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    @mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    Dune now has a release date of October…..

    ….2022…….

    Fucks sake.

    Oct 22 this year.

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    @bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    Dune now has a release date of October…..

    ….2022…….

    Fucks sake.

    Oct 22 this year.

    If that date is correct then God bless you, movie looks amazing !

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    @taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @Kruse if you are looking for a movie to watch...

    House of Quarantine (2020) ⭐ 2.4 | Thriller

    House of Quarantine (2020) ⭐ 2.4 | Thriller

    1h 21m

    Currently has a rating of 7.2/10 (10 people have rated it)

    It is very topical

    Nine people have been locked down together in a house while trying to make a movie. Unknowingly, one of their group is infected with Covid-19. The next three weeks become a life and death struggle for survival with no help from the outside amidst a global pandemic and national chaos.

    That is a very high rating to deserve a @kruse review (sample size aside as he has mentioned).

    He seems to be into watching movies that are some form of self harming. Ratings of one or two might be more his thing and usually elicit a scathing review worth reading (better than watching the movie anyway).

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    @snowy well it has dropped to 5.5/10 from 84 people, so trending in the right direction for @Kruse

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    @taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @snowy well it has dropped to 5.5/10 from 84 people, so trending in the right direction for @Kruse

    Wow... it's trending FAST.
    Now: 1.7/10 from 103 people. (103 people watched this? WTAF?)
    The one person who bothered to write anything about it has this to say:

    by far THE most original, the most amazing, easily the best film of 2021. NOT.

    When somebody with that level of smarts gives you 1/10 - you know you've done something wrong.
    Unfortunately - although the rating is that low - it looks like it's terrible because it's boring and unimaginative... rather than the twisted genius of Sharks of the Corn or The Velocipastor. I'm afraid I'm going to have to give it a miss.

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    @kruse said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @snowy well it has dropped to 5.5/10 from 84 people, so trending in the right direction for @Kruse

    Wow... it's trending FAST.
    Now: 1.7/10 from 103 people. (103 people watched this? WTAF?)
    The one person who bothered to write anything about it has this to say:

    by far THE most original, the most amazing, easily the best film of 2021. NOT.

    When somebody with that level of smarts gives you 1/10 - you know you've done something wrong.
    Unfortunately - although the rating is that low - it looks like it's terrible because it's boring and unimaginative... rather than the twisted genius of Sharks of the Corn or The Velocipastor. I'm afraid I'm going to have to give it a miss.

    That’s all the review I need.

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    @kruse gotta have standards, good on you!

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    @bovidae oh hells yeah! it is just looking better and better. I read a piece from someone who had seen the first 10min (unsure if final cut though, probably not?) and they were frothing about it. Starts with a bang apparently but they don't give too much away for those unfamiliar with the story or Dune universe. Cannot wait.

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    @paekakboyz said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @bovidae oh hells yeah! it is just looking better and better. I read a piece from someone who had seen the first 10min (unsure if final cut though, probably not?) and they were frothing about it. Starts with a bang apparently but they don't give too much away for those unfamiliar with the story or Dune universe. Cannot wait.

    I get the feeling this won’t disappoint.

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    @paekakboyz Dune is a must-see on the big screen.

    I re-watched the original movie last year so it will be an interesting comparison.

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    @paekakboyz said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @bovidae oh hells yeah! it is just looking better and better. I read a piece from someone who had seen the first 10min (unsure if final cut though, probably not?) and they were frothing about it. Starts with a bang apparently but they don't give too much away for those unfamiliar with the story or Dune universe. Cannot wait.

    Quinn has already had a take down on his youtube channel about it, well done Warner Bros - attack your biggest fans/hype merchants!

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    so I have never seen or read Dune, but I want to do both - which should I start with?

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    @voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    so I have never seen or read Dune, but I want to do both - which should I start with?

    Depends, if this is true (as it can be) to the book then seeing the movie in all it's visual glory can be a great way to start. But obvioulsy the book will contain a lot more and more nuance, so really it is personal choice.

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    @voodoo I'd say book first. It's a classic - 50 years old or so, but well well worth a read. One of the original ecological novels, and still holds up well (well, last time I read it a few years ago)

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    This is meant to be a 2-part adaptation so the book will reveal more than will be in the movie.

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    @nzzp yeah I'd give it a read first also. You won't lose anything from how the movie is shaping up. Dune is a book I read every couple of years and I always pick something new up, or look at something a bit different with the benefit (?!) of age.

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    cheers fellas, though I actually meant the original movie - or should I skip that altogether?

    Should I order the trilogy or the 6 series books?

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    @voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    cheers fellas, though I actually meant the original movie - or should I skip that altogether?

    Should I order the trilogy or the 6 series books?

    Fuck yeah watch the original movie. If only to marvel at what happens when a movie tries to stay TOO faithful to a book...
    The books - I haven't read them for years. Decades, actually. But from memory: the main book - an excellent stand-alone book. Then as you spread out to the trilogy, then the entire 6-book Original Series... it just becomes more and more of an effort, and less and less "fun".
    But - saying that - I've just downloaded the entire fucking canon in ePub, and will give them another go myself at some point.

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    @voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    cheers fellas, though I actually meant the original movie - or should I skip that altogether?

    Should I order the trilogy or the 6 series books?

    Original movie is available on YouTube and worth a watch even if it is a bit strange and uneven. Give it a hoon

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