stardust
i can see why stardust is getting compared to the princess bride, but it really shouldn’t be. about the only thing the two movies have in common is a blonde in a long dress.
and what on earth was the director/editor/producers thinking by putting a rock power ballad over the closing credits? it was as though journey and boston had an illegitimate love child with diarrhea, and then sting/rod stewart/bryan adams took the dirty diaper and wiped it all over the movie.
feh. unfortunately, you’ve got to sit through the closing credits to get the final jape. but everything up to the closing credits is, well, heavenly.
August 19th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
Why is it that movies often have the suckiest of songs with the credits, even with an otherwise beautiful soundtrack? For example, I loved the soundtrack to “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”, which had a complex blend of cello (played by Yo-Yo Ma, no less), traditional Chinese flute music and great percussion. Then for the credits? A super-saccharine, sappy pop love song that makes me shriek and dive for the mute button. I can’t even stand the Mandarin version, where I am at least spared making out the insipid lyrics.
So the movie was otherwise good?