Jane is away for a few days with work, and naturally, I have regressed to extreme caveman status. Cooked up a tasty pork butt on the weekend, and I’ve been getting through that at every meal. And last night, I caught up with a movie I had meant to watch on the big screen, maybe even iMax, but, you know… fucking Covid.
Dune.
Holy shit. What a movie. It runs long at nearly two and a half hours, but I was never bored, and every scene felt like it had good reason to be there. It captured the epic sweep of Frank Herbert’s original work. None of the world-building or explanation felt laboured, and the characters were realised in depth with full nuance.
I thought once or twice that this was what the producers of Foundation on Apple TV were shooting for and missed, possibly because Denis Villeneuve had to compress his story into a couple of hours rather than ten or twelve.
I hope the rest of this series gets made. It should have been as impactful as Lord of the Rings, but I fear the damage done to the movie industry by the pandemic might mean this is all we get.
I rented it, but Imma buy a copy because I think it’ll bear repeated viewings.
yeah I loved it. thought they really nailed it. Many great bits, but the thopters are worth a call out for interesting tech and getting it right
Also worth noting that Paul Atreides is not a whiny little bitch that can so often happen to that type of protagonist character (looking at at you star wars!!!!!)
It was so good! I was able to see it on the big screen thanks to living in the Independent Sovereign Nation of Westralia, but still had to mask up in the cinema when I wasn't eating my choc top.
What was odd for me was that when the final credits rolled I felt the movie had been too short and had compressed the time line on the events on Arrakis, because it seemed like Paul's family had only been there for 5 mins before everything went to shit. It was shocking to realise it was 2 and a half hours long and STILL left me wanting more.
You'll be pleased to know that according to IMDB part 2 is in production and allegedly slated for 2023. Fingers crossed!
Villanueve finally got it right. It could have been a mini series but 2 parts should cover it. I have read it at least 3 times over the yrs. It’s held up all these yrs. Timely even today. Doesn’t matter who’s in charge. The spice must flow
Agree: terrific film/interpretation. Also agree with Justin that the thopters were one of the best bits: all of the other Dune movies have had thopters that didn't make sense. These just totally fit in, and you can imagine them being real. In fact, I expect our drone-racing friends to start building them for real before too long: short-throw oscillation can be done quite efficiently in various ways (think loudspeaker coil).
The one thing that I had worried about, from the pre-release information, was Jason Momoa as Duncan: didn't fit my mental image from the book, but I thought that he really nailed it. Intense Duncan, just a little bigger.
So looking forward to the next one.
You do know that you can stream it multiple times, on the streaming services, right? (I did "buy" a copy though, because I couldn't wait that long...) Was good on the big screen, too, but it's a pity we don't have any Dolby Cinemas with the HDR laser projection in Australia.
Loved it. Big, thinky, the landscape was almost a character. Went with some friends who don’t have the longest attention span, and they did struggle. One of the comments was “ It wasn’t a Marvel film .”
I'm on a booze break at the moment but am planning to fork out some $$ to rent this in the coming couple of weekends when i break the seal. I too had plans to watch this at the cinema and was going to go on my bday - shakes fist at covid for that bday present scuttled. And then it was gone when i was able to go. Happy bday for the other day as well.
Lonely guy movie night.
Would love to see an adaptation of the Legends of Dune trilogy, cymeks, omnius etc
yeah I loved it. thought they really nailed it. Many great bits, but the thopters are worth a call out for interesting tech and getting it right
Also worth noting that Paul Atreides is not a whiny little bitch that can so often happen to that type of protagonist character (looking at at you star wars!!!!!)
It was so good! I was able to see it on the big screen thanks to living in the Independent Sovereign Nation of Westralia, but still had to mask up in the cinema when I wasn't eating my choc top.
What was odd for me was that when the final credits rolled I felt the movie had been too short and had compressed the time line on the events on Arrakis, because it seemed like Paul's family had only been there for 5 mins before everything went to shit. It was shocking to realise it was 2 and a half hours long and STILL left me wanting more.
You'll be pleased to know that according to IMDB part 2 is in production and allegedly slated for 2023. Fingers crossed!
Speaking of pork butts, can we have a Big Green Egg update please?
Villanueve finally got it right. It could have been a mini series but 2 parts should cover it. I have read it at least 3 times over the yrs. It’s held up all these yrs. Timely even today. Doesn’t matter who’s in charge. The spice must flow
Agree: terrific film/interpretation. Also agree with Justin that the thopters were one of the best bits: all of the other Dune movies have had thopters that didn't make sense. These just totally fit in, and you can imagine them being real. In fact, I expect our drone-racing friends to start building them for real before too long: short-throw oscillation can be done quite efficiently in various ways (think loudspeaker coil).
The one thing that I had worried about, from the pre-release information, was Jason Momoa as Duncan: didn't fit my mental image from the book, but I thought that he really nailed it. Intense Duncan, just a little bigger.
So looking forward to the next one.
You do know that you can stream it multiple times, on the streaming services, right? (I did "buy" a copy though, because I couldn't wait that long...) Was good on the big screen, too, but it's a pity we don't have any Dolby Cinemas with the HDR laser projection in Australia.
I think Toto would have made a better soundtrack ...
TeeHee you said Butt.
I managed to catch it in IMAX during one of the troughs between the waves of COVID it was indeed brilliant.
Loved it. Big, thinky, the landscape was almost a character. Went with some friends who don’t have the longest attention span, and they did struggle. One of the comments was “ It wasn’t a Marvel film .”
I'm on a booze break at the moment but am planning to fork out some $$ to rent this in the coming couple of weekends when i break the seal. I too had plans to watch this at the cinema and was going to go on my bday - shakes fist at covid for that bday present scuttled. And then it was gone when i was able to go. Happy bday for the other day as well.