My spoiler-free review of DUNE:
That was the single most humorless movie I have ever seen. There is one joke, delivered by Jason Momoa, in the first ten minutes. Cherish it. There will not be another.
That was the single most humorless movie I have ever seen. There is one joke, delivered by Jason Momoa, in the first ten minutes. Cherish it. There will not be another.
Uh…let me think. Okay. You know those big concept art books that are like THE ART OF THAT MOVIE and THE ART OF THAT OTHER MOVIE? If you flip through one of those, called THE ART OF DUNE, while listening to Philip Glass, you would largely replicate the experience of this movie.
Basically it’s very pretty and very long and everyone dies.
(That’s not a spoiler. It’s Dune. What did you expect?)
(That’s not a spoiler. It’s Dune. What did you expect?)
Do not let me put you off! Many of our crew loved it! Kevin said it was the DUNE he wanted as a teenager and didn’t get! If you grew up on Dune, this may be your LOTR moment of “OH MY GOD IT LOOKS EVEN BETTER THAN THE ONE IN MY HEAD!”
If, like me, you bailed on the book after ten pages, then hey, Oscar Isaac is still a VERY pretty man.
(That is also not a spoiler. It’s Oscar Isaac, people.)
In conclusion, if you love Dune or are extremely committed to brutalist architecture, this is a movie that will probably make you very happy.
Ah, the Dune fanboys have begun to arrive to tell me how wrong I am. Hello, all!
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