Gromit
International Man of Misery
Fat Stephen Fry might have managed it but he dieted.
Dune - dir. Denis Villeneuve
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Gromit
International Man of Misery
I like the Lynch movie but it does has it faults. The Harkonens were panto villains rather than a sinister cunning enemy that wields wealth like a sword
The mutation of the guild navigators was taken too far.
The weirding way was swapped from martial arts to sonic weapons.
Although I did like Paul gaining such mastery of the voice that he could literally kill with a word (rather than metaphorically as in the book).
The mutation of the guild navigators was taken too far.
The weirding way was swapped from martial arts to sonic weapons.
Although I did like Paul gaining such mastery of the voice that he could literally kill with a word (rather than metaphorically as in the book).
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
he'd make a decent Beast Rabban
Idaho
blah blah blah
Steven Segal surely?
Gromit
International Man of Misery
Bladerunner is losing money.
The fear is that yes he'll go less cerebral for fear of repeating a lack of financial sucess and gaining a reputation as a director who loses money.
I hope not but it might.
Hopefully he'll keep the costs low by losing high budget actors for talented newcomers.
The fear is that yes he'll go less cerebral for fear of repeating a lack of financial sucess and gaining a reputation as a director who loses money.
I hope not but it might.
Hopefully he'll keep the costs low by losing high budget actors for talented newcomers.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
I found Sicario very nice to look at it but ultimately dull. OK we get it, they're all as bad as each other. For that to be a twist you have to not telegraph it from the very beginning of the movie.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Indeed. I enjoyed the film far more once I had read the book as it gave wonderful visuals to stuff that I already knew. Seeing it without that context was a bit
Spod
Well-Known Member
This. Herbert is explicit that Paul is a small kid barely into hiis teens. Not a chisel-jawed 6 footer in his mid-twenties like in Lynch's film. That aside I did like what he did with the Harkonnen's, amping their evilness with some physical stuff. Making them all ginger was interesting as well which they werent in the book.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
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thats three acting men with skarsgard or v.similar as a second name I know of ...must check if any are related..
I recon Bautista is Beast Rabban or G Halleck.
thats three acting men with skarsgard or v.similar as a second name I know of ...must check if any are related..
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Stellan Skarsgard as Baron Harkonnen is perfect.
Can see Bautista as Rabban too
Can see Bautista as Rabban too
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
stellan and two sons, alexander and bill?
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
' Stellan Skarsgård, an acclaimed Swedish actor, has eight (eight!) children, four of whom are actors.'
I'd only heard of Skarsgard snr today, but yes those two,, mostly Alexander for his finest hours in True Blood as eric northman
TruXta
tired
If they could find a place for Toni Collette that would make me happy. Maybe as the Reverend Mother?
Crispy
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Bautista is confirmed to be playing Rabban. The casting really is good so far.
I can't remember where I read it, but I think it's also confirmed that the story will be split over two films.
I hope that they
a) Don't whitewash the Fremen
and
b) Lean hard into the White Saviour trope, so that it can be properly subverted in the sequels (a man can dream).
I can't remember where I read it, but I think it's also confirmed that the story will be split over two films.
I hope that they
a) Don't whitewash the Fremen
and
b) Lean hard into the White Saviour trope, so that it can be properly subverted in the sequels (a man can dream).
Reno
The In Kraut
The main problem with the David Lynch movie was that after a great set-up, it rushed through way too much plot in the second half. New characters kept being introduced and given no time to develop or to have any impact. This needs two movies.
Crispy
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Ah but where do you split it?
Reno
The In Kraut
Somewhere around the middle.
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
Erm... except that she's only 12 years older than he is (and fresh faced with it), yet playing his mother? Or is that a bit of the books (dynastic use of prepubescent/perupubescent concubines) I've forgotten about?
They're both good actors I agree - and this surely isn't the only example of Hollywood wanting "older women, but not OLD WOMEN if you know what we mean" - but honestly. Really. The age gap between grumpy old male leading men and ever-youthful leading ladies is bad enough but being relegated to "mom roles" the very second they're no longer dewy fresh is perhaps even worse. There is female life between 25 and 55 - even for non-mothers!
Never had much time for Francesca Annis as an actor but I thought she carried off the 'former sexpot, turned noble lady' rather well in the former film version.
Crispy
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In terms of book pages, that's about when Paul & Jessica flee the palace in the ornithopter. That'd leave a lot of the fun stuff for the 2nd film...Somewhere around the middle.
Reno
The In Kraut
Paul is 15 years old in Dune and no doubt one reason Chalamet got cast is because he looks young enough that he mostly gets cast in teenage roles. It also helps that he's probably the most acclaimed male actor of his age and he has to mature in the film. Lady Jessica is 36 and Ferguson is only one year younger.
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trabuquera
Modesty Bag
not due to 21st century earth male supremacy in Hollywood then, ok ....
Reno
The In Kraut
You are mixing this up with the specific issue of ageing male stars demanding on-screen love interests who could be their daughters due to their vanity. That doesn't apply here because the two lead characters are a mother and son. Nicole Kidman, Jamie Lee Curtis, Glenn Close, Sandra Bullock, Sigourny Weaver, Viola Davis, Meryl Streep, Annette Bening, Michelle Pfeiffer and Julianne Moore are still getting plenty of work. Villeneuve simply cast an actress who is the age of her character.
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