Stardust Film Review

The passage from this world to the fantasy kingdom of Stormhold is through breach in a wall beside an English village. In the 1800's a boy becomes a man when he ventures through the breach in pursuit of fallen star, to prove his love for the village beauty. The star is no lump of rock, it's a maiden named Yvaine. Tristan, the youth, is not the only one looking for her: three witches, led by Lamia, want her heart to keep them young. And the sons of the dead king of Stormhold want her because she holds the blood diamond that will give one of them title to the throne. Assisting Tristan are his mother, the victim of a spell and a transvestite pirate of the skies. Will Tristan win his true love?

This film did not help me because it was not set in today’s society, but it did help me to get a view of how witches were seen at the time that this film was set in. The three main witches in this are seen as evil queens of the dark lands that are there to be feared and to obey without question. This is a valid view of witchcraft in the eyes of a bog standard human because they have no idea the power of witchcraft, how strong it can be within a person and what evil it can bring about to defenceless humans. This film strongly demonstrated the fear mongering within the human race about witchcraft because it is seen as myth and people are scared of the nature of the person who is wielding this power.

Here is the link to a film trailer of Stardust:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkHnumjuHL8

If you would like to watch Stardust here is a link to buy it on DVD on www.amazon.co.uk:
 http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=stardust&sprefix=stardu%2Caps&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Astardust