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Dune - dir. Denis Villeneuve

I watched Sicario the other night and realised that Villeneuve also has terrible politics. He probably liked the look of all those fashy banners he put in Dune.
 
Brainaddict said:
I watched Sicario the other night and realised that Villeneuve also has terrible politics. He probably liked the look of all those fashy banners he put in Dune.
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Sicario wasn't written by him, his early Hollywood films were basically commercial director-for-hire jobs. Considering his early Canadian films like Polytechique, which he co-wrote, I doubt that politically he is on the right.
 
Reno said:
Sicario wasn't written by him, his early Hollywood films were basically commercial director-for-hire jobs. Considering his early Canadian films like Polytechique, which he co-wrote, I doubt that politically he is on the right.
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You can surely choose whether you want to be involved in a film sympathetic to CIA murders squads or not. It's a very ugly film.
 
Brainaddict said:
You can surely choose whether you want to be involved in a film sympathetic to CIA murders squads or not. It's a very ugly film.
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I think Prisoners, a vigilante thriller he directed before, is at least as bad. But at the time he wasn't yet established in Hollywood and he was making the leap from Canadian independent films to big budget Hollywood films. Having read interviews with him and seen his early films, I doubt he is a rabid right winger, certainly not where he would be attracted to making Dune due to fascist iconography as you suggested. In interviews he has described himself as centre left and when pushed on US politics, he points out that he is Canadian.
 
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Doctor Carrot said:
Gonna back you up on this. I saw it at the cinema too. I've not read Dune but I was so looking forward to this because I like Villnueve's films, particularly blade runner 2049. I really wanted to love it but I just found myself waiting for something interesting to happen and it never did.

I was left cold and bored by the whole experience. I was actually really surprised by how boring it was. Even the action scenes were meh and I found myself not giving a single fuck about any of the characters. A lot of people were in and out of their seats in the cinema I went to as well which I think says a lot.

I just don't think long, drawn out scifi/fantasy epics are for me. I thought they were but I found Lord of the rings a snooze fest and I don't think I like Star Wars as much as i think I do!
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In between bouts of "turn on some lights, goddamnit" it had some slow bits. I actually thought Lynch did a much better job with the slow shields, even if 1984's effects weren't quite up to it. That's a big part of why the action just didn't work for me.

I mean, I liked it. But I was hoping to love it and it fell well short of there. I'm sure part of it was watching on a 48" screen and not in a cinema, because there were bits clearly meant to impress that... didn't. Although with that being said, I watched Die Another Day on the same screen and thought the action was a hoot.
 
ska invita said:
watched it
#DesertPower

i liked the bagpipes

dont remember it being mentioned though no doubt it has been but theres a prequel tv series coming (around) next year
www.imdb.com

Dune: Prophecy (TV Series 2024– ) | Action, Adventure, Drama

Dune: Prophecy: With Emily Watson, Olivia Williams, Travis Fimmel, Jodhi May. TV series set in the 'Dune' universe which centers on the lives of the Bene Gesserit.
www.imdb.com www.imdb.com
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It has been mentioned but there also hasn't been an update on the tv series since last June. I could imagine now that the 2nd film is about to go into production and there being talk of a 3rd film, that are been putting all their energy into that.

www.cbr.com

Dune Director Discusses Possible Third Film

Dune: Part Two beings filming soon, and director Denis Villeneuve is already considering a third film, which would be based on the novel Dune Messiah.
www.cbr.com www.cbr.com
 
bagpipes


re bagpipes
"The score was recorded by Hans Zimmer during COVID lock down. Zimmer's team turned his sitting room into a studio which was next to his daughter's room. He recalls, "She will tell everybody that she suffers from bagpipe PTSD, because it's 5:30 in the morning and I'm still blasting away and the whole house is shaking."

not enough bagpipes in it tbh
 
I normally enjoy a Hans Zimmer epic soundtrack but found this one a bit too cheesy, the middle eastern style woman hollering, the throat singing, the bagpipes were ridiculous, all seemed a bit predictable. A bit like the film. I realise the original preceded a lot of what we have since become familiar with in other sci-fi films but it just seemed very well trodden stories and set pieces. Enjoyed the last hour a bit more but then of course it ended. And as someone else said, felt very little attachment to any of the characters. Felt like maybe aimed at teenage boys more than I realised.
 
8ball said:
Maybe watching both more than once is handy for comparing usefully.

I’ve only seen the new version once.
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If I had the time, maybe, as sometimes a film catches you in the wrong mood. I was enjoying it to begin with...

Another thing that was shit about it was the shield effects. Made for rubbish fighting.
 
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Now the rona isn't quite so bad I can watch this one in the cinema.

Can't find a pair of Dune contact lenses (the eyes of ibad) for less than a hundred pounds, bit steep.
 
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