Dune Part 2

[Shaun @ Tru6]

[cstreit]

Looking forward to this. I thought the first one did justice to the books.

[Steve Carlton]

Looks good. I think they spiced it up.

[jyl]

I'm absolutely going to see this!

[stevej37]

The only one I've seen was the mid/late 80's one.
I'm still trying to figure that one out.

[David]

My wife will be thrilled!

She reads Dune annually and occasionally reads the other books (she owns them all).

I took her to Dune 1 on our anniversary. Pre-bought seats dead center in the theatre. After the movie my wife said, "that was our best anniversary ever!"

She does tend to exaggerate and use best ever a lot, so I'm not counting it as a huge win

[varmint]

i seem alone in preferring the 80's david lynch glorious train wreck. the new one was grindingly slow, meh design, bored looking actors and without a single real action scene.

[cantdrv55]

I saw a YouTube about Dune movies vs the book and it says the new Dunes are the closest to books. I’m a fan even though I really dislike Zendaya.

[cockerpunk]

lets just face facts, dune is not a very good story, and makes for a poor movie in general.

the first one felt like it was fan fiction of dune. im just so tired of slow pan *bwaahhhhhhhh* movies.

the first one would have made a better art gallery than a movie. i expect the second will too.

[jyl]

One thing I liked in Part 1 was the casting of Timothee Chalamet. He seems like what Paul Atriedes would be: brought up under a microscope, both closely sheltered and rigorously trained, grown up watching every word and motion and never showing his genuine reaction, with almost no-one to trust or be relaxed with, separated from general society by his status and the constant threat of assasination, an inward person with a practiced outward face, a slight young man, easily under-estimated in the shadow of his dynamic father and other-worldly mother. The Harkonnen and the Fremen thought little of him, until they learned better.

The performance of Lady Jessica in Part 1 was bad. They made her act like any other people, emotional and vulnerable. In reality, she was the most dangerous person in any room, and always held herself under rigid control, a skill she taught Paul.

[sc_rufctr]

Wow... Breath taking & I loved the first movie.

Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Léa Seydoux and Florence Pugh... WOWSERS

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by cockerpunk

lets just face facts, dune is not a very good story, and makes for a poor movie in general.

the first one felt like it was fan fiction of dune. im just so tired of slow pan *bwaahhhhhhhh* movies.

the first one would have made a better art gallery than a movie. i expect the second will too.

Is The Flash more your style?

[stevej37]

I consider this one the first Dune movie...is that right?
Which would make the OP...Movie 2...part 2?

[sc_rufctr]

Florence Pugh as Princess Irulan

[john70t]

The 80's movie was an unneeded comedy but it seemed to paint a decent picture of the book series.
The newest ones are blank white canvasses in 4k: Zero character development, although the brief action sequences were decent.
People need to read the books to understand the movies, or they need to be 8hrs long.

[sc_rufctr]

IME Young people in general don't read books.

[cockerpunk]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

Is The Flash more your style?

is that a marvel movie? if so, then no, i have not seen a marvel movie in 10 years.

the last science fiction i really liked was arrival, such a good story, makes me cry every time. the Martian was a fun popcorn movie. district 9 was great. children of men was great.

there is lots of good scifi being made now, and dune, just does not hold up.

[cockerpunk]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

IME Young people in general don't read books.

YA is the fastest growing segment of book sales currently.

if you are looking for the cutting edge, id recommend the locked tomb series. Gideon the ninth is a masterpiece:

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by stevej37

The only one I've seen was the mid/late 80's one.
I'm still trying to figure that one out.

We actually rewatched that one for ****s and giggles last year.

It was as bad as I remembered.

[fisher22]

Can't wait for Part 2. Criticism will surely follow from those true to the original disaster, but the new one is much more in line with what current audiences expect. Good or bad.