Dune (2020)

Just got back from an early showing. Two others joined who had never read the book, and both of them went in blind. All of us liked it. One friend thought it was great to excellent. Other is interested in the book now - so that's nice.

The visuals were very Villeneuve, so no complaints at all with how the movie looked. Beautiful, distinct, large in scale, and memorable scenes.

The soundtrack was good. My qualm was that it overlapped the dialog in some parts, and felt a bit awkward in others.

It should have better explained the Emperor's setup (a huge valid critique from friend 1). I think it would have been nice if a bit more of the politics and motivation were explored. Plans within plans was absolutely central to the book.

The cast did very well in my opinion. Nobody was too out of place, but Kynes felt like the weakest actor.

The pacing was fast, and several details were left out of the scenes - nothing too glaring. Overall it felt pretty true to the book.

Grizzlebeard said:

Yeah, unfortunately Dune's central character isn't a bi-female.

At least on-screen.

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the spice transforms consciousness

the spice chops your dick off

goes up on hbo max in 20 mins, 4K HDR torrents should follow soon after

Does HBO have a "reason for canceling" box when you end a sub? I am going to sub for a month or three and want to put "here for Dune and Curb" as a reason.

I forgot if I saw one after I canceled when Chernobyl was over.

Big Phoenix said:

Askhtually... Thats not possible at all due to the randomness quantum mechanics.

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I only have layman's knowledge of the subject and it gets far too dry and complicated to spend too much time on it.

So, here is Astrophysicist Matt O'Dowd talking about it, time stamped to 7:58, where he briefly talks about the uncertainty principle. As always, theoretical Physics is an incomplete picture at best, with various competing theories. Space Time has a few videos that deal with the conservation of information and how it relates to a deterministic quantum universe.

3 times in the first hour I’ve had hbo max error out and tell me “title not found”, they are having trouble locating the title I’m trying to stream. Small indie company I tell ya.

I loved it and WANT the sequel NOW. imo very well done, beautiful. Imo better than the lynch version. and I love the lynch version

This wasn’t bad. I enjoyed most of it. Definitely more excited to see a sequel as the story got way more engaging by the end of the movie.

LOVED IT! Great movie, great acting, amazing visuals, just outstanding.

its Good. Wish we didn’t have to wait for the sequel.

What was up with the "Dreams are messages from the deep" at the very start of the movie?

I sort of wish they hadn’t dumbed down the dune “setting” for the general audience.
And Harkonnens needed more cruelty shown instead of just talked about.
But overall I enjoyed it.