A thread about the Denis Villeneuve-helmed reboot of DUNE

Frank Herbert’s Star Wars

io9 can exclusively reveal that the Oscar-winning composer of Dune (and a few dozen other iconic movies over the past 40 years) was so inspired when he looked at the upcoming behind-the-scenes book from Insight Editions, he decided to write some musical accompaniment.

this is 100% horseshit right? zimmer has an entire stable of ghost composers that write practically everything

How dare you question the genius who Totally Did It All Himself, Man.

"Hmm, I love these photos showing off the product design and art direction, but I miss the sense of being emotionally manipulated."

er, production design

actually, you know what, leave it as is

trailer brought the BRAAAAMMMMS

Hmm, could work. (Certainly there's shifts in POV in the second half of the book but I can't recall how many are Chani-centered?)

In a recent interview with La Repubblica (translated by IGN), Denis Villeneuve revealed Zendaya’s character, Chani, will be the primary protagonist of Dune Part II:

I’m honoured to present on-screen two talents [Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya] that are so explosive, and I can’t wait to shoot the second part of Dune to get them back together. Knowing that in the next chapter Zendaya will be the protagonist of the story.

“What’s in the box?” “Pain.” pic.twitter.com/30VcZXpZXD

— Ben Lesnick (@banditloaf) August 20, 2021

Dune seems to inspire some odd movie stuff, anyone remember that document they handed out in the lobby to help 'explain' things when the Lynch one came out?

Yes, I remember getting one of those when the movie came out

Also there was a range of action figures marketed very much at kids.

anyone remember that document they handed out in the lobby to help 'explain' things when the Lynch one came out?

Sure do. There's a copy of it online: https://www.cinemablend.com/new/See-Original-Dune-Handout-Helped-Fans-Follow-Along-66855.html

happy to report that the Dune Terminology sheet is also reproduced in the booklet that comes with the new blu ray release

i saw the trailer in the cinema and man it looks really po-faced. i almost said “poe faced” get it ahahahahaha

lots of earth tones. very tasteful, very jil sander.

This will get a lot of decent to very good reviews and nobody will remember it in five years.

Not just because Earth may look like Arrakis by then.

https://www.designscene.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Jil-Sander-Pre-Fall-2019-05-620x930.jpg

i saw the trailer in the cinema and man it looks really po-faced.

― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, August 25, 2021 10:54 PM (yesterday)

But the quipping, which is worse than humorless

the quipping clearly an attempt to counteract the crushing weight of self-seriousness which as you say is even worse

just a trailer though!

So crazy that a movie set on a desert planet would have a lot of earth tones. Imagine!

People want to pre-emptively hate this movie for the dumbest of reasons.

lol jon i’m right here you know

That second sentence wasn't directed at just you though, it just seems like there are so many people just looking for any excuse to hate this pre-emptively.

I liked Bladerunner 2 fine and I don't understand the hate for Villeneuve but I really do hate that kind of jokiness, it definitely put me off a bit.

also Dune is pretty special to a lot of us and we have been hurt SO MANY TIMES

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTIxMjQ2OTU4M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNzY0MTQ2._V1_.jpg

It's been a few years of worry, yes

https://www.vulture.com/2017/03/looking-back-at-all-the-utterly-disastrous-attempts-to-adapt-dune.html

But the Lynch and Jodorowsky versions were the best types of disasters

for a truly faithful adaptation, each screening of dune should have someone dressed up as princess irulan sitting in the front row, and she would pause the movie every five minutes to read a paragraph or two from one of her dozen books

go on

Princess Irulan is the Adrian Mole of Arrakis

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/sep/03/dune-review-denis-villenueve-venice-film-festival

Xan Brooks gives it five stars and says calls it "quite often sublime"

DUNE is a *massive* disappointment.

the cinematic equivalent of getting a novelty-sized check for six dollars.

hype is the mind-killer. here's my review: https://t.co/CcYaboWjFi pic.twitter.com/YeyDojfT85

— david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) September 3, 2021

Opinions are divided!

i always love the early “LISTEN UP NERDS: IT SUCKS”

Haha. Yeah, that IndieWire review is swinging for the clicks.

Read a few reviews for this and even the lukewarm ones seem to readily offer up “breathtaking” etc. when talking about it as a visual spectacle and that’s kinda 80% of what I’m here for.

otm me too

And then it turns out it's just wall to wall scenes of Jason Momoa wearing only that Sting-style jockstrap, something which would NEVER appeal to anyone I know amon--what?

Variety’s review of #Dune has me feeling like #Bakka*. The whole thing’s sprinkled with a faux-dumb tone, a cool kid trolling for nerd. “Oh, you like Star Track? Who’s your favorite character, Dr. Spock?”

*The One Who Weeps

— Michael Chabon (@michaelchabon) September 4, 2021

I've reverted back my 12 yr old state of mind that watched the Lynch one 30 odd years ago, not even hearing it!

honestly the only thing i like about Momoa being in it at all is that he ~spoilers~
(though admittedly he seems well-cast as Duncan)

not much of a fan myself

Ok, saw this last night **spoilers**
This is a very sombre movie, sombre colour palette/ costuming, positively, its faithful to the books, the bits I remember, much more than Lynch (who was all over the place, in that regard). I thought I would feel the same about this as I did about blade runner 2049 and that proved to be true. It's not completely style over substance but I did struggle with the dialogue and attitude to storytelling, there's a real lack of weight in so many scenes that it flits by leaving you struggling to connect with the characters. I thought immediately afterwards, was there a single line of dialogue that felt delicious, that cuts through a scene and leaves you smirking with joy or gasping? No, not for me...I know this ensemble is way more capable than this and you do wonder if many scenes were finished and they looked at each other and thought, 'well, I hope that will come good in post". It left me feeling I need to stop watching movies and read more books or go to the theatre.

"Step one: be Jason Momoa."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8y30Uyqc1E

US tickets on sale.

And one last trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0HgHet0sxg

Separately, though, of all the mockbusters that ever mockbusted thanks to Asylum...wow. Just wow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwVZ-2WuJo4

“There’s more than one worm!?”

camp is the mindkiller

should I watch this or

um YES