A warm and wickedly funny fantasy movie

Daron 2022-03-17 09:01:03


I like sci-fi, magic, and fantasy movies without principles. Unless the film is really crude, vulgar, and childish to the extreme, I can usually watch it with relish.

I like to watch a set of systems shown in movies, which is very different from the real society. As for the plot, logic, morality, and even justice, it's not what I care about. As long as the film can provide me with enough visual impact, tell the unique laws of planetary survival, and show the depth and vastness of the universe, I feel a sense of awe. A shock. These are enough.

Stardust is a fantasy movie I just watched, and the shape of the spaceship in it is very Miyazaki's style.

But there's a vulgar plot in it that I don't like. After Tristan got real love, she had to sneak off to tease Victoria by herself. We understand that this is what the director needs to develop the plot so that the star Yvaine will be heartbroken and the witch will have a chance to capture her. But this arrangement makes Tristan a bit boring.

A similar vulgar scene was seen later. After finally subduing Tristan and Yvaine, the witch can finally get the heart of her hard-earned, coveted star, but she slashes the straps that bind Yvaine with a knife. Looking at his sister's corpse, he said sadly: You go, no one will share with me anymore, everything I care about is gone. But it is a warm look of despair, so vulgar that I want to vomit blood on the spot. But when a couple excitedly hugged each other and walked to the door, the door was closed, and the witch said evilly: Great, thank you for killing my sister, now these are all mine. Hahaha, this is the true nature of a witch. It turned out that I just wanted to tease them. Very good, very powerful, very evil, very witch, I like it.

There are many similar evil and funny plots: for

example, the witch's divination method is different from that of the prince. The prince uses 4 wooden blocks for divination. The witch's divination is to kill a mouse, wolf, crocodile and other animals, and then find a Pile offal for divination. evil enough.

For example, the heir to the throne needs to kill the other 10 or so brothers, and the remaining one is the king. , the old king and the prince are enjoying the succession to the throne. evil enough.

For example, the bunch of dead ghost princes, strangely followed the living princes, watching him go to win the gems to the throne, the team of ghost princes is constantly growing, every time a prince dies and joins their black and white ranks, all It makes people laugh, almost evil to humorous and sad.

A warm and wickedly funny fantasy movie, nothing to say: five stars.

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Stardust quotes

  • Tristan: I find the fastest way to travel is by candlelight.

    [showing the candle]

    Yvaine: You've got a Babylon candle.

    Tristan: Yeah, I have a bubbling candle.

    Yvaine: A *Babylon* candle.

    Tristan: That's what I said.

    Yvaine: You said "bubbling".

  • [Tristan and Victoria are sipping champagne under the stars]

    Victoria: Do you know, Humphrey's going all the way to Ipswich to buy me a ring.

    Tristan: Ipswich? Victoria I'm talking about London or Paris or... A ring? Why is he... What kind of a ring?

    Victoria: The word is he's planning to propose to me on my birthday.

    Tristan: [crestfallen] He's going to... And you're gonna say yes?

    Victoria: [laughs] Well I can't exactly say no after he's gone all the way to Ipswich.

    Tristan: "All the way to Ipswich"? Victoria, for your hand in marriage, I'd cross oceans or continents.

    Victoria: Really?

    Tristan: Yes.

    [Victoria giggles]

    Tristan: Victoria, for your hand in marriage, I would go to the gold fields of San Francisco and bring you back your weight in gold. I'd go to Africa and bring you back a diamond as big as your fist. Or I'd go to the Arctic and I'd slaughter a polar bear and bring you back its head.

    [Victoria has been moving closer, about to kiss him, but suddenly she recoils]

    Victoria: [disgusted] A polar bear's head? Ugh! You're funny, Tristan.

    [they look up into the sky]

    Victoria: Oh, Tristan! A shooting star. Beautiful.

    Tristan: More beautiful than a fancy ring from Ipswich? Victoria, for your hand in marriage, I'd cross the wall and bring you back that fallen star.

    Victoria: You can't cross the wall. Nobody crosses the wall. Now you're just being silly.

    Tristan: I'm not being silly. I'd do it. For you, I'd do anything.

    Victoria: [thinking] Hmmm. My very own star. It seems we have ourselves an agreement. You have exactly one week or I'm marrying Humphrey.