The wife and I are going for free on Thursday night as part of 810’s customer appreciation night or whatever. That part is cool, but it won’t be in IMAX or even a particularly big screen or great audio, which is less cool. I’ll probably have to go see it a second time at one of the better screens. [Reply]
Thank god Hans Zimmer is still doing the score. Nolans movies just haven't been as good without Zimmer. I don't know how Zimmer gets his people to do it and how he picks and narrows down the music but it always does a perfect job of capturing that moment in the film. [Reply]
I've been rereading the second half of the novel over the past couple of days, as well as steeling myself not be too annoyed with changes they'll make. The most glaring one seems to be
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giving Chani a massive GURLPOWR!!!!! update, much like what Jar Jar Abrams did to Uhura. Gone will be the quiet, supporting, third-tier character and in her place will be a YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME, MR. KWISATZ HADERACH!!!!! superwoman. That's already bled through in some of the trailers. Much like changing Kynes to a woman, I'll just try to chalk it up to the price of doing business in modern Hollywood. And obviously there's a finite amount of mileage they can get out of it, since Paul becomes emperor at the end. Of course, God only knows what other annoying shit they might sprinkle in, or needlessly omit.
I know I'm not representative of the target audience, and have enough faith in Villeneuve to believe that he won't go full Abrams here. But still...... :-)
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I'm also surprised by how much the trailers have given away. Once you get to the Paul/Feyd duel, you're only a few minutes away from the credits rolling.
Gonna see it on Saturday but always wondered how Denis would handle Alia. I’m hearing it’s a good adaptation because that is an almost impossible task for a movie. [Reply]
Originally Posted by kcpasco:
Gonna see it on Saturday but always wondered how Denis would handle Alia. I’m hearing it’s a good adaptation because that is an almost impossible task for a movie.
I'm curious about that as well. Of course, now we have all the CGI/deepfake technology that could easily be used to give her all the nuances that no extremely young child actor could. And Villeneuve has the chops to pull it off seamlessly. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Frazod:
It's definitely a critical darling. One of them called it the "Lawrence of Arabia of Science Fiction." Almost makes me nervous.
It opens Thursday. I plan to see a midday matinee the following week. No rush, I guess. I've known how it ends for over 40 years. :-)
Only a bit over 30 years for me.
Not sure when I'll make time to go and see it. I very, very rarely go to the theater these days. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Frazod:
I'm curious about that as well. Of course, now we have all the CGI/deepfake technology that could easily be used to give her all the nuances that no extremely young child actor could. And Villeneuve has the chops to pull it off seamlessly.
Or they could handle it in another way...
I'll just say they veered from the book here, but it worked for me. [Reply]
I liked the first one better but it was a great movie. Since I don't know what happens, maybe that sets up Dune Part 3 to be quite epic.
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Again, haven't read the books or know what happens at all. Just pissed they killed off the two best and most honorable characters in the first movie in Aquaman and Oscar Isaac. Then it appears Paul is now a dbag and Zendaya is the only one who isn't an idiot. I also wanted more sand worm feasts
Originally Posted by Frazod:
I've been rereading the second half of the novel over the past couple of days, as well as steeling myself not be too annoyed with changes they'll make. The most glaring one seems to be
Spoiler!
giving Chani a massive GURLPOWR!!!!! update, much like what Jar Jar Abrams did to Uhura. Gone will be the quiet, supporting, third-tier character and in her place will be a YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME, MR. KWISATZ HADERACH!!!!! superwoman. That's already bled through in some of the trailers. Much like changing Kynes to a woman, I'll just try to chalk it up to the price of doing business in modern Hollywood. And obviously there's a finite amount of mileage they can get out of it, since Paul becomes emperor at the end. Of course, God only knows what other annoying shit they might sprinkle in, or needlessly omit.
I know I'm not representative of the target audience, and have enough faith in Villeneuve to believe that he won't go full Abrams here. But still...... :-)
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I'm also surprised by how much the trailers have given away. Once you get to the Paul/Feyd duel, you're only a few minutes away from the credits rolling.
Without spoiling anything I agree with your assessment. There are changes I don’t understand why DV did the way he did. I really enjoyed the movie but the ending was not satisfying or accurate to the book. [Reply]
