"of the Decade"? Author using that phrase again, and they're serious about writing off the next 6 years? Will see how that ages.
Would have been safe to say "of the last ten years" no?
Dune: Part Two Is the Best Sci-Fi Film of the Decade
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#42I would like to see the average age of people who prefer the new Dune movie to the old David Lynch one. Are you all Millennials and younger?
I'm almost 50 and I prefer the new by a mile.
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#43> 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…
> The first part left me quite underwhelmed
The books are chock full of the various character's internal dialog, and when you make the choice to leave that aspect out, there is quite a bit of richness missing.
This version went the "show, don't tell" route. Visually, its amazing, but so much additional information from the book to help you understand the characters, the groups they belong to, and their motivations was left out.
I think the Sci Fi channel Dune miniseries did the best job of putting across the full richness of the book, albeit with a made for TV budget.
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#44I would like to see the average age of people who prefer the new Dune movie to the old David Lynch one. Are you all Millennials and younger?
I'm 40 and think the new one is much much better.
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#45> 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 didn’t see the first one but I’m under the impression that neither of the remakes feature Sting so I’m not sure why people are watching them.
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#46I 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.
Dune has always been a really difficult adaptation because there is so much internal monologue. It's a great story but a very challenging film.
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#47The first one was good enough for me to see 2/3 times in IMAX :) The director literally made some of his other movies to prep for Dune. Movies with dozens of Millions in budget were his practice for this next flick, so hey, I'm ready to give my money and be blown away!
That’s ironic, considering how much better Arrival and the Blade Runner sequel were than Dune.
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#48I would like to see the average age of people who prefer the new Dune movie to the old David Lynch one. Are you all Millennials and younger?
I'm a millennial, and my favorite Dune is Jodorowsky's Dune :)
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#49> 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…
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.
Also easily my favorite. I saw the first episode the night it came out (before I read the book) and remember being blown away. I've liked the other versions too, but not nearly as much.
Re: Dune: Part Two Is the Best Sci-Fi Film of the Decade
#50> 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…
> the characterization of some characters... are very far from how the books depicts them But that's how it always is, because the target audience for the movie is much wider than the target audience for the book, so characters always get the "screen treatment" to make them more palatable to a wider audience.
Nah, SicFi is so mainstream that that is not a valid argument anymore.
Plus, they clearly made it for fans. It is barely comprehensible without having read the original.