Mythic Fiction & Contemporary Urban Fantasy
I chose to read Stardust, which proved to be an interesting read, because I have seen the movie and loved it. Truthfully, I had no idea that it was a book before it was a movie. The movie version of Stardust, for me, is the ultimate feel good movie. So naturally when we were given the opportunity to read a Neil Gaiman novel, I jumped at the chance to read this book. The book was an excellent read, though very different in major ways from the movie, like most novel to film movies. I think the production of the movie did what it could to make it a more visually appropriate story, which I personally don’t mind because sometimes you just have to what with time constraints and the attention span of the viewer. Though I feel if I had read the book before I had watched the movie that those changes would have irked me a lot more then they did.
I personally enjoyed the movie more than the book. Though I did still find the book interesting the characters were given more 'weight' within the movie than they were in the book. In the book some of the characters feel very one-dimensional as though they had no real purpose. For example the sky pirates who rescued them in the book were there with the intention of finding them a way out of the clouds and taking them part of the way so they could arrive at their destination much sooner, but in the movie the sky pirates did much more than that by also teaching teaching Tristran things like how to fight etc. and in the movie that was also the true turning point in the way Yvaine felt about Tristran. Which bring me to another issue that I had with the book, the relationship between Tristran and Yvaine happened kind of matter of fact-ly and didn’t seem to grow and flow naturally, I was very disappointed in how it happened. As a whole I did enjoy it, though there are some things that I personally found lacking but that might have to do with me watching the movie before reading the book, and I would defiantly suggest reading it, especially if you are a fan of Neil Gaiman's writing.
I personally enjoyed the movie more than the book. Though I did still find the book interesting the characters were given more 'weight' within the movie than they were in the book. In the book some of the characters feel very one-dimensional as though they had no real purpose. For example the sky pirates who rescued them in the book were there with the intention of finding them a way out of the clouds and taking them part of the way so they could arrive at their destination much sooner, but in the movie the sky pirates did much more than that by also teaching teaching Tristran things like how to fight etc. and in the movie that was also the true turning point in the way Yvaine felt about Tristran. Which bring me to another issue that I had with the book, the relationship between Tristran and Yvaine happened kind of matter of fact-ly and didn’t seem to grow and flow naturally, I was very disappointed in how it happened. As a whole I did enjoy it, though there are some things that I personally found lacking but that might have to do with me watching the movie before reading the book, and I would defiantly suggest reading it, especially if you are a fan of Neil Gaiman's writing.
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