Incredible visuals. Booming sound and score. Imaginative storytelling. Vast cast. It felt like a sweeping epic that I didn't want to end. I get the internet (and this site) is known for nitpicking, but this was an incredible feat. It was the best science fiction film I've seen in years and worth seeing in IMAX.
A random stranger's opinion: Highly recommend paying for a ticket and enjoying the ride.
definitely, its the best film of the year and its not even a question. Great visuals, acting, pacing, and the story is getting so much richer that I really do hope we;re getting more and more films in this universe.
If anyone's interested, I reviewed the movie on my youtube channel. Appreciate any feedback. Trying to improve -https://youtu.be/OQkq-RM2v0U
Great visuals is about the only positive about this movie. Acting and writing was mediocre at best, choreography was awful.
shareYeah! Seeing it tonight. Can’t wait.
shareIt's encouraging that we're still getting blockbusters, let alone science-fiction movies, like this. Something that feels genuinely epic and sincere instead of irreverent and snarky.
shareNot to mention we're all annoyed at the lack of great movies out there, and are desperate for anything even remotely resembling good film-making, even if it is very remote.
shareDid you not like Dune: Part Two? I thought overall it was really good. Visually, it's spectacular.
Yes, there were some major departures from the book, and there are a few things I would have done differently, but that always comes with the territory of adapting a book into a film.
Setting aside characterizations, the main issue is condensing the entire story into a seemingly 4 - 5 month time period, where in the book, it's more like 4 - 5 years. Peter Jackson did the same thing with his adaptation of Fellowship of the Ring.
No. Peter Jackson had an actual plan on how to divide the books into 3 movies, so none of them would seem rushed.
Villeneuve fucked up both parts from a storytelling perspective because he dedicated too much screen time to the wrong things, and cut off some other relevant things.
Your complaint is the same as anyone who wants to see their beloved fiction translated faithfully to the screen. While I am super protective of my favorites as well, and would LOVE to see them translated literally, if I avoided movies that took liberties, I'd miss a LOT of very Very good films.
Nolan's Batman films are HORRIBLE adaptations of Batman, but really good films.
The MCU is a hodgepodge of errata, needless alterations, and outright purposeful sweeping changes to the source. But there are moments of true genius in the various film entries.
I could go on, but it's not a particularly difficult concept.
Now, if you wanna blast BVS, have at it: that film is an abomination as an adaptation AND on its own. Shrug.
I'm not happy with the story changes, and I really don't like Zendaya.
At least when Peter Jackson did it, he made it work, and the film version of the movies made sense. Villeneuve made a serious mistake not letting Alia be born and take out the Baron, as well as making several other mistakes in casting and story changes.
Do normies watching these films even know what Spice is, or what it can do? Do they understand what these different factions are, and why they are doing the stuff they're doing? It's probably very confusing for people who don't know Dune Lore.