Dang I liked Dune. I had the feeling Villeneuve was the guy to pull off how big and foreign the universe is but he created one of the most vivid film-worlds I've ever seen
I liked Bladerunner 2049 a fair bit but didn't *love* it. But something about how he presented that world made me think that if anyone could handle Dune it was him
I read several reviews today to take in the consensus and even the most snark- and irony-poisoned critics who wanted to dislike it could only take a few light swings at it
Because the mood somehow *is* just as cyclopean as its visuals. Far outside what they're used to
Because the mood somehow *is* just as cyclopean as its visuals. Far outside what they're used to
Anyway if you've been on the fence it has my whole endorsement. Insanely immersive, hugely imaginative, basically no wokeness
Only real complaint you can level at it is it feels like only half of a story. But that's because it is—and I'm mad I have to wait 2 years for the rest
Only real complaint you can level at it is it feels like only half of a story. But that's because it is—and I'm mad I have to wait 2 years for the rest
Oh, and I would watch it in the theater over at home. Most times I don't really care, but for me this was one of the very rare times that I was so captured by the bigness I forgot I was even in a theater.
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