way to action packed for any movie to get it all in without going over 3 hours. i guess what i am trying to say is you have to view books and movies as seperate entities, similar yes, but different, and the list of examples goes on and on and on. anyways, that's what i do.
Superbad is the best of the Summer hands down. But Hairspray? Water's sells out to Travolta???!!??? Okay - remake Grease as the Brokeback version with two male leads and a cgi Frenchie like Jar Jar character voiced by a cast member of The Hills.
Martini
SUICIDEGIRL
Ontario, Canada
AUG 18, 2007 02:17 PM