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DUNE

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HeatXfer said:
I'm with you, I too was underwhelmed by Denis Villeneuve's version. I have read the 1st book and seen the 1984 Dino De Laurentiis film which I thought did a good job of portraying all the key characters and condensing a 600-page book into a just over 2-hour movie.

Villeneuve's score was abysmal, gave no life or drive to any scene. I did like the dragonfly ornithopters though; they matched Herbert's description pretty well and they looked cool in action.
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I agree about the score. There didn’t seem to be any variety. It seemed to just evoke a feeling of dread through the whole movie. I don’t even remember the score picking up during the action sequences. It just seemed to be a background hum through the whole movie.

But, I do agree that the dragonfly ships were pretty pimp.
 
HeatXfer said:
I'm with you, I too was underwhelmed by Denis Villeneuve's version. I have read the 1st book and seen the 1984 Dino De Laurentiis film which I thought did a good job of portraying all the key characters and condensing a 600-page book into a just over 2-hour movie.

Villeneuve's score was abysmal, gave no life or drive to any scene. I did like the dragonfly ornithopters though; they matched Herbert's description pretty well and they looked cool in action.
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David Lynch directed the 1984 version.
 
Lynch actually doesn't really want his name attached to it either :laughing
 
I know the answer is "politics" but if I was the emperor I'd just control Dune directly and not make a fiefdom.
 
Just finished streaming on HBO Max. Impressed by how well Joe Roberts played Kyle MacLachlan. Other than that, it was OK. The tomb-like architecture was laughable and there was as much meaningful dialogue as a Jason Bourne sequel.

Never read Frank Herbert's book but I did read National Lampoon's Dune parody years ago, which substituted beer and pretzels for spice and spice worms. It was very funny to a teenage me.
 
Apparently there is going to be a series based around the Bene Gesserit
 
Abacinator said:
I don't think the bits they omitted detracted at all from the story. If anything, it helped pacing.
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Agreed - I thought this movie was much better paced than the Lynch movie (which I also kinda love). I was glad not to see more of the Baron like in the Lynch movie which bogged things down IMO.

Abacinator said:
This movie was definitely intended for fans of the book.
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Again 100% agreed. Down to the Atreides hand signals. It felt to me like whoever made this movie really loved the book.

Abacinator said:
The navigators don't fold space themselves. They use clairvoyance provided by the spice to predict the course through folded space.

To Skarsgard's performance, I felt his was a more accurate portrayal. Brooding, sinister, the basso voice. I really loved Villeneuve's take on his appearance. Don't get me wrong, I think Lynch's Baron was great and perfectly fit the world he built, but he was a bit of a caricature compared to Herbert's writing. Fwiw I also love Lynch's Dune.

Regarding Paul, he's a scrawny 15 year-old. I think he was appropriately cast in that regard. Chalamet's performance was passable but I did find him a bit wooden at times.

Chani could have been hotter? :rolleyes
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Dude - are we related ... cause I feel like you are writing what I would.

I loved Chalamet's performance and found him to be a more true Paul than Kyle M. Paul's a kid when this starts happening.
 
Karbon said:
Dope.

Also, Part 2 is greenlit with release in 2023.

MY BODY IS READY.
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I suspect Villenueve was already contracted for at least 2 films... just speculation though.

I CANNOT WAIT

Cyclesuzy said:
Agreed - I thought this movie was much better paced than the Lynch movie (which I also kinda love). I was glad not to see more of the Baron like in the Lynch movie which bogged things down IMO.



Again 100% agreed. Down to the Atreides hand signals. It felt to me like whoever made this movie really loved the book.



Dude - are we related ... cause I feel like you are writing what I would.

I loved Chalamet's performance and found him to be a more true Paul than Kyle M. Paul's a kid when this starts happening.
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:nerd:love
 
Dune

that book by Mr. Herbert dragged on and on, what a chore it was to try and read it (and I like S.F.). I will not be watching the movie.
 
Map8 said:
Just finished streaming on HBO Max. Impressed by how well Joe Roberts played Kyle MacLachlan. Other than that, it was OK. The tomb-like architecture was laughable and there was as much meaningful dialogue as a Jason Bourne sequel.

Never read Frank Herbert's book but I did read National Lampoon's Dune parody years ago, which substituted beer and pretzels for spice and spice worms. It was very funny to a teenage me.
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Same exact thing about Joe Roberts that I was thinking. :rofl

Mad
 
kiwi_outdoors said:
that book by Mr. Herbert dragged on and on, what a chore it was to try and read it (and I like S.F.). I will not be watching the movie.
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It certainly dug into the details more than a lot of books of its genre, particularly at the start, but I think it's important because there are a lot of people in the story. It would be confusing if the book didn't give you time to read their names repeatedly and understand where they fit in and why. The end of the book, where there's this gigantic, chaotic battle scene would have been kind of "meh" if you didn't know and care about the people involved.

It reminds me of The Iliad (or is it the Aenid) in that way. The entire darned book is nothing but a list of the people, their lineage, their accomplishments and how they died in different, horrific ways. You wouldn't care if it was just a guy who died. But it's Bob, with a sword in his eye bleeding out on the field with his friend Claude at his side--master of spitballs, son of Floyd and Agnes, brother to the owner of the deli on the corner who makes the best pastrami sandwiches, husband to Myrtle, the beautiful mother to his two kids, George and Luanne, who chased the cat down the block into traffic last summer.
 
DucatiHoney said:
It certainly dug into the details more than a lot of books of its genre, particularly at the start, but I think it's important because there are a lot of people in the story. It would be confusing if the book didn't give you time to read their names repeatedly and understand where they fit in and why. The end of the book, where there's this gigantic, chaotic battle scene would have been kind of "meh" if you didn't know and care about the people involved.

It reminds me of The Iliad (or is it the Aenid) in that way. The entire darned book is nothing but a list of the people, their lineage, their accomplishments and how they died in different, horrific ways. You wouldn't care if it was just a guy who died. But it's Bob, with a sword in his eye bleeding out on the field with his friend Claude at his side--master of spitballs, son of Floyd and Agnes, brother to the owner of the deli on the corner who makes the best pastrami sandwiches, husband to Myrtle, the beautiful mother to his two kids, George and Luanne, who chased the cat down the block into traffic last summer.
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:laughing
 
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