Dune

Rewatched Part 2 on Friday, different IMAX venue, this time with better seats.

I love Part 2. I was grinning like an idiot for the first section. If time wasn't an issue, I'd happily go and watch this a few more times. 

Enjoyed the film even more on a second viewing, probs because I could relax this time, though the faults were more apparent. 

Positives:

One of the best films I've seen at the cinema period. Design, visuals, the cast...

Austin Butler as Feyd (doffs cap) would loved to have had more screen time with him. 

The sequence on Giedi Prime. 

Paul and Chani's relationship/her role -  I like the changes and the prominence they've given to Chani's role. + They have great chemistry on screen, tugged on my heart strings when they were at the wind trap. 

I could go on

Negatives:

Christopher Walken - Pretty sure I laughed at the same point when Walken goes full Walken. He jars in this. 

Final act is at break neck pace, it feels disjointed in places. I wonder what was left on the cutting room floor?

  On 3/25/2024 at 1:01 PM, xox said:

Dunno is this pic more appropriate for this or the alen thread… anyway imo giger was hilarious  

 

 

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Feel a bit sordid giving that image a like 

  On 3/25/2024 at 1:36 PM, Scaramouche said:

Walken goes full Walken

What does this mean?

  On 3/25/2024 at 2:08 PM, Pirtek said:

What does this mean?

  On 3/25/2024 at 1:36 PM, Scaramouche said:

Dunno is this pic more appropriate for this or the alen thread…

Alien thread

  On 3/25/2024 at 1:36 PM, Scaramouche said:

Christopher Walken - He jars in this. 

I quite liked his take on the Emperor. Very subtle and not over the top type. Like a sympathetic villain.

  On 3/25/2024 at 1:36 PM, Scaramouche said:

Final act is at break neck pace, it feels disjointed in places. I wonder what was left on the cutting room floor?

I know what you mean. Probably needed the reigns pulling ever so slightly. I also agree with your hidden comments.

  On 3/25/2024 at 4:39 PM, Pirtek said:

I quite liked his take on the Emperor. Very subtle and not over the top type. Like a sympathetic villain.

I find him an odd choice, though I am a Walken fan. He's good for the most part, but just some moments make me laugh. Was waiting for him to say something like "The Atreides. Buckwheats." in response to the Reverend Mother.

^Stilgar: Usul, we have merchandise-sign the likes of which even God has never seen.

  On 3/25/2024 at 2:21 PM, Scaramouche said:

 

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  On 3/28/2024 at 1:57 AM, usagi said:

 

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that's a pretty good impression 

but yeah I agree, Walken was hilariously just Walken. he may as well have been in 70s New York instead of far flung space in 10,999 or whatever year it's meant to be.

Seemed that Usul’s coma induced by drinking the water of life was more like a power nap 

These are both great

  On 3/29/2024 at 8:28 PM, Rubin Farr said:

These are both great

Delightful 

  On 3/29/2024 at 8:28 PM, Rubin Farr said:

These are both great

 

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is art just hot people doing stuff?

  On 4/3/2024 at 12:59 AM, Wunderbar said:

is art just hot people doing stuff?

hot Ai people. 

still not managed to see it but can't wait. who plays the pug in this version?

  On 4/4/2024 at 3:59 AM, Walter Ostanek said:

still not managed to see it but can't wait. who plays the pug in this version?

Florence Pugh, obviously. 

  On 3/30/2024 at 2:29 AM, Rubin Farr said:

 

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Cool! Alamo Draft House was playing something similar to this before Dune 2. but it would cut between the 3 different versions for each scene instead of showing all three at once. I think it was about 30 min long.