Emu

1y

So I didn't read the book and went into this blind, I just knew a few things before from general pop culture references here and there and just being familiar with sci-fi tropes. Again, have not read the books so I'm giving you my raw opinion.

Dune is the shortest 2:30hr movie I’ve ever watched. By the time the credits rolled I screamed like WHAT, what happens next? Like there was so much foreshadowing that made me want to see whether his visions came true or not because some did and others didn't. Strong Middle Eastern themes, it's easy to tell who is good and who is evil so far so I don't think it was hard to understand what was going on really. I don't like how they teased two really interesting black characters only to have both of them dying and all because of some rich white soyboy. But maybe that was the point. Or when the Duke died, or when Duncan Idaho died. Or the attack on that city. Or honestly every character death in this movie. This movie deserves an award for the most avoidable movie deaths ever. Like what was the point? Did I mention that I haven't read the books?

Anyway. I liked it. I really liked it. It's a refreshing break from all the Star Wars mediocrity and I love how Villeneuve was able to convey much of the story and the importance of the characters just by how all the recognizable actors were typecast in the past and the audience using that internalized intertextuality to understand the world that they are being introduced to which is why it's so easy to understand what is going on right away, something Disney fumbled so heavily with SW by casting nobodies. I also loved the cinematography a lot, the music, the VFX, and especially the costume design. Really looking forward to part 2. Who knows, I might read the book by then.

Emu

1y

So I didn't read the book and went into this blind, I just knew a few things before from general pop culture references here and there and just being familiar with sci-fi tropes. Again, have not read the books so I'm giving you my raw opinion.

Dune is the shortest 2:30hr movie I’ve ever watched. By the time the credits rolled I screamed like WHAT, what happens next? Like there was so much foreshadowing that made me want to see whether his visions came true or not because some did and others didn't. Strong Middle Eastern themes, it's easy to tell who is good and who is evil so far so I don't think it was hard to understand what was going on really. I don't like how they teased two really interesting black characters only to have both of them dying and all because of some rich white soyboy. But maybe that was the point. Or when the Duke died, or when Duncan Idaho died. Or the attack on that city. Or honestly every character death in this movie. This movie deserves an award for the most avoidable movie deaths ever. Like what was the point? Did I mention that I haven't read the books?

Anyway. I liked it. I really liked it. It's a refreshing break from all the Star Wars mediocrity and I love how Villeneuve was able to convey much of the story and the importance of the characters just by how all the recognizable actors were typecast in the past and the audience using that internalized intertextuality to understand the world that they are being introduced to which is why it's so easy to understand what is going on right away, something Disney fumbled so heavily with SW by casting nobodies. I also loved the cinematography a lot, the music, the VFX, and especially the costume design. Really looking forward to part 2. Who knows, I might read the book by then.

Emu

1y

So I didn't read the book and went into this blind, I just knew a few things before from general pop culture references here and there and just being familiar with sci-fi tropes. Again, have not read the books so I'm giving you my raw opinion.

Dune is the shortest 2:30hr movie I’ve ever watched. By the time the credits rolled I screamed like WHAT, what happens next? Like there was so much foreshadowing that made me want to see whether his visions came true or not because some did and others didn't. Strong Middle Eastern themes, it's easy to tell who is good and who is evil so far so I don't think it was hard to understand what was going on really. I don't like how they teased two really interesting black characters only to have both of them dying and all because of some rich white soyboy. But maybe that was the point. Or when the Duke died, or when Duncan Idaho died. Or the attack on that city. Or honestly every character death in this movie. This movie deserves an award for the most avoidable movie deaths ever. Like what was the point? Did I mention that I haven't read the books?

Anyway. I liked it. I really liked it. It's a refreshing break from all the Star Wars mediocrity and I love how Villeneuve was able to convey much of the story and the importance of the characters just by how all the recognizable actors were typecast in the past and the audience using that internalized intertextuality to understand the world that they are being introduced to which is why it's so easy to understand what is going on right away, something Disney fumbled so heavily with SW by casting nobodies. I also loved the cinematography a lot, the music, the VFX, and especially the costume design. Really looking forward to part 2. Who knows, I might read the book by then.

Emu

1y

So I didn't read the book and went into this blind, I just knew a few things before from general pop culture references here and there and just being familiar with sci-fi tropes. Again, have not read the books so I'm giving you my raw opinion.

Dune is the shortest 2:30hr movie I’ve ever watched. By the time the credits rolled I screamed like WHAT, what happens next? Like there was so much foreshadowing that made me want to see whether his visions came true or not because some did and others didn't. Strong Middle Eastern themes, it's easy to tell who is good and who is evil so far so I don't think it was hard to understand what was going on really. I don't like how they teased two really interesting black characters only to have both of them dying and all because of some rich white soyboy. But maybe that was the point. Or when the Duke died, or when Duncan Idaho died. Or the attack on that city. Or honestly every character death in this movie. This movie deserves an award for the most avoidable movie deaths ever. Like what was the point? Did I mention that I haven't read the books?

Anyway. I liked it. I really liked it. It's a refreshing break from all the Star Wars mediocrity and I love how Villeneuve was able to convey much of the story and the importance of the characters just by how all the recognizable actors were typecast in the past and the audience using that internalized intertextuality to understand the world that they are being introduced to which is why it's so easy to understand what is going on right away, something Disney fumbled so heavily with SW by casting nobodies. I also loved the cinematography a lot, the music, the VFX, and especially the costume design. Really looking forward to part 2. Who knows, I might read the book by then.

AK Fresh

1y

I wonder if the synths will be replaced with the bagpipes

Emu

1y

So I didn't read the book and went into this blind, I just knew a few things before from general pop culture references here and there and just being familiar with sci-fi tropes. Again, have not read the books so I'm giving you my raw opinion.

Dune is the shortest 2:30hr movie I’ve ever watched. By the time the credits rolled I screamed like WHAT, what happens next? Like there was so much foreshadowing that made me want to see whether his visions came true or not because some did and others didn't. Strong Middle Eastern themes, it's easy to tell who is good and who is evil so far so I don't think it was hard to understand what was going on really. I don't like how they teased two really interesting black characters only to have both of them dying and all because of some rich white soyboy. But maybe that was the point. Or when the Duke died, or when Duncan Idaho died. Or the attack on that city. Or honestly every character death in this movie. This movie deserves an award for the most avoidable movie deaths ever. Like what was the point? Did I mention that I haven't read the books?

Anyway. I liked it. I really liked it. It's a refreshing break from all the Star Wars mediocrity and I love how Villeneuve was able to convey much of the story and the importance of the characters just by how all the recognizable actors were typecast in the past and the audience using that internalized intertextuality to understand the world that they are being introduced to which is why it's so easy to understand what is going on right away, something Disney fumbled so heavily with SW by casting nobodies. I also loved the cinematography a lot, the music, the VFX, and especially the costume design. Really looking forward to part 2. Who knows, I might read the book by then.