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Sep 10, 2020 - 7:25 AM
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Totoro
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Yes, this is all true, it will not be an easy feat to aptly film DUNE, but the thing is: I am willing to let the book be book and the film be film. If the movie on its own manages at least to get some of the scope and political/philosophical/religious aspects of the book woven into its fabric, I'd be happy. Reading a book is a more intellectual exercise than watching a movie, which is more visceral (of course, either is both, but we're talking tendencies here). But the equivalent is Peter Jackson's LORD OF THE RINGS, which transferred Tolkien's LORD OF THE RINGS adequately to the screen. Sure it changed and dropped some things and made a fantasy spectacle out of it, but the core was there and the movies worked on their own. If DUNE manages a similar feat, it would already be interesting. And it is already good that the movie is part of a two film project. Similarly to TLOTR, the makers decided that you just cannot cramp this story, even in streamlined movie form, into a single movie, and they are right. It is also reassuring that this is an proclaimed dream project of Villeneuve, who is a big fan of the book.
What you think about the Scy-Fy miniseries?
"Dune" was much more faithful to the book, but the visuals were terrible! Also, the cast was kind of disastrous.
"Children of Dune" in the other hand was very good. Visuals were better and the cast too. James McVoy nailed Leto II!
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I prefer a noble failure directed by Villeneuve over any disposable franchise series with the umpteenth superhero.
Indeed. This seems to be the kind of film I prefer; something with texture and depth - not just gaudy CGI extravaganzas without soul.
Likewise.
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I've got a fondness for noble failures too. BLADE RUNNER 2049 is my favorite film of recent years. But I can't see the logic in remaking DUNE when there other SF classics that still haven't reached the screen: THE STARS MY DESTINATION, RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA, etc.
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I find the scene in Lynch's movie where the space fleet cruises through some great golden door one of the most haunting things I've ever seen. And I can't work out why.
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I've got a fondness for noble failures too. BLADE RUNNER 2049 is my favorite film of recent years. But I can't see the logic in remaking DUNE when there other SF classics that still haven't reached the screen: THE STARS MY DESTINATION, RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA, etc.
Perhaps because DUNE is a good book, but has never had a good feature film versions. Now, maybe THE STARS MY DESTINATION and RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA may also be good books, but I have not read them. :-) (Though I have of course read other books by their authors.)
But sometimes, films just get made, and other times, films get made with a passion. Villeneuve sure has a passion for this project, this alone will already make it a more interesting, because passion projects tend to be -- even should they fail -- more interesting than potboiler jobs directors do for hire, which was basically what Lynch's DUNE was. (Lynch was hired by Laurentiis and had not even read the book. And while there were some interesting aspects about the movie, you just know Lynch's heart wasn't really in it and it shows.)
I love Villeneuve's prior films, especially SICARIO, which is among the best cop thrillers of the last twenty years, so I am looking forward to this.
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When I first heard of Villeneuve filming DUNE a couple of years ago, I had high hopes for the project. Now that I've seen the trailer, I still have high hopes, it looks very promising. I just hope and keep my fingers crossed that it will be profitable enough to warrant that the second film will be done accordingly. I mean, this is just DUNE, Part I, even though it is understandably not called that. But like THE LORD OF THE RINGS, it was decided that the material is too complex and unwieldy for a single movie, so it was always going to be two movies (at least two movies.. for the original novel DUNE, obviously there are prequel/sequel books as well, that may or may not be filmed one day, but we're just talking DUNE here.)
Not having read any of the books (yet), does it stand to reason that each book will require 2-parter movies?
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