Adventure Movies - High Rating Hollywood 2016 - Sci fi

When Tristan (Charlie Cox), a young peasant man, professes his love to the beautiful village girl Victoria (Sienna Miller), he finds that she is already promised to another. She agrees to break the engagement and marry Tristan only if he crosses a forbidden wall into the magical country of Stormhold and brings her back a fallen star. Tristan sets out on the quest determined to win Victoria's love, but he is not prepared to find that the fallen star is actually a young woman named Yvaine (Claire Danes). As Tristan attempts to bring Yvaine back to Victoria, he realizes that the fallen star is being hunted by several foes. As he tries to protect her, they embark on an adventure of epic fantasy proportions. Stardust is a whimsical tale of adventure and romance set against a breathtaking and magical backdrop. It's almost like The Princess Bride meets Harry Potter meets The Golden Compass. The cast, the story--every scene has the potential to be enjoyable for both men and women. It moves at a perfect pace and despite several crude parts, Stardust will have you laughing throughout. There are cameos from many blockbuster actors such as Ian McKellen (Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings) as the narrator, Mark Williams (Arthur Weasley from the Harry Potter films) as a hilarious billy goat, Ricky Gervais (from the British television show The Office) as Ferdy, an underground salesman, and even Robert De Niro (Jack Byrnes from Meet The Parents) as an effeminate pirate captain. Claire Danes has grown into a very capable and mature actress, and she fits in very well alongside a very talented cast. Michelle Pfeiffer once again plays a terrifically horrid and terrifying antagonist. One positive lesson that is predominant in the film is that we don't have to bend over backwards to be popular. Tristan's idea of the most beautiful woman is skewed, but his own soul-searching shows him that he's better off being himself, rather than trying to "fit in" just to impress others. No one can say this film isn't entertaining. Though that's about all it has going for it. One would think that a compelling story studded with famous faces should be enough, but Stardust proves itself just another Hollywood film by weaving unnecessary sensuality and violence throughout each frame.