LAS VEGAS—Debuting the high-budget sequel at this year’s CinemaCon, director Dennis Villeneuve confirmed Wednesday that Dune: Part Two will pick up right where viewers fell asleep during the first one. “I think audiences are going to love this installment, which continues the epic tale from the exact moment 30 minutes…
Did people think it was boring?
it has a lot of shots that last longer than 5 seconds, so unwatchable for modern audiences
That's true people who didn't like it must not be geniuses like me
enjoying slow pacing isn't a question of intelligence
No, it is :galaxy-brain:
My mistake :rat-salute-2:
I honestly tried to watch is like 4 times and it put me to sleep. It's so devoid of everything it was like watching paint dry.
And I'm usually one to immerse myself in films and have patient with long, world building stuff. Loved the Blade Runners and the environments. Its just in Dune there ... wasn't. I desperately wanted to get into it given the hype of it all and me being a Dune virgin. It just sapped me. It was worse than an office safety meeting. Just the dullest, most boring thing I ever saw. And it frustrates me. Made me ask what the hell was I missing?
So I eventually sought out the fan edit of the 80s film on YouTube and got through that despite it's many flaws ok. Wasn't the best, but it had pacing and COLOR and set pieces and
BowieSting.We might be each other's evil twins. I fell asleep in Blade runner, but enjoyed Dune
Same here. I actually haven’t been able to make it through the original or the new blade runner.
I liked the new Dune, and I also really like the Lynch version. I often put on the soundtrack as wallpaper.
With the new movie I felt like I couldn't really form a complete opinion without seeing both parts though. It feels less like I watched a complete movie and more like I had to leave in the middle of a really long one
This is exactly what I said walking out of the theatre. "I feel like I have to reserve my judgement about it until after seeing the second half." I'm generally of the opinion that film is just a bad medium for the story, but I thought the Villeneuve film has so far been the closest to what I imagined while reading the books and if nothing else does a good job using the advantages of the medium.
Wait Bowie was in the first one?
My bad it was Sting
the movie certainly needed more color, but other than that, it was a strong adaptation and the book is what it is
it had boring parts for sure, maybe 1-2 too many dreamy Paul sequences.
for me, also, there should have been like 5 minutes more of Atreides fighting Harkonnen/Sardaukar.
fully agreed here
it's been a while but if i recall correctly the book was extremely that way too lol, at a certain point paul just never stops tripping balls
relatable
:rat-salute: goals tbh
That point will happen about an hour into part 2 I think.
I thought it was beautiful but ultimately boring. I’m also not really a fan of Timothee Chalamet so I guess that adds to it
Preempted the boring by not even watching it.
I am sure some people would think it was. Onion is only joshing
I did. I thought it sucked lol. I honestly think I was falling asleep around where it ended.
Like we're being asked to care about all these flat personalityless mopes who don't have any characteristics besides like a vague sense of duty and don't ever seem to actually like anything or anybody. Sorry if your characters suck that shit is boring to me I have no investment on whether they can or cannot make it out of a cave or whatever
This is the biggest problem with the (first) book imo. Poor characterization.
That might be true, I've heard that from a lot of people that it is. That being said I think it's the responsibility of a filmmaker adapting material to address shortcomings of that material not just be like "don't look at me the source material sucked too lol"
Great point.