Movie review thread...
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@Catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
This may sound like heresy but those tits cannot make up for the awfulness of that voice.
When you coming out?
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
Yeah the 80s movie painted Paul as the great redeemer.
Definitely less so in this case
Like the books
the movies deal well with the struggle Paul feels in saving himself and his family, at the cost of billions once the Fremen go full jihad on the galaxy -
@Virgil said in Movie review thread...:
@Kirwan @NTA did you guys see it on imax?
apart from just the bigger screen which it was filmed for theres the sound...i dont think ive ever heard such a loud pair of movies before. My chair vibrated at times. It was fucken amazing.Hopefully Part 2 will do well enough for Part 3 to be given the go ahead. Though i suspect it will be some time off before its made.
No just a standard screen (everything else booked) but even that was pretty fucking epic for sound that made your seat vibrate.
The local Reading Cinema has a "Titan" cinema with bigger screen and better seating. Will go back once I get tone, to get the full brown note experience.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
@Catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
This may sound like heresy but those tits cannot make up for the awfulness of that voice.
When you coming out?
Give me a kiss and I’ll tell you. No. Wait. Hang on
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@NTA said in Movie review thread...:
@Virgil said in Movie review thread...:
@Kirwan @NTA did you guys see it on imax?
apart from just the bigger screen which it was filmed for theres the sound...i dont think ive ever heard such a loud pair of movies before. My chair vibrated at times. It was fucken amazing.Hopefully Part 2 will do well enough for Part 3 to be given the go ahead. Though i suspect it will be some time off before its made.
No just a standard screen (everything else booked) but even that was pretty fucking epic for sound that made your seat vibrate.
The local Reading Cinema has a "Titan" cinema with bigger screen and better seating. Will go back once I get tone, to get the full brown note experience.
Definitely worth it, Dune Part 2 was filmed for Imax so what you see and probably hear on a standard screen isnt the full package.
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@Virgil said in Movie review thread...:
@NTA said in Movie review thread...:
@Virgil said in Movie review thread...:
@Kirwan @NTA did you guys see it on imax?
apart from just the bigger screen which it was filmed for theres the sound...i dont think ive ever heard such a loud pair of movies before. My chair vibrated at times. It was fucken amazing.Hopefully Part 2 will do well enough for Part 3 to be given the go ahead. Though i suspect it will be some time off before its made.
No just a standard screen (everything else booked) but even that was pretty fucking epic for sound that made your seat vibrate.
The local Reading Cinema has a "Titan" cinema with bigger screen and better seating. Will go back once I get tone, to get the full brown note experience.
Definitely worth it, Dune Part 2 was filmed for Imax so what you see and probably hear on a standard screen isnt the full package.
A 600km round trip for me, so...
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
@Virgil said in Movie review thread...:
@NTA said in Movie review thread...:
@Virgil said in Movie review thread...:
@Kirwan @NTA did you guys see it on imax?
apart from just the bigger screen which it was filmed for theres the sound...i dont think ive ever heard such a loud pair of movies before. My chair vibrated at times. It was fucken amazing.Hopefully Part 2 will do well enough for Part 3 to be given the go ahead. Though i suspect it will be some time off before its made.
No just a standard screen (everything else booked) but even that was pretty fucking epic for sound that made your seat vibrate.
The local Reading Cinema has a "Titan" cinema with bigger screen and better seating. Will go back once I get tone, to get the full brown note experience.
Definitely worth it, Dune Part 2 was filmed for Imax so what you see and probably hear on a standard screen isnt the full package.
A 600km round trip for me, so...
you'll need to pack extra snacks then
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Very late to the party as I don't really watch movies a great deal but.
Leave the World behind - an apocalyptic tale of what would happen to America if the wi-fi went out for 2 days. Been guffawing with mirth ever since.
Re watched Shutter Island, more successful as a psychological thriller as it attempts to make you think though of course it does explain it all at the end. Acting is brilliant and well executed with a haunting ending line "Would you rather live as a bad man or die as a good one?"
Heard nothing but good reviews about Dune 2, so looking forward to watching that.
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The original Princess was way hotter in the 80s flick…..
Than this one……
Minor gripe, the later one is a pretty fucken amazing big screen experience. The 80s one had all sorts of issues being made….
Without giving too many spoilers I find it really interesting to see the similarities but also a few massive differences between the two versions.
disappointed that Rabban was essentially a bit of a pussy, it’s Dave Bautista for fuck sake. Getting saved by his mate when that Freman chick was on him, getting a beat down from his brother and finally submitting meekly to Gurney……not what I expect from a WWE unitStiglers rants became really boring. Yes, Paul is the messiah, we get it.
Feyd was awesome, the Baron slightly less so. Preferred the 80s one for over the top craziness.
Christopher Walken was in good form for an old bloke
Paul’s character progression was pretty impressive.
Perhaps this belongs in the GOM thread but it was tough to tell who was who during the fights with all the fucken sand flying around.
I woulda liked more info on the worms. Instead we get old mate Stigler having a good old ride on one without much explanation.
The set pieces when they were attacking the spice mining operations were spectacular. Some amazing stunt work.
The movie was terrific, but I’m just airing a few gripes about it
There will 100% be a sequel, we all know that and it’s interesting to see who directs it.
I wonder what Frank Herbert would have thought of it ?
He hated the Iron Maiden song about it….
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@MN5 I went to see this last night, thoroughly enjoyed it.
I am a fan of Florence Pugh, and was not enough of her on screen.
I did like the explanation of how precious water was and they drained it, and for thier people it is a pool/shrine but for people they kill, thier filthy water is used for cooling systemsThe almost 3 hours flew by, unmlike other recent 3 hour movies!
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@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 I went to see this last night, thoroughly enjoyed it.
The almost 3 hours flew by, unlike other recent Nolan movies!
FIFY
great movie
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Maestro. Came to this with with a bit of doubt from reviews and thought it a bit meh after 20 minutes but stuck with it. Glad I did and ended up being wowed by it.
Bradley Cooper is astounding and I wouldn't be surprised if he gets an Oscar. It's not a documentary but more a portrait of the man and maybe that's why it doesn't gel for a lot of people.
4.75 Mahler Third's out of 5 Day in the Life's
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
Maestro. Came to this with with a bit of doubt from reviews and thought it a bit meh after 20 minutes but stuck with it. Glad I did and ended up being wowed by it.
Bradley Cooper is astounding and I wouldn't be surprised if he gets an Oscar. It's not a documentary but more a portrait of the man and maybe that's why it doesn't gel for a lot of people.
4.75 Mahler Third's out of 5 Day in the Life's
Hmm, hopefully this improves like you suggest, although I got 40 minutes in before stopping.
I've watched 8 of the 10 best picture nominees so far (and 40 minutes of this) and it's easily (based on 40 minutes) the worst of the bunch by a large margin.
I'm going to have to watch it over the weekend as I think the Oscars are next week and I try to finish my watch of them all before then.
Still have to watch The Holdovers too, which I suspect I'll like, but Billions kind of ruined Paul Giamatti for me, I can't handle his soft talk style anymore.
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
Hmm, hopefully this improves like you suggest, although I got 40 minutes in before stopping.
I thought it a really unusual film and almost a fly-on-the-wall thing, Probably wouldn't appeal to a lot of people but for me it really gets you under the skin of the man and what makes him tick.
Still have to watch The Holdovers too, which I suspect I'll like, but Billions kind of ruined Paul Giamatti for me, I can't handle his soft talk style anymore.
Enjoyable film with some fine acting. Nothing really original but done superbly. Months after I watched it, some of the scenes are still etched in my memory.
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It's Awards time again...
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Can't make make spoilers work ... please skip the post if you like ...
I expect some posters are about to go all Muad'Dib on me but ...
I'm not in the camp that this is the nigh on perfect movie.
It's pretty good but I have some reservations.
Loved the magnitude of the scenery and masses or (for want of a better word) humanity. And the splosions and blowy uppy stuff.
Found the story generally good but
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if I recall the book correctly it was more about Paul's struggle not to instigate the Holy war. I suppose in retrospect it was there, but not overt.
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- how long they took to make Feyd a baddie. We get it. He's a sadistic monster.
- Gurney's appearance out of nowhere after "negotiating" an evacuation. "Negotiation" with the Harkonnens and Sardauker... maybe need to blame Herbert for that?
- Random Stilgar riding the worm looking like Kurt Russell in Guardians 2
- scenes lasting too long as Chani, Paul or Jessica stared into space.
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I did like how the story explored the manipulation of religion and belief.
Oh, and by the way ... if Arrakis is the only place in the Universe where spice is produced how the fuck did they get there in the first place?
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@booboo said in Movie review thread...:
Can't make make spoilers work ... deal skip the post if you like ...
I expect some posters are about to go all Muad'Dib on me but ...
I'm not in the camp that this is the nigh on perfect movie.
It's pretty good but I have some reservations.
Loved the magnitude of the scenery and masses or (for want of a better word) humanity. And the splosions and blowy uppy stuff.
Found the story generally good but
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if I recall the book correctly it was more about Paul's struggle not to instigate the Holy war. I suppose in retrospect it was there, but not overt.
||Other bits I didn't like:
- how long they took to make Feyd a baddie. We get it. He's a sadistic monster.
- Gurney's appearance out of nowhere after "negotiating" an evacuation. "Negotiation" with the Harkonnens and Sardauker... maybe need to blame Herbert for that?
- Random Stilgar riding the worm looking like Kurt Russell in Guardians 2
- scenes lasting too long as Chani, Paul or Jessica stared into space.
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I did like how the story explored the manipulation of religion and belief.
Oh, and by the way ... if Arrakis is the only place in the Universe where spice is produced how the fuck did they get there in the first place?
They probably taken a really long flight to find the spice……
I’ll tag @NTA cos he’ll know, how come we never saw the Guild navigators in the new film ? You know the guys from the 1980s film who wheeled in the big talking slug thing ?
It was an awesome flick but still a few flaws as you say.
Some stuff was explained in far too much detail, other stuff not enough……
Also…….
||Is Guidi Prime basically one big Frank Miller set ? Doesn’t look like the kind of place to wear nice colourful shirts
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@Machpants said in Movie review thread...:
They made it to Dune before the destruction of AI and computers. Now only drugged up Spae Guild can navigate without them
Bingo.
The FTL technology doesn't rely on spice, but it needs spice-high navigators to not crash into a star
