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[-] FreeRangeMustard@lemm.ee 35 points 2 weeks ago

Probably getting some hate for saying this, but…. The Dune movies are some of the worst big budget movies I’ve seen. They look nice and the cinematography is awesome but that movie feels so damn empty.

[-] kandykarter@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yeah, I'd rather watch the Lynch version anytime, the new ones are like 6 hours of bland, boring choices and wooden performances.

[-] FreeRangeMustard@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago

lol, true. At least Lynch‘s version is a entertaining fever dream.

[-] buliarous@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah the only reason it could be considered “bad” is because they ran out of money and the entire 2nd half is just a montage of shots to end the movie because the producers took over.

[-] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

“Wooden performances” is the only way to describe the acting in Lynch’s. That movie is a confuding mess and painful to watch if you don’t know the story. A movie can’t simply assume you’ve read the book to understand it. People can only truly prefer Lynch to Villeneuve ironically. You can’t honestly think it’s better film.

[-] kandykarter@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago

I thought watching the new ones was like watching paint dry. At least Lynch's version had some personality.

[-] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Not all personalities are likeable.

[-] kandykarter@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not sure why you're trying to argue this stuff. This is a thread about movies you can't be convinced are good. I'm not trying to convince you, I'm stating that I liked the David Lynch Dune considerably more than the new ones. Feel free to take that or leave it, art's not really objective, dude.

[-] dumblederp@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

Even the three part TV movies from around 2000 are better.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I thought that version was generally well received?

[-] Zorsith 10 points 2 weeks ago

I will say, the first one is the most to-the-letter book adaptations i have ever seen.

[-] esc27@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I've only watched the first one. Visually it was great, but the scenes over shadowed the plot to such a degree that, even having read the source, it was still hard to follow.

I would not call it a bad movie, but I'd file it with Avatar and the fountain as being more about the experience than the story.

[-] FreeRangeMustard@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

lol, yes. The first avatar was mostly goosebumps to this day but avatar 2 was „wow, that looks nice. When does the plot start?“

Regarding the fountain, I always wanted to see that movie because it looks interesting. But I heard a few times now that it’s not really good.

[-] kepix@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

ive told my friend that its a brutalist screensaver, and he got so mad.

[-] FreeRangeMustard@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

lmao, what a perfect insult.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

I watched the first one in the theater and thought it was dry but okay. I tried rewarding it when the second one was coming out and I turned it off like 1/3 of the way through. I watched the second one but it couldn't hold my attention at all.

[-] Ilixtze@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I agree with the Dune movies and in particular I think I don't like Denis Villeneuve; He takes a cute sci fi short story like "stories of your life" and turns it into a very self important dull thing. Then he takes a Novel about flying through space with drugs and doing guerriilla warfare while riding sand worms and it all feels so somber and rigid. Man has no fun in him.

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