Kaunisto said:
Herbert's Dune series are my absolute favorite books.
I'm one of the "movie is never as good as book/comic" people.
I'm not a fan of Villeneuve. I kind of wish the Blade Runner sequel didn't exit; not that it is particularly bad movie in itself, but it diminishes the masterpiece original.
So, I don't like this Dune. I prefer the TV series, even if that was bit flat. I may even prefer the Lynch Dune, despite having hated it for years because while it goes horribly wrong in few points, it also has awesomely right some things like casting.
Here's what I wrote when I saw the first part and I doubt the second will change my mind:
"The big fault in 2021 Dune is that characters have been made normal ordinary humans, just in extraordinary conditions.
For me one of the core concepts of Dune is that it's a study about extreme capabilities of human beings, in numerous ways of mind and body. These characters should like Sherlock Holmes or Batman or the Jedi, almost superhuman, trained (and bred) in ways we can only imagine in scifi. Renaissance men (and women) and the peak of it all the main character - who instead is a whiny teen. And his mother, one of strongest and most capable characters I've read (and I say characters, not just female characters), is even worse, an insecure broken hysteric.
What is a dialogue heavy book has in general had its characters sacrificed to Villeneuve's pastel visuals that linger on or extended action sequences." |
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Yeah, don't we all? Even Ridley Scott regrets his decision to let it pass, due to scheduling conflict with Alien: Covenant - not that I think he would do anywhere as good of a job as on the first one, especially seeing how much he became less of a great director than he once was, but I still think he would make a much better film than Villeneuve (not that anyone really asked for Blade Runner sequel).
I see Villeneuve as "no cojones" guy - I liked Arrival because premise on which it was based on was good (and not for his directing skill/vision), but everything else I watched was just passable. As I said, not bad, but bland.
