Off the top of my head I don’t remember how much the book of #Dune talks about the Harkonnen use of gladiatorial combat, but the movie draws a relatively subtle link between their idea of it and bullfighting - the guys in the wide black hats are like picadors, who stab the bull with lances to weaken it. I’ll avoid spoilers on a 60-year-old book or the new movie, but it’s a fun subtle thing.
I’m not really talking about the challenging. That’s just like duels and having stand-ins so the nobles express discontent while killing other people instead of themselves. It’s more how both houses have ways of proving the butch manliness of their leaders in front of the masses - the #Atreides kill bulls, the #Harkonnens kill captives. Even if the other houses have versions of that, there’s a very specific resemblance between Atreides and Harkonnen.
#DunePartTwo second viewing and dang, THIS IS FCKING CINEMA! I love so much what Villeneuve has done with Chani, it's such a great development of her character. And damn how does Chamalet sell this turn from Paul to the Holy Warrior. I'm blown away by the scope and scale of this film, its sights and sounds. That's what cinema was made for.
IMAX email re: #DunePartTwo : “Returning for two weeks, don't miss your chance to experience it in IMAX, either for the first time or all over again. 70MM shows in New York and Los Angeles plus standard IMAX screenings across twenty other cities coast to coast. NY & LA shows on sale now; other shows will be added on April 15th.” #IMAX#70mm
Grimes thinks she’s Lady Jessica, I guess because she spins bullshit tales about her kid becoming the Chosen One. She thinks he’ll be like Paul Atreides, who launched a Holy War that kills billions. Great. 🫠
Ça fait un moment que j'avais envie de refaire les posters de DUNE avec ce jeu de mot pourri qui me parasitait la tête. Voilà encore une utilisation de Photoshop bien productive.
bts: j'ai choisi deux posters de proportions semblables, avec un personnage sur le premier et deux personnages sur le second, mais au second plan, pour appuyer le propos du montage.
Saw Dune 2 yesterday. A little long, not unlike the book, and a little heavy on the ominous music department, but a good movie anyway. Could perhaps do with slightly lower ratio of extreme crops on Timothée Chalamet's face. #dune#DunePartTwo#MiniReview
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With more intense action, fuller characters, and wilder swings Part Two is far more entertaining than Part One. Yet thematically, it feels like another stopgap before the inevitable sequel. The visit to the Harkonnen planet perked me up, but it wasn't enough to overshadow Denis Villeneuve's muted vision of Dune...
Watching a matinee of #DunePartTwo today reminded me of that feeling I had when I watched Star Wars as a child. Fully immersed and transported to another world. The outside world did not exist for 3 blissful hours. The reason to go to the movies. Watch it before it leaves the largest screens. I hope to catch it on a real IMAX in a month or so if it is still playing, but the Cinemark XD was wonderful in picture and sound quality. Only 15 people in a room that holds over 250. 😷
There's no weird #DunePartTwo popcorn bucket in Europe.
However: My nacho menu at the movie theater came with this: A #Dune -themed shopping bag. #DunePart2
Dune Part 2: I wouldn't mind watching an extended cut. The sound design was extremely immersive, people were basically vibrating and pressed into their seats during some scenes. Hans Zimmer's soundtrack is bombastic and a masterpiece on it's own. You can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBKadB95sF44EGq9wIjIKVr_kFPyqlCHY
It’s a good thing Netflix recently added Dune: Part One to their library (at least in my region) so that I could rewatch it before seeing Part Two in the cinema! 🤩
I watched Dune: Part Two earlier and there’s one word to describe it: EPIC! 🤩
I’ve only read the first novel and that was so long ago that I barely remember the plot (only bits, like Jessica and Paul escaping to and winning over the Fremen and becoming a messianic figure) and I haven’t seen any of the other screen adaptations so seeing this adaptation by one of my favorite directors was just freaking awesome.