SimonDoom
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Dune 2 opens this weekend. I'm going to see it on on IMAX screen on Sunday.
I'm enough of a sci-fi/fantasy fan that I get excited about a serious attempt to do justice to some great sci fi/fantasy stories, like Peter Jackson's LOTR, which I thought was much better than I ever expected it could be (because I thought it would be impossible to do well). Sometimes it's great, sometimes not so much.
David Lynch's Dune, IMO, is an example of the latter. I didn't like it at all, although I can agree with some points in this article I saw today, calling it a "Beautiful Sci Fi disaster."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/ne...TS&cvid=7c9517aef51e4d98a561451a6df7b10d&ei=6.
I have liked much of what David Lynch has done, but I thought he was the wrong director for that project. I didn't like the way his Dune world looked. I like Kyle McLachlan but thought he was the wrong actor to play Paul whereas Timothy Chalamet, IMO, combines just the right combo of gravity and youthful looks). There was no way to successfully squeeze the Dune story into a 2 hour movie (not Lynch's fault).
I thought Dune 1 got the "look" just right, and I'm curious to see how it looks in part 2. I can't wait to see Christopher Walken as the emperor, and how the film deals with the character Alia.
I'm enough of a sci-fi/fantasy fan that I get excited about a serious attempt to do justice to some great sci fi/fantasy stories, like Peter Jackson's LOTR, which I thought was much better than I ever expected it could be (because I thought it would be impossible to do well). Sometimes it's great, sometimes not so much.
David Lynch's Dune, IMO, is an example of the latter. I didn't like it at all, although I can agree with some points in this article I saw today, calling it a "Beautiful Sci Fi disaster."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/ne...TS&cvid=7c9517aef51e4d98a561451a6df7b10d&ei=6.
I have liked much of what David Lynch has done, but I thought he was the wrong director for that project. I didn't like the way his Dune world looked. I like Kyle McLachlan but thought he was the wrong actor to play Paul whereas Timothy Chalamet, IMO, combines just the right combo of gravity and youthful looks). There was no way to successfully squeeze the Dune story into a 2 hour movie (not Lynch's fault).
I thought Dune 1 got the "look" just right, and I'm curious to see how it looks in part 2. I can't wait to see Christopher Walken as the emperor, and how the film deals with the character Alia.