I remembered hearing about this movie. The thought of watching this movie was reinforced when Eileen told me she would be watching with her business class. When I finally heard that Stardust was based on a novel created by Neil Gaiman, I knew I had to watch it. It was a must see movie, since it was coming from a renowned writer who created the Sandman series.

So I arranged a movie outing with Plin, since Esther was going for a birthday celebration in conjunction with the show's timing and Zh was not interested in such movies. Picked her up at around 8.30pm and made our way to J8 to watch the show at 9.10pm. Although I knew it was a fantasy cum romance film, I had no idea what to expect.

Initially, the show started off with 2 worlds. The main character (Tristan) made a promise to his fiance-to-be that he would fetch the star after seeing a shooting star for her birthday, only to find a girl (Yvaine) in place of a chunk of rock. Tristan and Yvaine started off badly with one another, but as the story unfolds itself, the love between one another grew stronger. At the same time, they faced many challenges, such as the witch in search of immortality, the brothers after the ruby pendant around Yvaine's neck. The show had a good mix of humour and serious thinking. I was initially kinda turned off by such an arrangement, and even had to force out a laugh, but later on i slowly open up to the movie, feeling the emotion of the characters and enjoying the creative ideas Neil Gaiman supplies, such as using runes to find things, the flying lightning harvester etc. It is indeed one of the finest piece of fantasy ever created. Plin had great reviews of the show as well. Out of the movies I have watched so far, Stardust is definitely one of the best so far. It would definitely want to watch it again.

After the show, we decided to add fats to our body. I brought her to Casuarina Roti Prata. It is a crazy place with awesome Masala Thosai and crispy roti pratas. Sadly, we were chased out as the shop closes at 12am. In the end, we ended up eating at the other option, midnight curry at Kovan. The "liao" was quite tasty, but there was little taste of the curry, making it quite disappointing for it to be midnight curry. Based on preference, the shop at Jalan Besar sells much better curry than the ones at Kovan. But we had fun chit-chatting and eating. Send her back just at about 1am, probably one of the latest so far.

To end off this post, here are some quotes i felt are really good from the movie itself. Enjoy!

Yvaine: You know when I said I knew little about love? That wasn't true. I know a lot about love. I've seen it, centuries and centuries of it, and it was the only thing that made watching your world bearable. All those wars. Pain, lies, hate... It made me want to turn away and never look down again. But when I see the way that mankind loves... You could search to the furthest reaches of the universe and never find anything more beautiful. So yes, I know that love is unconditional. But I also know that it can be unpredictable, unexpected, uncontrollable, unbearable and strangely easy to mistake for loathing, and... What I'm trying to say, Tristan is... I think I love you. Is this love, Tristan? I never imagined I'd know it for myself. My heart... It feels like my chest can barely contain it. Like it's trying to escape because it doesn't belong to me any more. It belongs to you. And if you wanted it, I'd wish for nothing in exchange - no fits. No goods. No demonstrations of devotion. Nothing but knowing you loved me too. Just your heart, in exchange for mine.

Septimus: No, Primus, I think you'll find that YOU killed the bishop by drinking from the wrong cup! Oh, when you're done wrestling with your conscience, I suggest you return to your chamber. Leave the quest for the stone to me.

Yvaine: If there's one thing I know about all my years watching Earth, is that people aren't what they may seem. There are shop boys, and there are boys that just happened to work in a shop for the time being. And trust me Tristan, you are no shop boy. You saved my life. Thank you.

Up, up and away says Super Pioneer Daron.
1:51 AM.