Hey gang. So my out-of-country trip got cancelled last minute. Shitty as that was, I was able to watch Dune on Thursday night (home) and again last night (theater). So... small consolation.

Anyway, my thoughts are still pretty jumbled.

Loves
The cinematography was excellent

Oscar Isaak was a fantastic Duke Leto

Chalamet portrayed Paul excellently, IMO.

Rebecca Ferguson was steely and captivating as Lady Jessica. I like this portrayal of her.

MOTHERFUCKING STELLAN SKAARSGAARD is one of my favorite actors, period. And he is fan-fucking-tastic as Baron Harkonnen.

I thought I really crushed it as Duncan Idaho. Ginaz Forever!

Zendaya as Chani. Much less cloying and wimpy than previous portrayals of her.

The fight with Jamis. I liked that we got to see Paul's prescience through the visions and also that we got to see that he was having visions of what could be as well as what would be. Cool stuff.

Just OKs
I have to wait 2-3 years for the conclusion

Josh Brolin is too pretty to be Gurney Halleck. WHERE IS THE INKVINE SCAR? WHERE IS THE BALISET?

Bautista as Beast Rabban. OK. Bautista is kind of one-note and it was hard to separate him from the character in this one. Felt like I was watching Drax the Destroyer in Dune.
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One relevant thing I took from this movie is duncan idaho is not some dude living in Idaho.
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(whispers)

My name isn't Duncan, either.
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Definitely agree about Brolin. Much like Patrick Stewart before him, Brolin is neither lumpy nor ugly. Pretty sure there was a scar on his cheek, though.

In my mind's eye I always pictured Ernest Borgnine as Halleck. Just like I always pictured Orson Welles as the Baron. Personally I didn't care all that much for Skaarsgaard's performance, although I didn't hate it and it was certainly better than the assclown in Lynch's movie. And it really annoyed me that he killed Yueh and not Piter.
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I’ve never read the Dune books, but I feel like a prequel HBO series starring Jason Momoa as Duncan Idaho would be pretty well received.
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I enjoyed the movie but I thought the Audio of the movie was terrible... much like Nolan's "Tenet".
Too many whispers and too loud of backing music.

There are only a few movies where my soundbar just can't support the audio mix, and this was one.

Anyway, that is just me being picky.
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This movie was boring as shit.
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I haven't seen a movie in the theaters for 8+ years. I found a time that worked for me...and put it on my schedule. I was kind of shocked by the price but damnit, it was Dune!!! Until that movie, I had no idea what THX was. And that movie didn't need the help. I was glued!



Oh, and....your and idiot.


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I have no familiarity with this story at all and probably predictably it was pretty confusing, especially all the different visions and serious groups with hard to understand names. And why can’t movies make it to where I don’t have to constantly adjust volume just to hear a conversation?
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I felt this way about the LOTR trilogy. All the names and whispering and secret names for weapons and jewelry and places and beings. Just too much to track in multiple multi hour movies for me. I know this is blasphemous to some. Sorry.
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You don't need to track that stuff, though.
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Why are the Harkonnens such assholes
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Harkonnens are evil to make the noble Atreides family seem that extra bit more dignified and pure.
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