steve carell is great, but i was hoping for a dramedy with the same greatness of “little miss sunshine.” instead it was a formulaic snoozer that was only mildly passable.
based on a neil gaiman novel, “stardust” could have been a huge hit. part of the problem was bad marketing, even though it is a great movie. it’s almost like “the princess bride” meets terry gilliam meets douglas adams. definitely worth a viewing if you’re into fairy tale fun.
what was i thinking? i knew it was direct-to-video, i knew it was going to be crap, but somehow i wanted a glimmer of what made the first one so much fun. no glimmer to be found. i should have just watched the first one again. come to think of it, the first one wasn’t that great to begin with.
i laughed at one scene. it’s like that ben stiller movie “dodgeball: a true underdog story” in the way that you expect it to be really funny but it just ends up being a crappy movie about a crappy pseudo-sport.
Little Miss Sunshine was a horrible movie. I am sure Dan in real life was much better. For what reason? Because you can’t get much worse than little miss sunshine.