General Dune the Movie

[FINGERS]

Just back from the imax watching this steaming pile of doo doo. Watched it in the biggest screen in the UK. It was shot on imax so I was looking forward to this big time.

Very disappointing. Mate 1 had read the book and loved it. Mate 2 hadn’t and fell asleep. Mate 3 hadn’t read the book but thought it was ok. He was just happy to be out. And said as much.

Its tremendously boring. The story is very old fashioned. Very dated. Doesn’t make any sense. Unless you’ve read the book. What’s the point of that?

Giant 400 metre worms that wander about a desert eating…well nothing really. How do they survive? Loads of slo mo future flashbacks. Yeah I know, but it’s a thing.

Really dull. Never ending. The last line in the film says. And now it begins. Wtf?

waste Of time and money.

Avoid

 

[Speaker to Animals]

I love the book, but it's pretty complex in the characters, relationship, politics, and inner monologues.
Not something that would be easily screenplayed.

 

[John Lee Pettimore]

I don't trust this review.

??

 

[FINGERS]

I love the book, but it's pretty complex in the characters, relationship, politics, and inner monologues.
Not something that would be easily screenplayed.

Then this may be for you.

It definitely seems so much is assumed the viewer is aware of many things.

It looks OK. But for an imax shot film it barely gets above a Netflix adaptation.

Take for example the dark night or even inception. The scenes shot on imax seen in imax pop.

Here not so much. The opening sequence is great. I was very happy and felt I was in for a treat. Then no. Very much no.

I'm a big fan of the director. But this film does not deliver.

 

[FINGERS]

I reckon once viewer reviews are in this film will bomb.

it will get great figures from opening weekend and from poncey professional film critics but once word of mouth gets out this film plummets.

 

[FINGERS]

It’s so old fashioned. Like that flop John Carter.

you have this weird juxtaposition of a super advanced civilisation but yet fight with medieval measures.

it’s just dumb on so many levels.

 

[Thuglife13]

OP should've seen Halloween Kills instead...

 

[FINGERS]

OP should've seen Halloween Kills instead...

nah. Not a chance I would ever spend money on shit like that

 

[Thuglife13]

nah. Not a chance I would ever spend money on shit like that

I absolutely love the entire Halloween series but this last one was lots of cringe. Might be one and done with it like the Rob Zombie ones while I've seen the others many times...

To get back on track, I was looking forward to watching Dune but I have seconds thoughts now thanks to this amazing review bruv...

 

[John Lee Pettimore]

It’s so old fashioned. Like that flop John Carter.

you have this weird juxtaposition of a super advanced civilisation but yet fight with medieval measures.

it’s just dumb on so many levels.

??

 

[FINGERS]

??

How that film got so many plaudits astonished me.

Truly terrible on any sentient scale.

 

[Zeph]

It’s so old fashioned. Like that flop John Carter.

you have this weird juxtaposition of a super advanced civilisation but yet fight with medieval measures.

it’s just dumb on so many levels.

They have advanced shields that you can only penetrate with slow moving blades.

 

[tang]

is it like the old computer game?

 

[Rambo John J]

Just back from the imax watching this steaming pile of doo doo. Watched it in the biggest screen in the UK. It was shot on imax so I was looking forward to this big time.

Very disappointing. Mate 1 had read the book and loved it. Mate 2 hadn’t and fell asleep. Mate 3 hadn’t read the book but thought it was ok. He was just happy to be out. And said as much.

Its tremendously boring. The story is very old fashioned. Very dated. Doesn’t make any sense. Unless you’ve read the book. What’s the point of that?

Giant 400 metre worms that wander about a desert eating…well nothing really. How do they survive? Loads of slo mo future flashbacks. Yeah I know, but it’s a thing.

Really dull. Never ending. The last line in the film says. And now it begins. Wtf?

waste Of time and money.

Avoid

U ever watch the original?

 

[SongExotic2]

U ever watch the original?

The one with the rock?

 

[Rambo John J]

The one with the rock?

Dune didn't have the Rock as far as I recall

 

[Speaker to Animals]

They have advanced shields that you can only penetrate with slow moving blades.

So fast moving objects like bullets can't get ya.

 

[Speaker to Animals]

Seriously, the book is so good and involved that lots of directors have tried or wanted to make a screenplay of it.
Almost impossible.

 

[member 3289]

It’s so old fashioned. Like that flop John Carter.

you have this weird juxtaposition of a super advanced civilisation but yet fight with medieval measures.

it’s just dumb on so many levels.

John Carter was good.

 

[RaginCajun]

 

[FINGERS]

John Carter was good.

It wasn't though.

 

[FINGERS]

I did that in Abu Dhabi.

 

[Speaker to Animals]

It wasn't though.

I've heard two people on this page say both.

 

[Splinty]

Seriously, the book is so good and involved that lots of directors have tried or wanted to make a screenplay of it.
Almost impossible.

The book is amazing. This movie does it justice but it's definitely a movie for sci-fi nerds. It has the exact feel of the book. It's intricate and many of the things that exist in the Dune universe are explained by implication. They don't just spell it out. Rather they make references and you pick it up along the way. I actually love this because it doesn't feel force fed. You hear something and you memorize it and guess the importance and then it comes into clarity as the plot develops.

I do not understand @Fingers ( Admin ) complaint of it being very old fashioned.

 

[Speaker to Animals]

The book is amazing. This movie does it justice but it's definitely a movie for sci-fi nerds. It has the exact feel of the book. It's intricate and many of the things that exist in the Dune universe are explained by implication. They don't just spell it out. Rather they make references and you pick it up along the way. I actually love this because it doesn't feel force fed. You hear something and you memorize it and guess the importance and then it comes into clarity as the plot develops.

I do not understand @Fingers ( Admin ) complaint of it being very old fashioned.

When I first heard about it, it reminded me of the Jodorowski's Dune doc. That would've been amazingly weird.

I love the book so much, almost any attempt to make it into a film will inevitably disappoint me.