A thread about the Denis Villeneuve-helmed reboot of DUNE

Sorry Ned

https://x.com/sablaah/status/1750676045403992521?s=20

yes but

I have an idea https://t.co/K2ga5c6osr pic.twitter.com/fBL34MXPRJ

— Kristi Yamaguccimane (@TheWapplehouse) January 26, 2024

wau lol

Haha yeah saw those earlier

took almost ten minutes and 350 clicks to get the error messages to stop and get my opening night tix but they are acquired

Okay, two weeks out (if you count preview day). I'll tell ya what's been causing me to scratch my head -- still no word as to who Tim Blake Nelson is playing in this. My outside guess is Count Fenring but we'll see I suppose.

Maybe they’ll bring Scytale forward à la Lynch’s plan

reprising his role from o brother where art thou

I will accept all these options.

She's playing Cornholio https://t.co/DelafoN7DF

— Charles Bramesco (@intothecrevasse) February 15, 2024

lol

I'm excited for this one, though my son (who watched the first one with me but found it to be way too slow for his 12 year-old tastes) had a nice zing at this a few weeks ago when we went to see Wonka in the theater and the trailer for part two played, "so is this going to be the good half where stuff happens?".

Roffle.

Full array of the fashion looks from the premiere (including the spoilery bit per the tweet)

https://gizmodo.com/dune-2-premiere-fashion-zendaya-star-wars-chalamet-pugh-1851261555

With all respect to your son but a TON of stuff happened in the first one

yeah I just rewatched it and was surprised how fast it moves. there's some setup in the first hour, but starting from the escape from the spice harvester, it's almost nonstop action

As I recall it, the worms were pretty subdued in the first installment even though they are the five-star attractions in the eyes of any normal 12 year old lad - much more so than Paul the Sadsack Quizzer-Ack (sp?).

Kwisatz Haderach
Give a dog a bone

I just

Kwizatz
Kwizatz
Kwizatz to where you haderach

[Billy Preston solo on keys]

There’s a Villeneuve festival on at Lincoln Center right now.

https://www.filmlinc.org/series/denis-villeneuve/

As I recall it, the worms were pretty subdued in the first installment even though they are the five-star attractions in the eyes of any normal 12 year old lad - much more so than Paul the Sadsack Quizzer-Ack (sp?).

Yeah, pretty much this. A lot of stuff did happen for sure, but I can absolutely see how this might be too slow for a current 12 year-old more attuned to the pace of MCU or other contemporary stuff.

we saw Dune part 1 in IMAX a few weeks ago and it had a sneak preview of Dune 2 that was basically Muad'dib ridin' his first sandworm and the crowd went NUTS

(we also saw a screening of the Lynch Dune this past weekend and I reaffirm my position that it is 1000x better, although I'm still kinda excited to go see Dune 2)

dune part one is mainly about timmy chalét going on a hike with his mum iirc

oooh, do you know if there are more screenings of the Lynch Dune? I haven't seen it on the big screen since I was a kid

xp

dunelynch dwindles greatly once they reach the desert and start hiking: director lacks feels for sand imo, those stretches feels both rushed and unending lol

but it's the MOVIE4U if u luv whispered exposition, the weirding module, pugs

^^h.m.bateman's the man who enjoyed dune messiah

the new film's lack of pugs is inexplicable and a major flaw

(the screenings of the Lynch Dune were a Fathom event on the 18th and the 19th... sorry!)

Universal has beautiful 35mm prints of Dune ‘84, so ask your local Cinematheque to book it. A 70mm print of it screened at the British Film Institute last year

haha, the print Fathom used was... not great

AFI Silver, this weekend, on 70mm film. I barely know anything about the Dune-i-verse, but I'm taking my mother.

did you see part 1?

"I'm taking my mother"

for you ARE the kwisatz haderach

taking off of half of work today to see this

same

I barely know anything about the Dune-i-verse

It's very complicated. There are good guys and bad guys as per usual, but they come in a lot of flavors to placate the fans of the 7 or 8 Dune books. The first film was mainly about exposition, but this one will probably opt for atmosphere and spectacle. Have fun!

7 or 8 or 23 or possibly 26 or 28

worms poop drug that lets you see the future

Is this a jump rope?

https://64.media.tumblr.com/8aa046adb99a01fdc11285550fa0492a/tumblr_omcyn3co1s1tpdqt1o1_640.jpg

I have seen and enjoyed part 2

same. incredible atmosphere.

I saw part 1 with my mother. I was largely lost, but she's familiar with the books and told me more in extensive detail.

I’m sure someone dropped this already, but a good catch-up guide before the new film:

https://maxread.substack.com/p/dune-annotated

I was reading it again before sending it to friends and forgot how max put it in terms for people very online

I've read half the book recently (waiting till after the film to read the second half) (iirc I read it maybe 30 years ago, didn't remember anything) and it was less dense than I was expecting. If there's two things the movie skimps on it's that 1) no computers, mentats! and b) paul is atreides AND harkonnen AND bene gesserit AND a mentat and hence the kwisatz haderach. Obviously.

https://c.tenor.com/ce1VXmViNMgAAAAd/tenor.gif

*mentat eyeroll* can't believe they're asking me to do ridiculous computations in my head again

An interview (probably one of many) with Villeneuve here: https://screencrush.com/denis-villeneuve-dune-part-two-interview/

I strongly agree with him: we should have gotten more Thufir Hawat

I watched a torrented cam job of part two last night, some disgusting savage resting their foot on the back of a cinema chair completely ruined some of the desert scenes.