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Dune: Part Two Is the Best Sci-Fi Film of the Decade

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Re: Dune: Part Two Is the Best Sci-Fi Film of the Decade

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Post by skywhopper »

jamager wrote: post #10

> Even better than the first film The first part left me quite underwhelmed, tbh. Maybe I had too high expectations given the director, but while the visuals are amazing, the characterization of some characters (like lady Jessica or Thufir Hawat) are very far from how the books depicts them, and I don't think is an interpretation thing. I understand that Dune is too big of a masterpiece for a simple 2 part movie (it…

I do think it's inevitable that a film adaptation will let down any major fan of the original book. There's simply a barrier between media that cannot be reconciled, certainly not for any story as complex and expansive as Dune.

(Sounds like this movie is at least three parts, for what it's worth.)

Re: Dune: Part Two Is the Best Sci-Fi Film of the Decade

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Post by foobarian »

duringmath wrote: post #25

Eh, they kept all the silly stuff from the book, the atomic bombs, the boring desert sections, way too much exposition, the insurgency and holy war aspects that barely seem like fiction considering recent world events, and like all movies nowadays it's way too long.

I'm sure it seemed even less like fiction during the OPEC oil crisis in the 70s. Or the Libya Khadaffi thing in the 80s. Or the Kuwait invasion in the 90s. You get the idea :-)

Re: Dune: Part Two Is the Best Sci-Fi Film of the Decade

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Post by fakedang »

duxup wrote: post #11

I liked the first 2/3 of the first film. It had some fun takes on events and scenes. But after that it felt like it was on auto pilot plowing through plot bits. The events that close that film are really uninteresting / don't feel very climatic. I get it's a two part film but I do expect a given part to feel somewhat complete, but I felt like it was more of a "to be continued" ending and I was less than entertained b…

Exactly. I can easily recollect the first half of the first movie, but after Paul meeting the Fremen, I barely remember anything out of the movie.

Re: Dune: Part Two Is the Best Sci-Fi Film of the Decade

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Post by bilbo0s »

snapcaster wrote: post #30
reactordev wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For that 6-8 part series, you’re looking for the SyFy Channels version that was done early 2000s. Fantastic. Frank Herbert’s Dune. Had William Hurt in it.

never heard about this before! thanks for the tip will check this out

Just wanted to say, it's easily the best interpretation of Dune I've ever seen.

So much so that I find myself wishing I had not seen it. It makes the current Dune interpretation movies look downright juvenile. Watch the current movies first, then go back and watch Sci Fi's interpretation. If you don't, you'll be extremely disappointed in the current movies.

Re: Dune: Part Two Is the Best Sci-Fi Film of the Decade

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Post by khazhoux »

zvmaz wrote: post #14

I could not stand the first part of the movie Dune. I'm sorry for the fans, but it was amongst the worst movies I have ever (partially) watched. Slow and incomprehensible for me. P.S. I have not read the book.

I can’t imagine trying to understand the movie if I hadn’t read the book. As you say, it would be absolutely incomprehensible.

Re: Dune: Part Two Is the Best Sci-Fi Film of the Decade

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Post by hamandcheese »

hyggetrold wrote: post #26
jamager wrote: post #10

> Even better than the first film The first part left me quite underwhelmed, tbh. Maybe I had too high expectations given the director, but while the visuals are amazing, the characterization of some characters (like lady Jessica or Thufir Hawat) are very far from how the books depicts them, and I don't think is an interpretation thing. I understand that Dune is too big of a masterpiece for a simple 2 part movie (it…

> I understand that Dune is too big of a masterpiece for a simple 2 part movie (it should be a 6-8 session series at least) I am a massive Dune fan as well and share this sentiment. Same for Lord of the Rings. On some level those books are simply unadaptable if the goal is to be totally true to the original text. For myself, I am always happy to see adaptations since it will always lead someone to the books who would…

The LOTR movies are masterpieces in their own right, IMO. I can't say the same for Dune (part 1, at least).

Re: Dune: Part Two Is the Best Sci-Fi Film of the Decade

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Post by doc_gunthrop »

boppo1 wrote: post #3
JohnMakin wrote: post #2

Historically, february is the time of the year where studios tend to offload the films they think are going to flop. Maybe that has changed.

The first was okay. I was disappointed, I really like villenueve's other work. But it was just kinda stale.

It suffers partially from contrived exposition. It seems whenever a Dune film is made, the filmmakers tend to try to include as much of the lore as tolerably possible. They could've just started off the first film with Paul entering a room to encounter Gaius Helen Mohiam and the audience being introduced to the box.

Re: Dune: Part Two Is the Best Sci-Fi Film of the Decade

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Post by jamager »

khazhoux wrote: post #24
jamager wrote: post #10

> Even better than the first film The first part left me quite underwhelmed, tbh. Maybe I had too high expectations given the director, but while the visuals are amazing, the characterization of some characters (like lady Jessica or Thufir Hawat) are very far from how the books depicts them, and I don't think is an interpretation thing. I understand that Dune is too big of a masterpiece for a simple 2 part movie (it…

Which graphic novels?

Adaptation from Brian Herbert & Kevin Anderson, illustrated by Raúl Allén and Patricia Martín. Highly recommend.
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