The reviews coming out for this thing are the most hyped things I've ever seen lmao.
Joshua Mackey
Geeks of Color
Dune: Part Two is lightyears away from its predecessor, becoming a game changer for the science fiction genre. With powerful storytelling and a stronger cast, Dune: Part Two soars where most films dream of.
Josie Meléndez
Screen Speck
In all likelihood, Dune: Part Two will be revered in film history for years to come – it manages to be unlike anything we’ve seen before, yet comfortably familiar at the same time
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
Beyond tapping into the source material’s vast potential for emotion and sociopolitical commentary, [Villeneuve] applies a formal bravado and seriousness found in history’s most substantial works of science fiction.
Randy Myers
San Jose Mercury News
TOP CRITIC
It rivals 2015’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” as a staggering, monumental achievement in genre filmmaking and reminds us what truly talented movie directors can do
Katie Smith-Wong
Flick Feast
A feast for the eyes...Dune: Part Two's jaw-dropping epicness is enough to satisfy one's appetite for spice, cementing itself as one of the best sci-fi sequels of this century.
Razmig Bedirian
The National (UAE)
The film has the makings of a contemporary classic, with the only downside being that we’ll have to wait another few years to see how tensions unfold
I don't think I've seen a movie with such high praises from so many different critics. This has gotten me even more excited than I was before. [Reply]
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.
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
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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.
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]
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]
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:
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]
