Some Words

From Mr. Gaiman’s blog, I hear that the movie version of his book Stardust has a trailer now. Having watched it now? Meh. It’s not that I didn’t like the story, or think that it could be made into a good movie, but I actually finished the trailer less interested in it. It just looks so very… Hollywood. It starts out with a needless cgi star falling to earth. It may not even be in the movie, but wouldn’t a shooting star across the night sky be enough? Do we have to have “shooting star cam” as it careens into the planet? Do you need need water effects when he crosses the wall, and a little “whoooom” sound to go with them? As I watched it I could hear some Hollywood ad guy saying “Yes… can you ad more of a ‘Wow, exclamation points!’ feel to it?” All of which might not have any effect on the movie, but is dispiriting.