Anonymous
Post 03/03/2024 18:02     Subject: Re:Dune Part 2
Anonymous wrote:They made Feyd Rautha bald (I thought he had hair in the book?), but in the stills I have seen, Austin Butler looks like Egghead from the 60s Batman series. I’ll take Sting, please

I am looking forward to it though, loved the first movie.


Yet movie Feyd Rautha had to put zero effort into hooking up with Lea Seydoux.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2024 17:57     Subject: Re:Dune Part 2
Anonymous wrote:I feel like the love this adaptation gets is proof that the average person really is a lot stupider than I had previously assumed.

The source material is sci-fi legend, and I’m sure adaptations are difficult, but come on, the difficult part (the creativity) has already been taken care of. This version is just plain BAD.



Have you read the whole series? Because it seems to me that he wants to make the whole series and focus on the Bene Gesserit. Yes, he cut a lot from the book. Changed how Paul integrates into the Fremen. But I really liked how Jessica’s character in the second movie lays groundwork for the rest of the series (because in the books you don’t realize her role in it all until much later in the series).
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2024 11:53     Subject: Re:Dune Part 2
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I feel like the love this adaptation gets is proof that the average person really is a lot stupider than I had previously assumed.

The source material is sci-fi legend, and I’m sure adaptations are difficult, but come on, the difficult part (the creativity) has already been taken care of. This version is just plain BAD.


Maybe you are the stupid one. It was amazing.


Amazing!?! Haha! What a pitifully low bar you have. I guess you have spent too much time watching marvel movies and telling everyone ted lasso and community are SO good… but if you think this movie was good I think you are lacking some essential brain function.

DP. Please tell us which movie is so great that you loved it? Give a sci-fi one if you can.


Sure. I think Alien was a very well done sci-fi movie. The plot was fairly straightforward but you did have to pay attention to figure out some of the subtleties.

Interstellar had flaws but I found the story compelling, moving, and most importantly I cared enough about the characters and the overall story that it was easy to choose to overlook the flaws.

Dune (the movie, not the book) was ALL about the surface level aesthetics and atmosphere, which is great if they were working on the illustrated companion to the book, but as a standalone film? It’s boring and lazy.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2024 09:12     Subject: Re:Dune Part 2
Anonymous wrote:They made Feyd Rautha bald (I thought he had hair in the book?), but in the stills I have seen, Austin Butler looks like Egghead from the 60s Batman series. I’ll take Sting, please

I am looking forward to it though, loved the first movie.

It is very easy to tell his head is huge, eyes look small due to so much prosthetics covering the hair.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2024 09:03     Subject: Dune Part 2
Excellent movie. I like Dune 1 better, because it had so much story line and character development.
This is the Dune series I have been waiting for since I read it in 8th grade so long ago.
I wish there was more development about the suffering of the Fremen under Imperial/colonial rule to give us even more reason to understand why this rebellion was necessary.
Paul going south in the books was well explained, however in the movie it was hasty and due to bombing.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2024 08:58     Subject: Re:Dune Part 2
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I feel like the love this adaptation gets is proof that the average person really is a lot stupider than I had previously assumed.

The source material is sci-fi legend, and I’m sure adaptations are difficult, but come on, the difficult part (the creativity) has already been taken care of. This version is just plain BAD.


Maybe you are the stupid one. It was amazing.


Amazing!?! Haha! What a pitifully low bar you have. I guess you have spent too much time watching marvel movies and telling everyone ted lasso and community are SO good… but if you think this movie was good I think you are lacking some essential brain function.

DP. Please tell us which movie is so great that you loved it? Give a sci-fi one if you can.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2024 08:55     Subject: Dune Part 2
Saw it yesterday. Thought it was really good! I didn't remember a lot about the first installment and I've never read the books, so I'm sure there's tons I missed. But still enjoyed myself.

That said if you added an R2D2 I'd have believed this was a Star Wars movie, for good or bad!
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2024 08:42     Subject: Dune Part 2
I loved both part 1 and part 2. This is what we need in entertainment right now.

The theater was packed.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2024 08:30     Subject: Re:Dune Part 2
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This version was so freaking terrible that I feel like there is some sort of societal gaslighting going on every time people rave about how phenomenal it is. They managed to make a film in which SO MUCH HAPPENS and yet it feels like a long, boring slog in which NOTHING HAPPENS. It was unclear who half the characters even were, and I didn’t come away from the first film giving a single sh!t about any of them.

This version is ALL style, NO substance.

And I say this as someone who counts the book as my favorite book of all time. This version was such a disappointment.


NP. It's a fascinating movie because it's almost an impression of a movie rather than a regular movie. It's scenes from a movie, images. Yes, a lot of style. It's also setting the stage for the story that will come in Part Two.

I really enjoyed Part One but I also thought it was strange and would be very difficult for people who don't already know the story. A very different movie experience from the usual.


I haven't read the books and felt this after watching the first one. It seemed to assume viewers knew the world. I assume I missed a lot of the significance of actions and dialogue choice because I didn't know the backstory. It was visually interesting, but your statement of "impression of a movie" rings true to my experience.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2024 01:04     Subject: Re:Dune Part 2
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I feel like the love this adaptation gets is proof that the average person really is a lot stupider than I had previously assumed.

The source material is sci-fi legend, and I’m sure adaptations are difficult, but come on, the difficult part (the creativity) has already been taken care of. This version is just plain BAD.


Maybe you are the stupid one. It was amazing.


Amazing!?! Haha! What a pitifully low bar you have. I guess you have spent too much time watching marvel movies and telling everyone ted lasso and community are SO good… but if you think this movie was good I think you are lacking some essential brain function.


It is time to come up from the basement, your mom is calling.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2024 01:03     Subject: Dune Part 2
Don't be ridiculous. Dune 2 is not a Transformers/Marvel level of film. I accept that not everyone will like it or disagree with some of the choices that were made, but calling the vast majority of critics/audience dumb for enjoying a really well done movie is incredibly childish. You need to check your superiority complex.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2024 00:55     Subject: Re:Dune Part 2
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I feel like the love this adaptation gets is proof that the average person really is a lot stupider than I had previously assumed.

The source material is sci-fi legend, and I’m sure adaptations are difficult, but come on, the difficult part (the creativity) has already been taken care of. This version is just plain BAD.


Maybe you are the stupid one. It was amazing.


Amazing!?! Haha! What a pitifully low bar you have. I guess you have spent too much time watching marvel movies and telling everyone ted lasso and community are SO good… but if you think this movie was good I think you are lacking some essential brain function.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2024 00:44     Subject: Re:Dune Part 2
Anonymous wrote:I feel like the love this adaptation gets is proof that the average person really is a lot stupider than I had previously assumed.

The source material is sci-fi legend, and I’m sure adaptations are difficult, but come on, the difficult part (the creativity) has already been taken care of. This version is just plain BAD.


Maybe you are the stupid one. It was amazing.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2024 00:39     Subject: Dune Part 2
Saw it today. Liked it as much as I did One which is to say it’s a big blockbuster film done fine.
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2024 21:47     Subject: Re:Dune Part 2
I feel like the love this adaptation gets is proof that the average person really is a lot stupider than I had previously assumed.

The source material is sci-fi legend, and I’m sure adaptations are difficult, but come on, the difficult part (the creativity) has already been taken care of. This version is just plain BAD.