The whole fam was raving about this one, so after wrangling a babysitter, Alisa and I went over to the dollar theater (now three dollar theater, dang inflation), to catch this one this last weekend. It was great.
Set in England/a bordering fantasy world, its the story of a boy born from the fantasy world and raised in England that goes back to the fantasy world to prove his love for a chick. Claire Daines was quite good in this, so where a whole host of others in bit/supporting roles. Robert DeNiro stole the show for several scenes, I found him hilarious. Great date movie, it was fun, well written, well-acted, and romantic. I want to see it again, and will probably buy it when it comes out on DVD.
Note: My wife correctly guessed that the old dude who guards the wall that is the border between fantasy and reality is one of the old dudes from Waking Ned Devine (another one we saw recently thanks to Netflix).
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Wrangled? I was wrangled? I think not. The guardian of the wall is also Grampa Joe from the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Karen, can you correctly show the process of being wrangled?
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I watched it this weekend and was very pleasantly surprised. DeNiro as a gay pirate was an interesting way to go, but overall the movie was great and far less cheesy than I had expected. I relented and watched it partly from your recommendation, so thanks.
Fact: you are terrible at not losing steam.
Another and far more interesting fact: The boy who plays the dad when he's young in stardust is going to be prince caspian. Not that you'll ever know that. You'll probably forget to check this website for at least 6 months.
I was surprised at how well Claire Danes acted in this movie (watch Brokedown Palace -- wait don't! -- to understand why). Also surprised at the violence; I just wasn't expecting it to be as dark and gory (along the lines of Lord of the Rings) as it was.
Overall, a great watch, but don't bring the kiddies along (PG-13).
Dan, when are you going to post again? Did you cancel your Netflix subscription?
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