So I just watched Dune 2...

I still haven't seen it because I find the millenial actors all ugly.

I hope you didn't have to pay extra for it OP.

To be fair, the first Dune was just as god awful. Who ever said "Let's remake this pile of shit." should have their dick cut off.

Yes it is quote turgid. There are several things wrong with it, I cited Chalamet’s performance as a fundamental weakness.

But mostly I think it’s due to Denis Villeneuve’s visual style and the kind of films he makes. He makes very autistic science fiction films. This worked wonderfully for Arrival, it worked wonderfully for Blade Runner 2049, but it does not work for Dune.

Dune needed to feel

A) alien

B) fun

Where is the fun? There’s a great AI fake trailer for Dune as a 1950s epic. This is the movie I want to see.

[quote] He makes very autistic science fiction films.

As an autistic person, what are the characteristics of an autistic science fiction film?

R5 I would define it as being propelled by a profound sense of isolation

Ad Astra would be another good example

Or Gattaca

Chalamet and Zendaya were zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz but Austin Butler was fun......

Lynch’s Dune is not a good movie but it does feel alien bc and it does try to have fun

Timmy is too scrawny with bad posture to be believable as a warrior. Plus he mumbles a lot.

Of course you hated it, OP. It's DL, where not film is liked except " Brokeback Mountain." It's also your chance to summon the Chalamet haters, guaranteeing responses for your thread.

R1, you mean Zoomers?

Who's skinnier, Timothee or Zendaya? A tie?

We don't start sentences with "So."

Those two better not ever have sex, they'd break each others skinny bones.

So….

It was beautiful, but so so boring. There was very little tension in the film. Big moments like Paul riding the worm and the battle with the Emperor's troops were just ho-hum. I also don't recall them ever explaining why the spice was so important.

The spice is life.

Dune was never meant to be made into a film. Anyone who tries will fail miserably.

I suppose someone could try anime, but honestly, Dune is a book that was written to play in your head.

R18 one of the most confounding failures of Villeneuve’s Dune is that it never demonstrates why the spice is needed

The spice is needed because it is used to mutate the Navigators to achieve precognition. That is the only way they can navigate through space. This is never shown! It’s like they were embarrassed y the source material.

But, does this version have this iconic line?

No, R22.

[quote] To be fair, the first Dune was just as god awful. Who ever said "Let's remake this pile of shit." should have their dick cut off.

It was an extremely respected series of novels long before the first movie.

They never birthed Paul’s sister in this version. She speaks from the womb.

This was NEVER shown! That’s the point of the whole movie! They never fired Chekhov’s gun!

Chekhov never shot his load!