Post by jonesjxd on Oct 30, 2021 16:58:46 GMT
I don't know much about Dune, I had seen the original film a few times and have basically read the book in the way most Christians have read the bible, I know the story but have never read it front to back, but in bits here and there and can quote some passages by heart. My girlfriend on the other hand is a Dune zealot, she's read the book front to back multiple times, can quote the whole thing by heart, and has seen the David Lynch and TV miniseries adaptations so many times they're her go-to thing to always have on in the background as she's cleaning, folding laundry, working from home etc. We went to see Dune with two different hopes. She wanted something that captured what she felt about Dune, and I wanted to see the next Fellowship of the Ring or Matrix. I wanted to be totally blown away. Overall, I'd say she was closer to getting her way than I was to getting mine, and we both agreed we wished the movie were even longer so we could really stew with these characters. When it comes to characters like Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Leia, Frodo, Sam, Gandalf, Neo, Trinity, Morpheus etc. you feel like you fully know them by time the credits end, and go into the second movie with a full investment in them. In Dune, really the only character I left the theater wanting to see more of was the one that died (or appeared to die). Also, we both felt that big action set piece to be completely unexciting and unengaging and both expressed similar frustrations with the action in Blade Runner 2049. It's problematic if I can neither engage in the drama or the action. I guess I was hoping for more Arrival and less Blade Runner in how the filmmaker approached the storytelling. Overall, it's still a great spectacle and a well made movie, but it wasn't a movie I foresee myself returning to over and over again as I'd hoped. If all goes well there will be an extended edition and eventually a supercut of the films together.