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Love the books (have read Dune and Dune Messiah and intend to keep reading but found the other two through happenstance and would like to find Children of Dune in the same manner), finally watched Dune 2 about 3 days ago and have decided I'm really not feeling either of the movies at all.
I don't get it, why is everyone so hyped on the movies? Sure, they have some aesthetically cool moments, but i feel like the story is kind of confusing and boring and lacking in the movies. i don't really watch new movies/shows very often anymore but timothy chalamet and zendaya are meant to be like the hottest shit out right? both of them are kind of wack actors.
I'm actually super bummed out on how not at all captivating these movies are vs how page-turner the books were.
I will watch them both again soon to see if it's one of those things where it takes a few exposures.
Anybody really enjoy the movies and care to explain what you loved?
Hard sci fi nerd mad when something made accessible for the populace
Fair assumption, but not quite - I actually haven't read many books (novels) in my life, less than 20 for sure and Dune is the only science fiction i've read (is Frankenstein sci-fi?). I'm just a kook who happens to have read these books reallly.
Maybe I was too stoned during my viewing of Dune 2, but I didn't think it
was accessible for the populace. I was finding the story a bit wispy even with an intimate knowledge of the book.
I was expecting a great emperor out of Christopher Walken, he was pretty underwhelming. The Fenrings as a couple were quite interesting in the book and the dude wasn't even in the movie. Alia (the foetus) not being born was a let down (she's kind of the most interesting character to me) - I guess they're saving her for the next one. Chani's new angle is weird and the lack of her and Paul having their child and losing it felt like a big deal in the book too. It also kind of lacks the vibe of being a cool, space-set story. Like, no guildsman depicted, no space travel depicted - the idea of things happening on different planets wasn't happening. Even Paul's prescience and the effects of melange/spice aren't really delved into.
When Timothy Chalamet does his big man voice and starts yelling shit I found it really offputting. Obviously it's necessary and I sound pretty petty whinging about it, but whatever, it's just a movie.