A thread about the Denis Villeneuve-helmed reboot of DUNE

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.

lmao

how hard could it be to synthesize spice

it's like 10,000 balisets when all u need is a synth

It's the worm riding that I don't understand. How can a huge unpredictable creature be relied upon to get from a to b. Like, come on hurry up - the 8.37 to Southern Arakis will soon be arriving at the station, don't leave your baggage too close to its giant anus.

God help you if you ride coach

drink enough of a creature’s vital fluid and you will come to understand the creature. how do you think we figured out horses?

I just want to go to Dune World amusement park and get some spice fries

in the book they explain that you use the hooks separate the chitinous plates of the worm and it turns to avoid getting sand in there, and that functions for steering

Worms need to unionize imo

pail atreides is remy the rat

the way they extract the water of life from the babby worms looks painful and cruel, no wonder the old ones are a bit radge at times

Well, I liked it a lot. Better than the first film even!

there were a number of interesting bits that did or didn’t happen that seemed like Denis read some online comments

I think Paul alludes to the concept once but at no point does anyone say “desert power”

I still am bemused that got a lot of stick because it's in the book!

i was slightly mixed on this, but villeneuve is otherworldly as a creator of images. there are like 20 shots in the movie that feel like things no one has ever done before.

I think he was probably right to collapse the political maneuvering to fewer entities even if it short changes the story. It might seem cheap to collapse things to Chani staring in disappointment and maybe a hint of disgust, but I think it crafts an effective story

especially since zendaya's mad/disappointed face is so effective!

i'm not sure yet what my notes would be other than "adapting only the second half of dune is going to be hard" but to be clear it's at least like 90% successful in doing so

I liked it for spectacle, as story it felt a bit crammed-in even with what it left out. I did like the moral ambiguity of the ending.

Just rewatched 1. Had forgotten how abrupt the ending is.

I think Paul alludes to the concept once but at no point does anyone say “desert power”

yes they should have been saying "desert vibes"

I saw 2 last night, after finally finishing 1 the night before. Bring on 3, like, ASAP please.

I wanna know how much Anya Taylor-Joy got paid for her 22 seconds of screen time.