**Official** Dune movie by Denis Villeneuve thread **UPDATE- Dune 1 back on IMAX! Part 2 release March 1! (2 Viewers)

[urbanhack]

actually stumbled across the original movie on TV the other day. I get that it was 40 years ago.....but man is that a cheezy ridiculous film. I'm sure the effects were good for the time and you give them credit for taking on an ambitious project, but I couldn't stop laughing at the entire spectacle of it. Just absurdity.

"WAIT FOR MY BROTHER, BARON!!!!"

This movie is best served with mind altering substances.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Part 1 is indeed being re-released next weekend. Find the biggest screen you can!

 

[The Gator]

Tickets bought for part 2 on 3.3 in iMax

 

[Ilov80s]

Part 1 is indeed being re-released next weekend. Find the biggest screen you can!

About to get tickets for the Super EMX theater near me

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Not in any theaters near me

 

[need2know]

I've seen one like 10 times. Bring on 2!

 

[Ilov80s]

Not in any theaters near me

Whaaat? Might be time to sue

 

[dkp993]

Not in any theaters near me

Whaaat? Might be time to sue

I’d move.

 

[Desert_Power]

 

[Ilov80s]

I am so excited to see this again next weekend. Will be my 4th time. 2x on Max and 2x at an IMAX. I know it was COVID the first time but I hope people turn out to see this in the theater now. It's an absolute experience.

 

[Desert_Power]

We deeply need this film to do so well that we get a part 3/Dune Messiah film. I love a certain actor in his character and it would be great to have more of it.

 

[Ilov80s]

We deeply need this film to do so well that we get a part 3/Dune Messiah film. I love a certain actor in his character and it would be great to have more of it.

I think Dune is going to be a big hit but yeah, spread the word

 

[Desert_Power]

We deeply need this film to do so well that we get a part 3/Dune Messiah film. I love a certain actor in his character and it would be great to have more of it.

I think Dune is going to be a big hit but yeah, spread the word

I've read this is supposed to be a trilogy from a film perspective, so we know where that goes.

But, yes. I always express the importance of desert power.

 

[Ilov80s]

Get your Dune 2 tickets early, it’s pre sales numbers are outpacing Oppenheimer, this could be a massive opening weekend

 

[The Gator]

We deeply need this film to do so well that we get a part 3/Dune Messiah film. I love a certain actor in his character and it would be great to have more of it.

I think Dune is going to be a big hit but yeah, spread the word

I've read this is supposed to be a trilogy from a film perspective, so we know where that goes.

But, yes. I always express the importance of desert power.

Ok, so it's out in the open. I think of you when they mention it

 

[Andy Dufresne]

So freaking epic in the theater.

 

[Orange&Blue]

So freaking epic in the theater.

you saw it already? i hate you.

have tickets for 3/1.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

So freaking epic in the theater.

you saw it already? i hate you.

have tickets for 3/1.

Not part 2, no. The re-release of Part 1.

I only wish it was the first time I'd seen it. It would have been an all time experience.

The audio is just incredible in the theater. Makes me want to upgrade my home theater (but I won't).

They showed a sneak peek of Part 2 - getcha popcorn ready! It's gonna be epically epic!

 

[Ilov80s]

So freaking epic in the theater.

I saw it too, how sick did part 2 look!? I can’t wait!

 

[Ilov80s]

Could be a huge year for sand: Dune 2, Furiosa and sandals in Gladiator 2

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Found an Imax about a mile away that was playing Dune 1. Awesome experience. Not sure I can think of a movie better suited for IMAX.

 

[TripItUp]

Found an Imax about a mile away that was playing Dune 1. Awesome experience. Not sure I can think of a movie better suited for IMAX.

Agreed...Villenueve's visuals and sound are next level

 

[PIK95]

I love my wife, but something about Rebecca Ferguson makes me feel all fuzzy and weird.

 

[Ilov80s]

The embargo on reviews ended today and it's overwhelmingly positive. Seeing things like

Think Empire Strikes Back and Two Towers

The definitive sci-fi film of our generation

Visionary

Giant Epic Masterpiece

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Since the early reviews for some on Dune 2 included things like a Sci-Fi Epic and since the 1st one, I wanted to watch this on Netflix, ends its run end of Feb to coincide with the release of the 2nd film.

-I gotta be honest, the visuals were really strong, cinematography was stop notch, the story is still pretty weak. This Alpha-Tribe or whatever is beating the hell out of the Natives and taking all thei spice which is only used on that planet to trip out on, of course big business is gonna suck it all up and so Why I ask you would anyone beleive these PIGS would just leave voluntarily, enter Oscar Isaac, a wonderful actor and as always he does top notch work. But who would believe that same tribe of pigs with Batista leading them, who would believe they weren't turning the ships right around and then killing everyone basically

Timothy Chalomet, I might be.misspelling his name but he's a fine actor, does a pretty damn good job and the helicopter scene with his witchcraft crazy mom is something you gotta see to believe
But mostly this movie is B-O-R-I-N-G and I hope there's gonna be a lot more to the plot. The music was good but it took us 2 nights to finish and the music while good is very very heavy and alsmot puts you to sleep on its own. The sand worms were a major disappointment, looked more like return of the Jedi where they are gonna be thrown down the throat of that thing in the desert, didn't look that much different

Jason Mimoa was a surpise, he was good.
I also wanted to invest in this hoping some of the future ones will be easier to digest.
This movie won 6 Academy Awards in 2021, just from that standpoint maybe you might want to give it a look.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

@Ministry of Pain ... Lay of the drugs, son.

 

[bigbottom]

Saw it on the big screen. I think this is one you really should see in the theater. It was an absolutely gorgeous film and the sound was freaking amazing. So glad I saw it that way.

But ultimately I found myself a bit disappointed in the story telling. I don’t know why, but I just didn’t find the narrative compelling. Nor did I become invested in any of the characters other than Paul. But damn did the visuals make up for it. So much cool stuff to look at.

@Ministry of Pain

I sort of had a similar reaction, though being in the theater, I was never bored. It’s a gorgeous film.

 

[bigbottom]

I wonder if the folks who really like the storytelling of the first film are book readers who benefit from all the context and character development arising from the source material.

 

[Ilov80s]

I wonder if the folks who really like the storytelling of the first film are book readers who benefit from all the context and character development arising from the source material.

I’ve never read the book and certainly never will. Great movie though.

 

[the moops]

I wonder if the folks who really like the storytelling of the first film are book readers who benefit from all the context and character development arising from the source material.

I’ve never read the book and certainly never will. Great movie though.

Same here. Have watched it three times. Only have find that with a dozen films or so.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

I wonder if the folks who really like the storytelling of the first film are book readers who benefit from all the context and character development arising from the source material.

I’ve never read the book and certainly never will. Great movie though.

Same here. Have watched it three times. Only have find that with a dozen films or so.

Samesies. Haven't read the books, but really enjoyed the movie including the story.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I read the book a LONG time ago. From what I can remember the book was a lot more pretentious.

 

[FarFromHome]

I wonder if the folks who really like the storytelling of the first film are book readers who benefit from all the context and character development arising from the source material.

I’ve never read the book and certainly never will. Great movie though.

Same here. Have watched it three times. Only have find that with a dozen films or so.

Interesting. Reading the books definitely gave me a head start to the movie. I absolutely loved the movie. I think I still would have loved the movie without reading the books though. That genre is always a must watch. This movie checked all the boxes for me. Can't wait to see part 2

 

[thecatch]

I wonder if the folks who really like the storytelling of the first film are book readers who benefit from all the context and character development arising from the source material.

I ended up reading the books after seeing this and the politics of Dune still don’t make any sense to me.

 

[KarmaPolice]

My plan was to get through the book before March 1 and watch the first movie for the first time before Part 2. Hopefully catch them both on the big screen.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

@Ministry of Pain ... Lay of the drugs, son.

Coming to America, McDowells
Than you, sir!

 

[CletiusMaximus]

I wonder if the folks who really like the storytelling of the first film are book readers who benefit from all the context and character development arising from the source material.

I think knowing the story helped me enjoy the movie. They were trying to adapt the source material to a movie for a long time before David Lynch finally got it done in the mid 80s but he tried to pack the whole thing into one movie and failed. It’s worth a trilogy, but I think even so it’s a hard story to adapt to the big screen with all the politics and religion and families. Without the benefit of having read the book I think I would likely see it as a beautiful epic movie but a confusing if not somewhat silly plot, with man-eating sandworms.

 

[bigbottom]

I wonder if the folks who really like the storytelling of the first film are book readers who benefit from all the context and character development arising from the source material.

I think knowing the story helped me enjoy the movie. They were trying to adapt the source material to a movie for a long time before David Lynch finally got it done in the mid 80s but he tried to pack the whole thing into one movie and failed. It’s worth a trilogy, but I think even so it’s a hard story to adapt to the big screen with all the politics and religion and families. Without the benefit of having read the book I think I would likely see it as a beautiful epic movie but a confusing if not somewhat silly plot, with man-eating sandworms.

This is the sense I get, but obviously there are lots of folks in this thread who disagree. But I’ll offer an example of what I was talking about when I wrote my original post back in 2021. I have a number of friends who read Dune and are way into it. And they were excited about the casting of Jason Momoa as Duncan Idaho. They love that character. But he had less than 10 minutes of screen time in the movie and then was killed (and a good chunk of his nine or so minutes on screen was the scene in which he was killed). As a film watcher, I hardly got to know him, much less care about him, so his sacrifice sort of fell flat for me. I get the sense that this was supposed to be an impactful scene, but I had very little investment at that point.

 

[Zow]

I wonder if the folks who really like the storytelling of the first film are book readers who benefit from all the context and character development arising from the source material.

I think knowing the story helped me enjoy the movie. They were trying to adapt the source material to a movie for a long time before David Lynch finally got it done in the mid 80s but he tried to pack the whole thing into one movie and failed. It’s worth a trilogy, but I think even so it’s a hard story to adapt to the big screen with all the politics and religion and families. Without the benefit of having read the book I think I would likely see it as a beautiful epic movie but a confusing if not somewhat silly plot, with man-eating sandworms.

Eh, I never read the book and I think I'm more nitpicky about weak plots than the average person, but I didn't find the story confusing. Frankly, I think having watched Star Wars (I never realized just how much of Dune that Star Wars ripped off) and Game of Thrones helped me with my watch of Dune because I realized pretty quickly that this is a massive world and I'm a bit in the dark and that's okay. But, honestly, I didn't struggle with understanding the basic plot here, either and I believe I grasped it on my first watch.

If anything, my gripe would be that I don't/didn't entirely understand the motivations of the groups, specifically the Bene Gesserit.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

There are a couple lines that are kind of thrown in yet are actually quite important that clarify things.

In short...

Emperor Shaddam is a jerk and he has a lot of jerk families on his side - like the Harkonnens.

A lot of other families are sick of it and are starting to side with the Atreides. The Emperor knows this and launches a plot, in league with the Harkonnens, to destroy House Atreides - which is why they're sent to Arrakis.

The Bene Gesserit are like the Roman Catholic Church of medieval times and have their own agenda.

The Fremen are biding their time to strike against the power structure.

Spice is what is used to enable interstellar travel. So it's the most important thing there is.

 

[Ilov80s]

97% on Rotten Tomatoes

 

[FreeBaGeL]

There are a couple lines that are kind of thrown in yet are actually quite important that clarify things.

In short...

Emperor Shaddam is a jerk and he has a lot of jerk families on his side - like the Harkonnens.

A lot of other families are sick of it and are starting to side with the Atreides. The Emperor knows this and launches a plot, in league with the Harkonnens, to destroy House Atreides - which is why they're sent to Arrakis.

The Bene Gesserit are like the Roman Catholic Church of medieval times and have their own agenda.

The Fremen are biding their time to strike against the power structure.

Spice is what is used to enable interstellar travel. So it's the most important thing there is.

Yep and I thought they did a perfectly fine job explaining all of this. The political motivations of the emperor sending house Atreides there and setting them up to be destroyed because he was worried about the other houses aligning with them was spelled out multiple times. The Duke (Oscar Isaac) spelled it out explicitly in a conversation with Paul. And then the Baron and Batista repeated the conversation a second time, explicitly. Then it was hinted at multiple times beyond that as well.

Same thing with spice. They literally said, explicitly and verbatim, that spice is the key to interstellar travel and hence is the most valuable resource in the universe. Twice, if I recall.

 

[the moops]

97% on Rotten Tomatoes

So stoked. Thinking I might watch part 1 again this weekend

 

[thecatch]

There are a couple lines that are kind of thrown in yet are actually quite important that clarify things.

In short...

Emperor Shaddam is a jerk and he has a lot of jerk families on his side - like the Harkonnens.

A lot of other families are sick of it and are starting to side with the Atreides. The Emperor knows this and launches a plot, in league with the Harkonnens, to destroy House Atreides - which is why they're sent to Arrakis.

The Bene Gesserit are like the Roman Catholic Church of medieval times and have their own agenda.

The Fremen are biding their time to strike against the power structure.

Spice is what is used to enable interstellar travel. So it's the most important thing there is.

Yep and I thought they did a perfectly fine job explaining all of this. The political motivations of the emperor sending house Atreides there and setting them up to be destroyed because he was worried about the other houses aligning with them was spelled out multiple times. The Duke (Oscar Isaac) spelled it out explicitly in a conversation with Paul. And then the Baron and Batista repeated the conversation a second time, explicitly. Then it was hinted at multiple times beyond that as well.

Same thing with spice. They literally said, explicitly and verbatim, that spice is the key to interstellar travel and hence is the most valuable resource in the universe. Twice, if I recall.

It's the portrayal of the whole thing as a slick political maneuver that didn't make sense to me. Everyone with half a brain should have known what happened, and everyone involved seems aware of it as it was happening. So the idea that the supposedly powerful political faction allied with the Atriedes would take all this laying down didn't really track. In the context of a dumb sci fi movie it's totally fine and I enjoyed it, but the books take themselves far more seriously and I wasn't very impressed with how the whole thing was laid out. YMMV.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

There are a couple lines that are kind of thrown in yet are actually quite important that clarify things.

In short...

Emperor Shaddam is a jerk and he has a lot of jerk families on his side - like the Harkonnens.

A lot of other families are sick of it and are starting to side with the Atreides. The Emperor knows this and launches a plot, in league with the Harkonnens, to destroy House Atreides - which is why they're sent to Arrakis.

The Bene Gesserit are like the Roman Catholic Church of medieval times and have their own agenda.

The Fremen are biding their time to strike against the power structure.

Spice is what is used to enable interstellar travel. So it's the most important thing there is.

Yep and I thought they did a perfectly fine job explaining all of this. The political motivations of the emperor sending house Atreides there and setting them up to be destroyed because he was worried about the other houses aligning with them was spelled out multiple times. The Duke (Oscar Isaac) spelled it out explicitly in a conversation with Paul. And then the Baron and Batista repeated the conversation a second time, explicitly. Then it was hinted at multiple times beyond that as well.

Same thing with spice. They literally said, explicitly and verbatim, that spice is the key to interstellar travel and hence is the most valuable resource in the universe. Twice, if I recall.

It's the portrayal of the whole thing as a slick political maneuver that didn't make sense to me. Everyone with half a brain should have known what happened, and everyone involved seems aware of it as it was happening. So the idea that the supposedly powerful political faction allied with the Atriedes would take all this laying down didn't really track. In the context of a dumb sci fi movie it's totally fine and I enjoyed it, but the books take themselves far more seriously and I wasn't very impressed with how the whole thing was laid out. YMMV.

Except that any resistance there is is NOT powerful. It's in it's infancy.

And the Atreides are between a rock and a hard place. Refusing the assignment would be an overt sign of rebellion. They HAVE to go.

As far as showing support for the Atreides, none of those families want the Sardaukar showing up on THEIR planet.

The whole idea is that the Emperor has sniffed out dissent in it's early stage and is making an example of it with the beat down he gives the Atreides.

 

[thecatch]

There are a couple lines that are kind of thrown in yet are actually quite important that clarify things.

In short...

Emperor Shaddam is a jerk and he has a lot of jerk families on his side - like the Harkonnens.

A lot of other families are sick of it and are starting to side with the Atreides. The Emperor knows this and launches a plot, in league with the Harkonnens, to destroy House Atreides - which is why they're sent to Arrakis.

The Bene Gesserit are like the Roman Catholic Church of medieval times and have their own agenda.

The Fremen are biding their time to strike against the power structure.

Spice is what is used to enable interstellar travel. So it's the most important thing there is.

Yep and I thought they did a perfectly fine job explaining all of this. The political motivations of the emperor sending house Atreides there and setting them up to be destroyed because he was worried about the other houses aligning with them was spelled out multiple times. The Duke (Oscar Isaac) spelled it out explicitly in a conversation with Paul. And then the Baron and Batista repeated the conversation a second time, explicitly. Then it was hinted at multiple times beyond that as well.

Same thing with spice. They literally said, explicitly and verbatim, that spice is the key to interstellar travel and hence is the most valuable resource in the universe. Twice, if I recall.

It's the portrayal of the whole thing as a slick political maneuver that didn't make sense to me. Everyone with half a brain should have known what happened, and everyone involved seems aware of it as it was happening. So the idea that the supposedly powerful political faction allied with the Atriedes would take all this laying down didn't really track. In the context of a dumb sci fi movie it's totally fine and I enjoyed it, but the books take themselves far more seriously and I wasn't very impressed with how the whole thing was laid out. YMMV.

Except that any resistance there is is NOT powerful. It's in it's infancy.

And the Atreides are between a rock and a hard place. Refusing the assignment would be an overt sign of rebellion. They HAVE to go.

As far as showing support for the Atreides, none of those families want the Sardaukar showing up on THEIR planet.

The whole idea is that the Emperor has sniffed out dissent in it's early stage and is making an example of it with the beat down he gives the Atreides.

Yes, but it's clear the emperor is pulling the strings. The whole cloak and dagger thing of him trying to maintain plausible deniability about the whole thing seems dumb and unnecessary.

 

[beer 30]

But mostly this movie is B-O-R-I-N-G and I hope there's gonna be a lot more to the plot.

Agree that the first movie was kind of boring, all things considered. I understand why they cut it where they did, you'll understand when you watch the second one. I can assure that the story is anything but boring.

I wonder if the folks who really like the storytelling of the first film are book readers who benefit from all the context and character development arising from the source material.

I read the series back in my teens and early 20's, a few times. Much like any deeply involved story, the movies can't capture nearly all the machinations going on and probably especially so with Dune given all the groups involved. I feel like it's a fair representation similar to the LoTR's movies to the books. You'll understand the premise of the story from the movies but the books develop a much richer, older, in depth story.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

There are a couple lines that are kind of thrown in yet are actually quite important that clarify things.

In short...

Emperor Shaddam is a jerk and he has a lot of jerk families on his side - like the Harkonnens.

A lot of other families are sick of it and are starting to side with the Atreides. The Emperor knows this and launches a plot, in league with the Harkonnens, to destroy House Atreides - which is why they're sent to Arrakis.

The Bene Gesserit are like the Roman Catholic Church of medieval times and have their own agenda.

The Fremen are biding their time to strike against the power structure.

Spice is what is used to enable interstellar travel. So it's the most important thing there is.

Yep and I thought they did a perfectly fine job explaining all of this. The political motivations of the emperor sending house Atreides there and setting them up to be destroyed because he was worried about the other houses aligning with them was spelled out multiple times. The Duke (Oscar Isaac) spelled it out explicitly in a conversation with Paul. And then the Baron and Batista repeated the conversation a second time, explicitly. Then it was hinted at multiple times beyond that as well.

Same thing with spice. They literally said, explicitly and verbatim, that spice is the key to interstellar travel and hence is the most valuable resource in the universe. Twice, if I recall.

It's the portrayal of the whole thing as a slick political maneuver that didn't make sense to me. Everyone with half a brain should have known what happened, and everyone involved seems aware of it as it was happening. So the idea that the supposedly powerful political faction allied with the Atriedes would take all this laying down didn't really track. In the context of a dumb sci fi movie it's totally fine and I enjoyed it, but the books take themselves far more seriously and I wasn't very impressed with how the whole thing was laid out. YMMV.

Except that any resistance there is is NOT powerful. It's in it's infancy.

And the Atreides are between a rock and a hard place. Refusing the assignment would be an overt sign of rebellion. They HAVE to go.

As far as showing support for the Atreides, none of those families want the Sardaukar showing up on THEIR planet.

The whole idea is that the Emperor has sniffed out dissent in it's early stage and is making an example of it with the beat down he gives the Atreides.

Yes, but it's clear the emperor is pulling the strings. The whole cloak and dagger thing of him trying to maintain plausible deniability about the whole thing seems dumb and unnecessary.

Has political intrigue ever been your thing?

 

[Ilov80s]

There are a couple lines that are kind of thrown in yet are actually quite important that clarify things.

In short...

Emperor Shaddam is a jerk and he has a lot of jerk families on his side - like the Harkonnens.

A lot of other families are sick of it and are starting to side with the Atreides. The Emperor knows this and launches a plot, in league with the Harkonnens, to destroy House Atreides - which is why they're sent to Arrakis.

The Bene Gesserit are like the Roman Catholic Church of medieval times and have their own agenda.

The Fremen are biding their time to strike against the power structure.

Spice is what is used to enable interstellar travel. So it's the most important thing there is.

Yep and I thought they did a perfectly fine job explaining all of this. The political motivations of the emperor sending house Atreides there and setting them up to be destroyed because he was worried about the other houses aligning with them was spelled out multiple times. The Duke (Oscar Isaac) spelled it out explicitly in a conversation with Paul. And then the Baron and Batista repeated the conversation a second time, explicitly. Then it was hinted at multiple times beyond that as well.

Same thing with spice. They literally said, explicitly and verbatim, that spice is the key to interstellar travel and hence is the most valuable resource in the universe. Twice, if I recall.

It's the portrayal of the whole thing as a slick political maneuver that didn't make sense to me. Everyone with half a brain should have known what happened, and everyone involved seems aware of it as it was happening. So the idea that the supposedly powerful political faction allied with the Atriedes would take all this laying down didn't really track. In the context of a dumb sci fi movie it's totally fine and I enjoyed it, but the books take themselves far more seriously and I wasn't very impressed with how the whole thing was laid out. YMMV.

I think of the Atriedes as the Ned Starks. Honorable to a fault.

 

[KarmaPolice]

There are a couple lines that are kind of thrown in yet are actually quite important that clarify things.

In short...

Emperor Shaddam is a jerk and he has a lot of jerk families on his side - like the Harkonnens.

A lot of other families are sick of it and are starting to side with the Atreides. The Emperor knows this and launches a plot, in league with the Harkonnens, to destroy House Atreides - which is why they're sent to Arrakis.

The Bene Gesserit are like the Roman Catholic Church of medieval times and have their own agenda.

The Fremen are biding their time to strike against the power structure.

Spice is what is used to enable interstellar travel. So it's the most important thing there is.

Yep and I thought they did a perfectly fine job explaining all of this. The political motivations of the emperor sending house Atreides there and setting them up to be destroyed because he was worried about the other houses aligning with them was spelled out multiple times. The Duke (Oscar Isaac) spelled it out explicitly in a conversation with Paul. And then the Baron and Batista repeated the conversation a second time, explicitly. Then it was hinted at multiple times beyond that as well.

Same thing with spice. They literally said, explicitly and verbatim, that spice is the key to interstellar travel and hence is the most valuable resource in the universe. Twice, if I recall.

It's the portrayal of the whole thing as a slick political maneuver that didn't make sense to me. Everyone with half a brain should have known what happened, and everyone involved seems aware of it as it was happening. So the idea that the supposedly powerful political faction allied with the Atriedes would take all this laying down didn't really track. In the context of a dumb sci fi movie it's totally fine and I enjoyed it, but the books take themselves far more seriously and I wasn't very impressed with how the whole thing was laid out. YMMV.

I think of the Atriedes as the Ned Starks. Honorable to a fault.

I agree here, and described them as such at work to somebody the other day who loved GoT but didn't seem to like or understand the first movie. There are a lot of parallels to GoT to be made.