What's the last movie you saw?

[acroig]

Dune - 8/10. Very good, but only half the story. Gotta wait 2-3 years for the rest, I guess.

Out on HBO Max? Will watch this weekend.

[KAC]

How is it half the story? They showed everything already.
It would be stupid to make a movie out of the visions that were shown. Is there a sequel?

[koralis]

How is it half the story? They showed everything already.
It would be stupid to make a movie out of the visions that were shown. Is there a sequel?

hahaha. Dune itself was a huge book, but there were many many sequels of similar size.

[dodger]

How is it half the story? They showed everything already.
It would be stupid to make a movie out of the visions that were shown. Is there a sequel?

There better be a sequel given all the positive press its getting plus good reviews from Ragers that have gotten to see it already. I'm going to try to delay watching it so my month of HBO max covers some stuff coming out in November (or I'll just go the my local AMC).

[Munkus]

How is it half the story? They showed everything already.
It would be stupid to make a movie out of the visions that were shown. Is there a sequel?

The first book is pretty big. The movie is listed as "Part 1" and only goes up to a point about half-way in the book.

[KAC]

But it seemed that the movie is same as the Dune from the 1970s. Will read up on it.

[acroig]

But it seemed that the movie is same as the Dune from the 1980s. Will read up on it.

Fixed for accuracy.

[bill dennison]

Dune is what 8 books

and this didn't finish the first book

we may not live to see the end

9/10 for part 1

[Munkus]

Dune is what 8 books

and this didn't finish the first book

we may not live to see the end

9/10 for part 1

Only the first 3 books tell a relatively cohesive story. After that, things get...weird. I read up to Chapterhouse Dune and just couldn't anymore.

[bill dennison]

Only the first 3 books tell a relatively cohesive story. After that, things get...weird. I read up to Chapterhouse Dune and just couldn't anymore.

yea at some point in there herbert discovered drugs

[SubCog]

Dune is what 8 books

and this didn't finish the first book

we may not live to see the end

9/10 for part 1

I hope they get to the part where he turns into a space worm!

[Lazy8s]

Dune

Loved it, can't wait for the next one.

[Greasy]

I watched Dune 1984. Those special effects.

Now on to the new one.

[NIGELG]

Second to last Dune 2021.(Yesterday).

Last Alien 3.(Today).

[Jankan]

Dune. Also liked it, thought it was a really good sci-fi. Made me want to watch blade runner which I haven’t seen yet, looks to be in the same mold

[Cyko]

Dune - 9/10

Great VFX and sound. Actors doing a great job (even though I want to punch the lead kid in the mouth whenever he speaks). Can’t wait for the sequel.

Insidious / Insidious 2 - 9/10

With the OLED and ATMOS setup holy ****. Creepy factor jumped by 1,000.

[mizzer]

Dune. A cinematic masterpiece: sound, music, cinematography. So good! My most enjoyable movie since the LOTR series.

[JZL]

No Time to Die . . . 7.5/10

The end of the Daniel Craig era. These were mostly solid movies. I agree with whoever said these have been up and down but even the not-so-good ones weren't horrible. It's nice that his era ended on an uptick.

Holy bejeezuss, I didn't think they'd kill off so many key players. I'm surprised they killed off Maleck's character meaning no more Safin later on. Will Lashana Lynch go on to be 007 in subsequent movies or will they skip way ahead to when Bond's daughter carries on the family name?

BTW, for someone who likes the series but has never seen any of the Brosnan ones, which one to start?

[pax]

Dune second viewing.

This shouldve been a 10 hr HBO show. So much character development and story is left behind. Villeneuve said this was his Star Wars cept SW wasnt based on a richly detailed book just a bunch of sci fi ideas. So to go about it the same way to do quick character introductions and thin storytelling doesnt quite work here. And its sanitized not only vs the book but even vs the Lynch film which was darker. Harkonnens werent just brutal rich corrupt shitheads they were seriously ****ed up. PG13
but shouldve been an R rated flick. Cast is good cept Paul who shouldve been latino. Atreides was a mediterranean/latino type society.

But yea good effects, sound and pacing as well...

6-10 but it needs its second half.

[jimmyboy]

"V", the original 80s series. Just started and so far it's good but irritating in how gullible humans are. "Oh look, there's a sudden, unannounced fleet of hundreds of giant carrier ships that took over the air space of all our major metropolitan areas. But they said they come in peace so let's believe them."

Idiots.

[Greasy]

The new Dune was very good. Glad I watched the original first. They really changed it up enough to make it fresh, and left plenty of room for the second movie. 9/10 for me.

[Silent-Runner]

"V", the original 80s series. Just started and so far it's good but irritating in how gullible humans are. "Oh look, there's a sudden, unannounced fleet of hundreds of giant carrier ships that took over the air space of all our major metropolitan areas. But they said they come in peace so let's believe them."

Idiots.

well the 80s had some cringeworthy series, but they still have that certain kind of charme

[acroig]

No Time to Die . . . 7.5/10

The end of the Daniel Craig era. These were mostly solid movies. I agree with whoever said these have been up and down but even the not-so-good ones weren't horrible. It's nice that his era ended on an uptick.

Holy bejeezuss, I didn't think they'd kill off so many key players. I'm surprised they killed off Maleck's character meaning no more Safin later on. Will Lashana Lynch go on to be 007 in subsequent movies or will they skip way ahead to when Bond's daughter carries on the family name?

BTW, for someone who likes the series but has never seen any of the Brosnan ones, which one to start?

Goldeneye.

[KAC]

Goldeneye is the best bond movie.

[acroig]

Goldeneye is the best bond movie.

Stop being an ass, no one claimed it was the best Bond movie.

[bill dennison]

Stop being an ass, no one claimed it was the best Bond movie.

The November Man

[JZL]

The November Man

I meant James Bond, not Ward Bond.

[Elysian]

Dune - as close to 10/10 as I've ever seen. Incredible movie, glad we saw it in the theater.

[huskylord]

My local IMAX is still not open.....would love to see Dune on that kind of screen.

[mizzer]

Dune - as close to 10/10 as I've ever seen. Incredible movie, glad we saw it in the theater.

My local IMAX is still not open.....would love to see Dune on that kind of screen.

We traveled an hour just to see it in a Cinemark XD theater. We are so glad we did. The sound and music (Hans Zimmer) were incredible. The scene with the Sardaukar initiates... haunting.

I get that they had to clean up some of the Harkonnen lore. The Baron was a pedophile after all.

[CyanBlues]

dune, 9/10 also here

[SubCog]

dune, 9/10 also here

Yup, great vision. Although we'll have to see if they can keep up the quality for part 2. Endings are always the hardest part to get right, and this film kindof punted that.

[koralis]

Yup, great vision. Although we'll have to see if they can keep up the quality for part 2. Endings are always the hardest part to get right, and this film kindof punted that.

Sure, but at least it's more coherent than the earlier version. Things are more or less explained and followable.

[acroig]

Sure, but at least it's more coherent than the earlier version. Things are more or less explained and followable.

There's a longer version of the 1984 Dune with a helpful prologue that sets everything up very nicely.

[xCLAVEx]

Just watched Dune last night. Was ok but a bit too artsy-fartsy for me. It assumed you had read the books and knew everything already, but for those of us that haven't it was a bit hard to follow at times.

For free on HBO it's not bad but I would have been irritated had I paid $15 to see it in the theaters.

[SubCog]

There's a longer version of the 1984 Dune with a helpful prologue that sets everything up very nicely.

I liked the 90s Dune just fine, but no question the new one is FAR superior. Little things like having well differentiated actors that are perfectly matched to their characters makes all the difference. Jason Momoa as Duncan Idaho is so pitch-perfect, and so well differentiated from Josh Brolin as Gurney Halleck, even though they're both tough-guy soldier characters. That kind of casting makes the story effortless to follow.

Contrast that to the guy who played Duncan Idaho in the 1984 version... Very generic actor who could have just as easily been slotted in for any other character in the story:

[CyanBlues]

Just watched Dune last night. Was ok but a bit too artsy-fartsy for me. It assumed you had read the books and knew everything already, but for those of us that haven't it was a bit hard to follow at times.

For free on HBO it's not bad but I would have been irritated had I paid $15 to see it in the theaters.

yeah a lot of the stuff is left unexplained for people who haven't seen the original or red the book, no mentat explanation etc...

[JZL]

Contrast that to the guy who played Duncan Idaho in the 1984 version... Very generic actor who could have just as easily been slotted in for any other character in the story:

Whatchutalkinaboutwillis that's Richard Jordan of Logan's Run, Rooster Cogburn, and Hunt for Red October fame.

[acroig]

Whatchutalkinaboutwillis that's Richard Jordan of Logan's Run, Rooster Cogburn, and Hunt for Red October fame.

Indeed.

[Munkus]

yeah a lot of the stuff is left unexplained for people who haven't seen the original or red the book, no mentat explanation etc...

Yep. Also no mention of why nobody uses computers in Dune, but I thought it was cool how there wasn't a single "thinking machine" (computer) around. They were outlawed after the Butlerian Jihad 10K years before. It was a nice touch in the movie.