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…
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.