Young Adult Book Reading Challenges discussion

I am not reading this book but I thought it would be interesting to see what everyone say comparing the book to the movie. Are there any differences? Any scenes missing?

And I read the book and liked it ok but I have no desire to see the movie. Unless the members here change my mind. ;-)

I have yet to finish the book but I really liked the movie, for the record.

I enjoyed the movie quite a bit but it was embellished and not like the book much. I actually enjoyed the movie more to be honest. I would keep the movie and not keep the book which is abnormal for me.

I loved the movie. It has it's differences from the book, but I thought the movie was fun and cute. The brothers in the movie are hilarious!

Yes, there are several differences. (See my post above). Scenes left out, characters realized in different ways, characters left out. . . I thought the book was much better.

Personally I thought when this movie came out it ended up being overlooked in the theaters. It came out at the same time as Spiderman 3, Transformers, and Harry Potter. I wish it had come out more like in the fall/winter. I like the map on the website for the movie, it's cute:
http://www.stardustmovie.com/index2.html

"Stardust" must have been completely lost in this area by all those other movies. I don't remember even seeing a preview for it. I will have to rent it I guess.

I loved the book so it was a surprise that I also loved the movie although it was different. The brothers didn't make much of an impression in the book but in the movie, they were hilarious! Also, Robert De Niro was excellent!

Both were too different I thought, at the same level of loveliness :)

I think the book is much better than the movie. There are a few good scenes from the book that are not in the movie, which is unfortunate.

For me the movie is a bit naive, compared to the book. The book is complicated - mysterious, fun, poetic, and beautiful :) I guess that is just how much I love the novel.

I really enjoyed both the book and the movie. They are different but I felt that a good job was done when adapting the book to the movie. I was talking about this with a friend of mine and he was saying that the movie was like a new version of The Princess Bride. I thought that was an interesting take and may be part of the reason I enjoyed it so much!

I saw the movie first (sad to say I did not know about the book until then!) and I prefer it to the book. I thought parts of the book were beautifully written, creative and interesting; other parts were just gory or sexed-up just for the sake of being an "adult book" (IMO--I share the views of those on the other post who believe it is NOT really a YA book) and some of the character development fell flat. I was especially dissatisfied over the relationship between Tristran and the star in the novel. Disappointing as a whole. The movie, meanwhile, I absolutely LOVED and thought was the perfect blend of (sweet) romance, humor, action, and good-vs-evil--oh, and DeNero's character was SO FABULOUS and I cannot imagine why he was not in the book but I felt he fit wonderfully with the story and his scenes were some of my favorites.

I liked the book so much that I sought out the movie (also influenced by the glossy screen shots inserted into my copy). But as much as I wanted to like it, I felt the movie fell short. Not just because they had to crop plot points, but it seemed like they just didn't capture the essence of the story. I agree with Winna that the book just had - more. I do plan to give the movie another chance though.

This is one of few times that I like the movie more than the book.

I agree with Winna and Christine. That scene where the witch tells the star she should have given her her heart that the boy would just break it captured the magic of the book for me but they had to change to a big blockbuster fight. I liked that the book witch wasn't mean and evil, just they way she was. I thought the brothers were funny, but overall I don't think it captured the magic of the book.