Okay, so while the rest of the family spent Saturday night seeing the Bourne Ultimatum, I, being the rebel and fantasy nerd that I am, opted instead for Stardust.

Damn I love this movie.

I was kinda iffy in the first 10 or 15 mins- the dialogue was really starting to kind of grate on me in that how-do-we-turn-written-lines-into-speech-i-don't-quite-know sort of way (especially when Yvaine and Tristan first meet, the dialogue was kinda irritating), but after that I just took the movie as it was- funny and romantic and farcical and just plain amusing.

Did I mind the changes from the books? Not really, because the movie had the same impact on me as the book did. I did enjoy how they made Capt Shakepseare's part bigger (De Niro = le boss), and Tristan's hair after his makeover was le sexy face. Michelle Pfeiffer was a lot of fun (especially when she goes all bitchy on their asses after shedding a few tears before breaking a lot of glass). The only character I couldn't really get a hold on was Victoria. She was manipulative, sweet, materialistic, thoughful. I got really confused by her b/c i found her motivation often very muddled.

But De Niro in drag dancing around? His crew always knowing he was a (what did they call him) Floopsie? The 7 brothers bickering? Primus ending up forever nude and Rupert Everett with a smushed face? And there were ferrets. Damn killers they were.

But i loved it, want to see it again, aka I will download it.

Then Chris and I went and got canadian tattoos, mine of which hurt like nothing else but am extremely happy with how it came out.

Mine, on my lower back
Chris', on his left arm.