Dune Part One

Kittyfrisk

Dune 2, almost 3 hour runtime. I'd be looking to be catheterised, or I'd be likely to be guilty of pissing off/on my neighbours...

VimFuego

bit late but... I liked it, but didn't really get the bit about the rug. Yes, it held the room together but wasn't really integral to the plot. 

littlegreenman

MagicPigDetective said:

It was excellent.... and incredible visually. Has to be seen on the big screen, and the sounds are loud!

Agreed.

And certainly looks like we will be waiting for Dune Part 3?

Arrakis is still a desert planet. Paul is not yet the Kwizatz Haderach. Rebechah is not yet born. If there isn't a part 3 it's the laziest storytelling ever!

CavemanGrogg

The watches from the movie are quite interesting - Ventura XXL Bright Dune Limited Edition and the Ventura Edge Dune Limited Edition, the neighbour pointed them out to me, they're not for me, but you can see they where heavily influenced by Elvis's watch, though close to £2k and even over £2k for a watch with a quartz movement though.

euan

Absolutely captivating in IMAX.

Philly_Q

CavemanGrogg said:

The watches from the movie are quite interesting - Ventura XXL Bright Dune Limited Edition and the Ventura Edge Dune Limited Edition, the neighbour pointed them out to me, they're not for me, but you can see they where heavily influenced by Elvis's watch, though close to £2k and even over £2k for a watch with a quartz movement though.

Would they have a 24-hour day on Arrakis?

CavemanGrogg

Philly_Q said:

CavemanGrogg said:

The watches from the movie are quite interesting - Ventura XXL Bright Dune Limited Edition and the Ventura Edge Dune Limited Edition, the neighbour pointed them out to me, they're not for me, but you can see they where heavily influenced by Elvis's watch, though close to £2k and even over £2k for a watch with a quartz movement though.

Would they have a 24-hour day on Arrakis?

I'm not sure, I think from memory, though don't quote me on it,that Arrakis either does have a 24 hour days or is very close to it.

Kittyfrisk

CavemanGrogg said:

The watches from the movie are quite interesting - Ventura XXL Bright Dune Limited Edition and the Ventura Edge Dune Limited Edition, the neighbour pointed them out to me, they're not for me, but you can see they where heavily influenced by Elvis's watch, though close to £2k and even over £2k for a watch with a quartz movement though.

Hamilton do seem to have some serious watch product placement shit going on... 
https://www.hamiltonwatch.com/en-us/filter-by/movie-watches.html

littlegreenman

CavemanGrogg said:

The watches from the movie are quite interesting - Ventura XXL Bright Dune Limited Edition and the Ventura Edge Dune Limited Edition, the neighbour pointed them out to me, they're not for me, but you can see they where heavily influenced by Elvis's watch, though close to £2k and even over £2k for a watch with a quartz movement though.

Look like cheap tat to me, but each to their own...

CavemanGrogg

littlegreenman said:

CavemanGrogg said:

The watches from the movie are quite interesting - Ventura XXL Bright Dune Limited Edition and the Ventura Edge Dune Limited Edition, the neighbour pointed them out to me, they're not for me, but you can see they where heavily influenced by Elvis's watch, though close to £2k and even over £2k for a watch with a quartz movement though.

Look like cheap tat to me, but each to their own...

That pretty much sums up my thoughts on these watches.

fretmeister

littlegreenman said:

MagicPigDetective said:

It was excellent.... and incredible visually. Has to be seen on the big screen, and the sounds are loud!

Agreed.

And certainly looks like we will be waiting for Dune Part 3?

SNIP

So it’s still not caught up with the Lynch film?

FFS!

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

Watched Part Two last night - fully lived up to the expectations. Found it completely gripping from start to finish, never felt my attention wandering at all despite it being such a long film. For me I actually thought it was marginally better than the first part.

Added bonus was that I deliberately controlled my fluid intake all yesterday afternoon and ended up not not needing to run to the loo in the middle of it. Result! 

RaymondLin

I rewatched Part 1 a few days ago ready for part 2 this week!

ICBM

littlegreenman said:

And certainly looks like we will be waiting for Dune Part 3?

Arrakis is still a desert planet.

I would expect it to be - it doesn't get transformed until well into Children Of Dune, so Part 4 or even Part 5 (if there is one).

BigBearKris

ICBM said:

littlegreenman said:

And certainly looks like we will be waiting for Dune Part 3?

Arrakis is still a desert planet.

I would expect it to be - it doesn't get transformed until well into Children Of Dune, so Part 4 or even Part 5 (if there is one).

Ditto. Can't wait.

Axe_meister

I watched part one for probably the 3rd time last night. It did not grip me in the same way as watching, LOTRs or blade runner or 5th Element does on repeat watching.

euan

fretmeister said:

littlegreenman said:

MagicPigDetective said:

It was excellent.... and incredible visually. Has to be seen on the big screen, and the sounds are loud!

Agreed.

And certainly looks like we will be waiting for Dune Part 3?

SNIP

So it’s still not caught up with the Lynch film?

FFS!

No it has. But also deviated.

fretmeister

euan said:

fretmeister said:

littlegreenman said:

MagicPigDetective said:

It was excellent.... and incredible visually. Has to be seen on the big screen, and the sounds are loud!

Agreed.

And certainly looks like we will be waiting for Dune Part 3?

SNIP

So it’s still not caught up with the Lynch film?

FFS!

No it has. But also deviated.

Ok - I'm deciding whether to go and see it or wait for streaming.

I very rarely go to the cinema so it has to be something that would be kind of equal to Hendrix coming back from the dead and doing a single show.

If it's not that then I wait.

I have not read the books so I don't have the baggage, but also don't have the knowledge of what is missing from the overall story.

Jalapeno

MagicPigDetective said:

It was excellent.... and incredible visually. Has to be seen on the big screen, and the sounds are loud!

Mentally loud in Imax - glad I had earplugs !

For a 3hr film, seemed very rushed (Jessica not had baby before the big showdown), and a strange abrupt ending. Gen Z feelies were a bit of a drag, but overall I enjoyed it - great spectacle in Imax.

Sandworms coming through at the end did remind me of ....

euan

Jalapeno said:

MagicPigDetective said:

It was excellent.... and incredible visually. Has to be seen on the big screen, and the sounds are loud!

Mentally loud in Imax - glad I had earplugs !

For a 3hr film, seemed very rushed (Jessica not had baby before the big showdown), and a strange abrupt ending. Gen Z feelies were a bit of a drag, but overall I enjoyed it - great spectacle in Imax.

Sandworms coming through at the end did remind me of ....

I’d argue the changes were good. Lynch showed how much of a mess the baby/toddler Reverend Mother is to do in a film. The old ways/ways was done well because it showed the power and depth of planning the Bene Gesserit have, the tension between the old and new ways, tools of colonialism and creating more to Chani’s character beyond “but he is my man”. It was a good end to demonstrate the pace of Paul’s Holy War/Jihad, his path has just started.