Damn, people on this site really dislike these movies.
I enjoyed it and haven't read the books. I liked the sense of scale of all the machinery and architecture. Some scenes were goofy and cheesy. I liked the music.
Not watching the trailer though
Damn, people on this site really dislike these movies.
yea it's funny cause by all accounts it seems like most people liked it, but us leftists seem to have some race to see who can be the most counter culture until they are just watching Yoko Ono art pieces.
unlimited jihad on the first world, another Harkkkonnen down
I had a great conversation with two friends over brunch a few months ago about how great the first movie is. Both of the guys had never read the books, but they loved the movie. I'm looking forward to this installment. I never read past the first book because the rest of the series looked like a bummer and I was fine with just leaving things where the first book left off, but if they keep making movies I may have to read the rest of them.
it is amazing how well the movie did. 90% audience score on rotten tomatoes, i feel like half of them probably didn't read the books. im still mad they skipped the banquet hall scene though.
Those vocalizations give me gooseflesh :3
Dune is about worms
so many weird Dune haters in this thread, Im gonna kick back with the melange and enjoy another great movie
looks good but if part 2 doesn’t really convey the point of the story and paul’s character then i will be thoroughly disappointed in villenueve.
He's meant to be sort of satire, right? Not actually a hero, but a parody of sorts more like Hitler who is worshipped by millions and causes the death of millions more.
satire is one way to put it, i would say more of a warning from frank herbert about charismatic personalities who use power structures in society to gain power and do terrible things, their actions then feeding a cycle of tyranny and violence.
People that say, "Oh, dune's just another white savior story" are kinda right. Except, its a deconstruction/critique of 'white savior' stories in a lot of ways. Like, the book's theme is that what Paul is doing is fucked up. Though, its not overly stressed in Dune book 1; its not uncommon for people to miss that point. I do feel like the hammered home a lot harder in books 2 and 3; anyone who doesn't get the point that Paul's actions are shitty, won't really even get the plot of them, and will probably just drop the series.
because the first movie didn't really portray the point, a lot of people recently discounted dune for being a glorification of the "white savior" which is really sad because it is indeed a deconstruction of that trope and warning against people who try to embody it. just one of the inherent faults of adapting the huge amount of text herbert wrote for the story arc lol
Paul freaked out when he ingests the spice in the desert about seeing himself lead the crusade, he was angry that so many were killing in his name, I think you just need to know the whole story to catch it which is too bad.
:sleepi: I see they didn't learn anything from the 1st bland snooze inducer. And they managed to have even less color. :lea-why:
Enjoy the billion dollar tribute to sepia tone :my-hero: I don't get it.
it's the desert, not sure they have a ton of choice. I guess it could look like Jodorowsky did it instead, that would be visually appealing but otherwise terrible.
Go look up some stills from (or watch) Lawrence of Arabia. There's a lot of visual range even in a desert!
someone made a good point below, this isn't on Earth so should we expect it to look exactly like earth?
should we expect it to look exactly like earth
no, and I'm not saying we should. I'm saying that a harsh desert setting still leaves a lot of room for visual dynamism, and that Lawrence of Arabia does a good job of showing that.
It makes sense that the developed areas of Arrakis be near the spice sands, which should be vast expanse of dunes. But the exposed rock of desert is often quite beautiful and I'm looking forward to seeing it, as those places are where the Fremen settlements are.
it’s the desert, not sure they have a ton of choice
hissing, biting :screm3:
desert is not ugly or monotone :edgeworth-pissed:
Dune is not set on an earth desert, it's set on a planet where water is literally imported from offworld. It's a fierce inhospitable planet with more in common with mars than with Arizona or Arabia. The people wear utilitarian stillsuits that collect piss and sweat to convert back to water.
🤓 excuse me the LORE demands the setting look UGLY and WASHED OUT
The story is mostly about surviving on this planet. Did you watch the movie?
I'm just surprised they didn't go for a deep blue sky to contrast against the yellow and brown tones of the desert.
It's not Earth.
but it has a human breathable atmosphere so the clear sky should still be pretty dang blue.
Just a biy of yellowish dust in the air would make the sky a bit green. Happens in earth all the time. Especially near sunset, when scattering shifts to a lower wavelength spectrum.
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