GET HYPE MY FELLOW NERDS

  • TillieNeuen [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    I had a great conversation with two friends over brunch a few months ago about how great the first movie is. Both of the guys had never read the books, but they loved the movie. I'm looking forward to this installment. I never read past the first book because the rest of the series looked like a bummer and I was fine with just leaving things where the first book left off, but if they keep making movies I may have to read the rest of them.

    • Cummunism [they/them, he/him]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      it is amazing how well the movie did. 90% audience score on rotten tomatoes, i feel like half of them probably didn't read the books. im still mad they skipped the banquet hall scene though.

      • TillieNeuen [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        I was surprised by how much my friends loved it without ever having read the book. But they were going on and on about all these elements of the movie and how much they loved it. It's a small sample size for sure, but they said they felt drawn in very quickly and it did a really good job of building the world without being too heavy on the exposition.

      • Bay_of_Piggies [he/him, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        I read the book after seeing the movie and that part was one of my favorites. It sucks they didn't adapt it. It would've been nice to establish a wider range of characters and factions.

        • Cummunism [they/them, he/him]
          hexagon
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          2 years ago

          i didnt like how Dr Yuehs story was pretty ignored. i feel like that was important enough to mention.

            • Cummunism [they/them, he/him]
              hexagon
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              2 years ago

              they didnt explain anything about his backstory(omitted a scene with him and Jessica) and they never explain the history of Suk doctors(they are supposed to be conditioned to not be traitors). Here's an article that explains it better than i could: https://collider.com/dune-fails-dr-yueh/

              • Bay_of_Piggies [he/him, comrade/them]
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                2 years ago

                This reminded me that they cut a lot from Jessica also. Her role as the prime suspect in the search for the traitor isn't really in the movie.