Dune

[shiels]

Almost No interplanetary travel shown which is an interesting choice

 

[mixed_biscuits]

Almost No interplanetary travel shown which is an interesting choice

As a very young man what disappointed me about Dune was the dearth of alien diversity; Star Wars spoilt me.

 

[shiels]

There are beautiful moments. The harkonnen returning to ship at the start is proper gorgeous. The grandfather worm ride is a buzz, the climax fight scene is great too … but you almost feel like these bits would work better if they punctuated some downtime. Like corpsey says it’s all epic the whole time and almost exhausting

 

[shiels]

As impressive as the nazi harkonnen thing was I do think it was a bit OTT and would have benifited from being paired back a wee bit. 60% of the saluting goblins would have done the trick, and seeing them as individuals not just ten million of the same blandly evil ghostly freak

 

[shiels]

The more I think about this film the less I like it

 

[Mr. Tea]

Maybe dune would work better as a TV show, you'd have time to get to know the boring characters more

There was a miniseries of it made ca. 2000, which I think is meant to be quite good, although I haven't seen it. It doesn't have a cult following like the Lynch film though, as far as I know.

 

[linebaugh]

i love Jason Momoa though. Love him.

Hes great. I would hang out with him

 

[linebaugh]

Timothy isn’t a good actor. Zero effects. Just a head

Hes good in call me bt your name. But theres something about his face makes him seem off in most roles

 

[shiels]

He’s beautiful, big problem. It’s an incredible film. Landmark stuff. Imagine how good it would be with a REAL MAN as the hero

 

[shiels]

Would I follow Paul Atreidies to my certain death?

 

[mixed_biscuits]

He’s beautiful, big problem. It’s an incredible film. Landmark stuff. Imagine how good it would be with a REAL MAN as the hero

 

[Corpsey]

He's the british chalamet

 

[Corpsey]

Shiels you're really all over the place here - the more you think about it the less you like it but now its an incredible film?

DOUBT IS THE TAKE KILLER

 

[Corpsey]

Mind you, I totally relate

 

[Corpsey]

 

[luka]

im going to watch 2 in two hours time i cant wait so excited

 

[Clinamenic]

I'm gonna see it later today too.

 

[luka]

I'm gonna see it later today too.

we shall talk deep into the night of it

 

[Clinamenic]

I'm gonna see it later today too.

Absolutely amazing production. Nothing special in terms of performances, Chalamet was was a bit vanilla. Walken (whom I love) simply felt out of place - I couldn't help but laugh within seconds of him appearing on screen.

Bardem I think was maybe the best performance, and he has a few scenes where his acting actually contributed to the film, whereas everyone else seemed like a portentous or stoic agent to drive the story forward.

 

[luka]

yeah, luckily it's not a film where the acting is all that important, although for a time i did think the teenie bopper romance might derail it. luckily it was just a kiss on some dunes and some soppy talk then back to the action. they are very disney club those two. when it zoomed in on her upper lip she had thick, coarse stubble. that was interesting.