I saw this Thursday evening. It's beautiful. Incredibly well-shot, acted, and directed.
There are, yes, some big deviations from the original story as laid out in the book.
Spoiler!
The changes with Chani will be unpopular with some, but it makes that character more real and fleshed out. Chani just is not a background character in this universe, and she serves as the cautious counterpoint to Paul's Messianic nature and standing with Stilgar and his like.
That's stuff that could be handled with internal monologues in the books, but not so much in film.
I thought the performances of Chalamet (particularly after Water of Life transformation), Ferguson, and Butler were particularly strong.
I'll watch it again. And look forward to Children of Dune.
Originally Posted by RINGLEADER:
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.
Nobody gives a shit about the book. The book came out in 1965. Who gives a shit. Make a good movie. Do what you do Denis. [Reply]
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
I saw this Thursday evening. It's beautiful. Incredibly well-shot, acted, and directed.
There are, yes, some big deviations from the original story as laid out in the book.
Spoiler!
The changes with Chani will be unpopular with some, but it makes that character more real and fleshed out. Chani just is not a background character in this universe, and she serves as the cautious counterpoint to Paul's Messianic nature and standing with Stilgar and his like.
That's stuff that could be handled with internal monologues in the books, but not so much in film.
I thought the performances of Chalamet (particularly after Water of Life transformation), Ferguson, and Butler were particularly strong.
I'll watch it again. And look forward to Children of Dune.
I’m guessing we get Messiah as the final chapter no? [Reply]
The world it creates is incredible, constantly introducing new angles and wrinkles it was beautifully done. It felt like 3 hours but when it hits, it fucking hits. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
Is this a movie I have to see in IMAX? Planning on going in the next few days and just wanted to get the group opinion. Thx.
I saw it at my smallish local theatre and was absolutely not disappointed, but I think you should see it on IMAX as the visuals are absolutely astonishing and beautiful, it will be a much better experience.
Only reason I didn't see it on IMAX is my wife is out of town, and wanted to wait to get that experience with her. She loved the first film as well, and she isn't even a Sci-Fi fan.
It's an amazing movie and I can't stop thinking about it. It doesn't seem like a 3 hour film. I left wanting more. [Reply]
Originally Posted by chinaski:
I saw it at my smallish local theatre and was absolutely not disappointed, but I think you should see it on IMAX as the visuals are absolutely astonishing and beautiful, it will be a much better experience.
Only reason I didn't see it on IMAX is my wife is out of town, and wanted to wait to get that experience with her. She loved the first film as well, and she isn't even a Sci-Fi fan.
It's an amazing movie and I can't stop thinking about it. It doesn't seem like a 3 hour film. I left wanting more.
I wouldn't say IMAX is a requirement. But if it's handy, this would absolutely be a film to take advantage of it. The gummies probably helped, but this was one of the most immersive theater movies I've experienced since LOTR. The visuals are incredible. They do a really good job of making you feel like you're right there in the middle of the smoke and sand and chaos. 3hrs feels more like 1.5hrs. The pacing starts slow, but builds up the entire film. I really enjoyed it, and I thought they did a great job building the story with room for much more. [Reply]
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
They could make 4 more movies if they want to do that. They’re going to have to change up some things in Children to do it.
And shit, there are like 15 more books in the main continuity. They could make 20+ movies in this universe if they wanted.
Deni has stated that he wants to make the final film in this setup basically off of Messiah, but they may add some of Children I would imagine to get it to work. [Reply]