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This looks so great. I love that they are focusing on the prophecy and all that entails.

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[–] Empyreus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'm so pumped for this, the emperors ship / fight looks exactly how I imagined.

[–] Hell@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's gonna be fun

[–] moosh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[–] hmancuso@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

By now it's clear that Dune II unpacks such a punchy plot with unexpected twists interpreted by such fine actors. Add to that the great soundtrack and stunning visuals, and we're in for a memorable sequel. I can smell popcorn already.

[–] PlanetOfOrd@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I'm looking forward to it.

I admit I was a tad disappointed with the 1st Dune movie. It wasn't bad by any means, but I felt Denis Villeneuve didn't quit communicate Paul's plight enough, and, as much as I like Zendaya as an actress, I don't think she was the best choice for Chani.

Then again, I realize Dune is a difficult book to adapt to a movie.

But I've enjoyed other work by Denis Villenueuve so I'm suspecting Part 1 was just a setup for Part 2 and the 2 parts together make a satisfactory story.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I want Gaspar Noe to direct God Emperor of Dune, but it's like a mashup of his movie Climax and Caligula, and focuses mainly on the Worm squishing Tleilaxu while his Fish Guard orgasm continuously during protracted, graphic, and nauseau inducing orgy scenes.

[–] niktemadur@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sounds like a blast! /s
For the uninitiated, it'll make the David Lynch version make sense in comparison.

EDIT: Get Peter Greenaway instead.

[–] thumbman@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I love this story, loved the books, the movie was visually fantastic, but it took me three viewings to get through it. I don't know if my attention could handle the dense nature of it in a film format. Does anyone else think it would have been more digestible as an 6-8 part series? Still great to see this level of sci-fi in film.

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[–] AdmiralShat@programming.dev -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As someone who read a few of the books, I legitimately despised part 1.

[–] regretful_fappo@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I did too. Crazy to think so many people find it a great adaptation cause I feel like it misses the point of what made the books so amazing by quite a lot.

[–] scp_1404@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are there more than one adaptation? I know about the David Lynch but haven't been paying attention since then. So I don't know which one is good.

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[–] Protegee9850@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Idk I reread Dune annually and thought it was about as good of an adaptation as one could hope.

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[–] Steak@lemmy.ca -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

im sure im gonna get shit on here but i thought Dune 1 was the single most boring and terrible movie i ever tried to watch. i was waiting for SOMETHING to happen the whole time and literally nothing happens. its slow moving people in gigantic buildings and landscapes doing absolutely nothing! like holy hell i thought i was missing something but Dune was just hours of people doing nothing. sit around and talk here, sit around and talk over here now. look my house is the size of your whole planet haha, now listen to me talk very very slowly for the next 20 minutes about nothing.

[–] Someology@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Well, everybody has their preferences, but it is a big story with a lot of background, and for people who love the story of Dune, it was rather nice to see it given adequate time. It's a large book, and there is still stuff left out. You're not obligated to like these movies (or the book), but if you don't like complex stories that require an attention span, then they've made some Transformers movies you might enjoy. Better choice if you want all action with no world building or story.

[–] Steak@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

looool i saw the movie dude it just sucks

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