Movie Weekend

There was a movie made recently called Stardust which though a bit cheesy was well written and well made. You kinda had to read the book it was based on to get some of the stuff in it. For example there's a bunch of dead ghosts following around some of the main characters which don't quite make sense in the movie unless you read the book it was based on. But overall it was very good.

The funny thing about it was that it made it think about one of my favorite moves from when I was younger, The Princess Bride. Yeah it's also a bit cheesy but come on, Andre the Giant, good writing and still done well in a time when CGI didn't exist. 

I guess what really gets me is that even though these are movies that aren't my typical genre favorites, they rank right up there with some of my favorite movies like Foolproof. Princess Bride and Stardust are both entertaining, appropriate for families, are decent date movies and are still able to keep my attention both in story and in acting. Anyway, just a thought, but the movies were good. Kind of makes me want to go and track down a DVD of Princess Bride though since I haven't seen it in a while.