Anybody seen Dune yet?

Brio

 I have to say, there feels like quite a bit of Giger inspired design as well which is nice to see.

Well he did do a lot of concept work for the previous generation..And of course he won't be sending them any bills.

tekbow

Brio said:

 I have to say, there feels like quite a bit of Giger inspired design as well which is nice to see.

Well he did do a lot of concept work for the previous generation..And of course he won't be sending them any bills.

I don't think he did anything for Lynch's Dune, but of course he famously worked on Jodorowsky's Dune, a group from which was pretty much the creative force behind Alien.

Interestingly some of his Dune stuff was realised in a japanese advert. It was either the Baron or the Baron's mobile fortress.

Axe_meister

I have a real soft spot for the Lynch version. Yes it had it's flaws (Sting), but I loved the fat floating man, the visuals and the design. 

beed84

I’m currently reading the book before I watch the film. It’s incredibly dense, but what an insane imagination. The lack of hand holding is savage. 

westford

Saw it today and enjoyed it. Haven’t read the book or seen the Lynch film, but can see how they must have inspired other films and books.

Jalapeno

Loved it !

No spoilers, but f*ck me that was loud !  Put in earplugs halfway through.

bbill335

fretmeister said:

bbill335 said:

seen it twice, once imax and once on regular. imax was much, much better. not that the film is suddenly bad on not-imax, but the difference in colour depth was substantial. i can see people coming out of a regular screening like mine and thinking "wait, weren't those guys supposed to have bright blue eyes or something?"

fretmeister said:

I'll wait for part 2 and see them together.

don't be daft, just see it if you're interested!

Would you read half a book if the second half wasn't even confirmed to be on the way?

if it was good, then yeah, coz i'm not a daft weirdo! i have watched a lot of TV series that got cancelled and left things unresolved. do i wish i hadn't bothered? no! coz it was good! endings and resolutions are hardly ever the best bit of a story anyway!

TheBigDipper

Just back from seeing it. Most enjoyable, aiming at being faithful to the important bits of the book. Some imaginative visualisations of things I hadn’t tried to picture in my head in the book. Occasionally lost some dialogue behind the sound effects. The only fault for me was the final scene and Chani's "Hollywood-eqsue" final words to Paul. 

Bring on part 2! 

tanihhiavlt

TheBigDipper said:

Just back from seeing it. Most enjoyable, aiming at being faithful to the important bits of the book. Some imaginative visualisations of things I hadn’t tried to picture in my head in the book. Occasionally lost some dialogue behind the sound effects. The only fault for me was the final scene and Chani's "Hollywood-eqsue" final words to Paul. 

Bring on part 2! 

She actually said that... like in a Abe Lincoln at the end of Bill and Ted's presentation saying "Party on dudes!"?

littlegreenman

Just watched it in IMAX.

Read the book and watched the Lynch movie in the 80's.

Loved every minute of it.

No spoilers, and can't wait for part 2.

beed84

I just got back from the cinema, and I thought it was terrible. It lacked political nuance while failing to capture the significance of Paul's journey and the magnitude of what he was. Little effort was made in making any of the characters meaningful, none of the relationships had any sense of profundity, and it either seemed to skim or miss our parts that gave Herbert's novel so much depth. It seemed the important frameworks Herbert painstakingly crafted were upheld weakly by Villeneuve's vision. Overall, a laborious yet lackluster attempt made it difficult to care for the story in the way I had done with the book. An average adaptation that took the best part of 3 hours to fall apart in the sand. Disappointing. 1/5

euan

I think one of the most underspoken details that has been well adapted from the books was Villeneuve showing that the future is constantly being rewritten in Paul's visions. Most obviously through the visions of Jamis. A really small thing, but perhaps an indication of the detail that Villeneuve is trying to tell without resorting the Lynch's inner monologues.

TimmyO

beed84 said:

failing to capture the significance of Paul's journey

This bit I agree with. The one nod to it was the Reverend Mother’s voiceover that “Paul Atreides must die” - it just sounded like a death threat rather than the exhortation that Paul must deny what he once was - to himself change - to become the KH 

TimmyO

Also I really really wanted a modern take on the “big worm guy guild navigator” scene - not just a dude in a helmet 

tanihhiavlt

Watched it last night was excited to watch it, was still surprised- thank shai halud I didn't wait to watch that on the small screen!

15 mins from the end,  I thought "I remember reading this bit in the book, the night before my first son was born" - he was sat beside me watching it and is 22 - I've reread the book several times in the intervening decades and not recalled that or the pattern on the back of  playing cards we played waiting for it to all start.

I can't really point to one thing I'd change it was excellent    

Winny_Pooh

Enjoyed the visuals and the authentic feeling world building. The script left me feeling no emotional connection to the characters though, to the extent that it was hard to care about them. Felt it needed more dialogue and backstory to make that connection. Hopefully part 2 (I will go see it) fulfills the potential that there is. 

ICBM

I'll just re-post what I said in the 'films' thread because I haven't changed my mind after a couple of days...

ICBM said:

Stunningly good - it really captures what I’ve had in my head for the last forty years. It’s not perfect - there’s too much detail in the book that would be very hard to translate to film, even one as deliberately long as this one, given that it’s only half the first book - but it captures the atmosphere and the main plot points I remember almost to a tee.

I must re-read the book, in fact…

Probably too soon to give a score since it’s only the first part, but I can’t think of a noticeable flaw in the film itself - if there is one it’s the slightly laboured back story explanations, but even those are cleverly done and probably essential if you haven’t read the book.

I understand some of the reservations mentioned here, although I'm not sure I agree - the book itself (although this is from memory) has some flaws, not least that some of the characters are a bit two-dimensional or caricatured. For me that doesn't really take away its magic - the fact that I remembered so much of the detail after not having read it for forty years says a lot, I think. The atmosphere of the book and the pretty well-done self-consistency of the story and the technology needed for has translated pretty well to the film, I think - it's at least as well done as I thought it could be.

Handsome_Chris

ftumch

I've been to see it twice at the cinema now, I may go back again. I thought it was visually stunning and beautifully executed throughout. Feels really grown up which is sorely lacking in the majority of scifi movies. I am a fan of the Lynch film but this is so much better. Can't wait for the next one. I really loved BR 2049 too, DV is doing some really good work.

Axe_meister

Have just watched both versions back to back. My observations.
The 1984 version is actually better at explaining the back story (especially the directors cut with the extended intro).
I personally think the characterisation is actually a lot better than the new version. Easier to identify with the characters they come across as a little more human. dare I say they acting is actually a bit better.
Whilst the new version is closer to the books and a cinematic masterpiece, there is far too much gazing into space, and Jessica is not such a weak character in the book (she always looks like she it going to burst into tears)