Freaking loved it. Plan on seeing it again sometime next week so I can pick up things I missed. Its nearly 3 hours long but it didn't feel like it at all. I thought it was perfectly paced. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Frazod:
It's really sad that there hasn't been more interest in this movie.
I guess there weren't enough 'sploshuns and flying robots. :-)
It's not mainstream sci-fi and never has been. The original flopped in 82. Personally, it took me several years before I liked it. I hated it as a kid.
I think WB gambled it was a more popular property than it actually is.
Not judging it's quality, just it's popularity amongst the masses. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Frazod:
Yet everybody gobbles up whatever overblown labyrinthine crap Nolan churns out like the theater is passing out free money.
Nolan certainly has a fan base (I’m a fan, BTW).
But the studio knew that this film wouldn’t survive the summer releases, so they released it in October, knowing that it wouldn’t be a box office hit but a possible awards contenders, which would push DVD, On Demand and streaming sales. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud:
Nolan certainly has a fan base (I’m a fan, BTW).
But the studio knew that this film wouldn’t survive the summer releases, so they released it in October, knowing that it wouldn’t be a box office hit but a possible awards contenders, which would push DVD, On Demand and streaming sales.
It's certainly the best movie I've seen this year. Oh well. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Deberg_1990:
It's not mainstream sci-fi and never has been. The original flopped in 82. Personally, it took me several years before I liked it. I hated it as a kid.
I think WB gambled it was a more popular property than it actually is.
Not judging it's quality, just it's popularity amongst the masses.
Another problem is most of the 20-somethings have probably never heard of the original. 35 years is a long time to wait for a sequel. [Reply]
Originally Posted by kcpasco:
I saw the movie and loved it. I hope the low numbers does not scare away a Dune movie because it will have a similar target audience.
Dune needs to be an HBO miniseries. Too much material for a single movie.
They really should let me approve the script, too, because if anybody fucks it up again I'm going on a homicidal rampage. :-) [Reply]