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Added 2021-10-22 05:30:19 +0000 UTCThoughts on Dune for those who have seen it? It was almost exactly as I expected it to be. Which rarely happens. xD
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Just watched it and was impressed by the CGI and the visuals. I think this movie is so successful because it appeals to fascists, environmentalists , liberals and fantasy aficionados alike. People will queue up to watch part 2 if only to see how Paul and Chani are going to hit it off. The booming score of Hans Zimmer got on my nerves, too, but I recommend it anyway for good entertainment.
Klaus Gehrmann
2021-11-01 23:13:29 +0000 UTCMaggie, aka Influencer Woman, why even bother watching these same crappy big blockbusters? Why give them the time? Nobody cares about visual spectacles if the films have no story and character development? Surprisingly the lat great blockbuster that provided a lot more story and character arcs than I had expected was Zack Snyder's Justice League. While the recent The Batman, those trailers were amazing. Definitely another big film. You know what was my favorite bit from either trailer? It was the end of the first trailer, where you hear the voiceover from the Riddler saying to Batman "You're a part of this too." Batman replies: "How am I apart of this?" Riddler says: "You'll see." That has me the MOST excited. The action looks good in the recent trailer, but it's those story arcs that are the most intriguing to me. People are excited for Batman doing Batman things, riding hist batmobile, beating up criminals. I'm much more interested and excited about the mystery and the Se7en-inspired storytelling we might be getting from the looks of it. Gigantic visual spectacles aren't worth shit if there's no story that's interesting enough. I HIGHLY doubt that Dune would hold anyone's interest with the characters. You know better, Influencer Woman. You don't need to watch anymore of these crappy blockbusters. Just saying.
Tony Moro
2021-10-23 22:01:08 +0000 UTCWatched it a few hours ago, unfortunately it did not knock it out of the park for me, as mentioned by others the colour palette and costume choices were quite dull and it was all too dark. I also felt that there were parts of the film that felt cold and distant, I did not feel an emotional investment in most of the characters. That being said, there were some absolutely beautiful shots on occasion, several of the sand and shadows shots were reminiscent of some of the art work related to earlier issues of the books. The music was pretty epic overall but I am not sure if it worked at every point where it tried to become the focus of the scene. I still hope we get to see part two though, to see the full tale told may change how it is perceived as a whole. Even better if we get part two then a directors cut of both parts that perfects it all - fingers crossed.
Ross Skilton
2021-10-23 18:51:09 +0000 UTCHonestly, I knew I wasn't gonna love the movie right from the first trailer. From that alone, I knew I was gonna be disappointed with at least the costumes, color palette, and script
Jay Yay
2021-10-22 22:23:37 +0000 UTCI'm right there with you on almost everything you say. And haha yes glad you could see what I mean about Zimmer. I'm doing the lord's work, clearly. XD
Deepfocuslens
2021-10-22 21:31:32 +0000 UTCI didn't care for the color pallet either. Reeked of early 2000s for me. Costumes were hella boring and often silly. Prefer the original way more in that respect. But of course...hate the music XD
Deepfocuslens
2021-10-22 21:30:08 +0000 UTCNice. Glad to hear more of a detailed experience from a viewer well versed in the book. Haha I have a few friends who echo your sentiments.
Deepfocuslens
2021-10-22 21:29:12 +0000 UTCI'm not a huge fan of the novel, but I do like it. I especially like the first part of the novel which is dense with political intrigue, incredible world building, and complex character relationships. I remember cruising through the first 100 pages of that book and being intrigued to get further into it. By comparison, the movie did not feel like an adaptation of that first part of the book. It felt like my drunk friend attempting to explain Dune to me over drinks. It had all the problems of that delivery mechanism. Characters are missing, subplots are dropped or forgotten about, events happen without much explanation, none of it feels personalized, and at some point it just kind of ends. I think for people who read the book there was just enough there to say "Oh hey, they did the thing!" But without further context I have to imagine film viewers were just completely confused or underwhelmed. I'm committing sacrilege by posting a portion of my own review, but one example stuck out: In this movie Leto asks Jessica: “Will you protect Paul?” And to me, this question is an important beat in the story. Because Jessica is from a secret order that has its own motivations for what it wants in the universe. This order is widely distrusted by both general citizens in the empire, but especially the Arrakis Fremen, and House Atreides. It also doesn’t help that Jessica was never married to Leto. The reason for this was because Leto was keeping himself available so he could partake in a political marriage to strengthen the house, while maintaining Paul’s independence from political dealmaking so he could focus on the skills he needs to lead. That may be an admirable motivation, but the result is Jessica is kind of resentful toward Leto and her feelings may not be completely known or understood by the Duke who is now on a perilous planet and has reason to suspect someone may not be loyal to him. Leto asking Jessica “Will you protect Paul?” is meaningful because he can feel he’s gripped by a plot against his house and is desperate to confirm who his allies are, enough that he’s willing to bare his insecurity to the woman he’s loved for years. None of what I just said is in the movie. The only thing that is in the movie is that line “Will you protect Paul?” Without the context, this question is a no brainer. Yeah, she’s his mom. What else would she do? So I can’t necessarily tell if the moment still works without all that other information, but in my experience it seems unthinkable this adaptation would attempt to have that moment without the context. You can apply that thought to pretty much every narrative beat in this movie. Like any Villeneuve film, it is a technical marvel with inspired set design, costumes, and visual worldbuilding (I like the references to the bull without telling that story), but the adaptation aspect of this movie relies on needing to read the book which makes it a failure — imo.
Arthur Augustyn
2021-10-22 18:20:07 +0000 UTCI liked the film overall. I thought the visual effects were wonderful, the music was really nice, and I really liked the way they depicted the world and weird sci-fi concepts that were harder to portray visually. However, IMO the color palette was kinda bland, the costumes were boring (too many greys/blacks/whites, which made it harder to tell who was on whose side during fight scenes), I didn't care for the screenplay (too many forced attempts at humor, and the dialogue overall just felt bland to me), and I thought the movie dragged at parts. Also, Oscar Isaac, despite being a really good actor, had the worst performance in the film––he basically had the same look on his face throughout the whole thing and brought no personality to his character.
Jay Yay
2021-10-22 15:25:09 +0000 UTCI was throughly satisfied which is all I could ask for given how much I hyped it up in my mind. At least as satisfied as you can be with only having seen half of a movie. If we don't get that second part, this first half with ultimately be a beautiful if meaningless cinematic exercise which is such a huge gamble on Denis's part. I guess I'd rather he shoot for the stars with it and give us the space blockbuster we deserve than some give us some half baked and watered downed like you'd have to if you tried to squeeze everything into a single film. One thing I want to note is that there were parts of this movie where I finally understood your issues with Hans Zimmer. He was swinging for the fences the entire time and there was so many times I just wanted to tell him, "Han, honey, let's take it down a couple notches."
Tyler Shobe
2021-10-22 10:04:59 +0000 UTCBetter than the original?
Tony Moro
2021-10-22 06:07:38 +0000 UTC
