Dune UNEDITED REACTION (all access)
Added 2023-09-08 15:42:35 +0000 UTCWatch along with your own copy and enjoy!
We watched this one on YouTube
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Have you seen the original one already?
2023-09-09 16:38:18 +0000 UTCI read (and fell in love with) Frank Herbert’s first 3 Dune books (Dune (published 1965), Dune Messiah (published 1969) and Children of Dune (published 1976)) before I saw any adaptation attempt. Stella, I was not a highly intelligent reader; my sis was the smart one. I was just highly verbal. But before I could get immersed in Dune (the novel) it took me three aborted attempts, until I finally stuck a bookmark in its Glossary — and referred to it when I encountered a word I didn’t recognise. Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation did what so many movie adaptations haven’t; it reproduces precisely *how it felt in my mind reading the book*! Worry not, you’ll remember more with subsequent viewings; all you need is contained in the film itself. (My recommendation is: wait until AFTER Dune: Part Two before reading *any* books) Loved yours and Halley’s[sp?] reaction today.
David Olden
2023-09-09 01:39:18 +0000 UTCI never read the books (there are multiple) but grew up watching and enjoying the David Lynch adaptation in the 80s, seeing it multiple times. So I came into Denis’ version with a huge admiration of his talent from prior films, a basic understanding of the key players in Dune, and advised by friends that it is much more closely aligned with the book than what Lynch did. With that perspective in mind, I was expectedly impressed by the film and am looking forward to the sequel. I think a second viewing would help with “enjoyment” of the film if you came into it blind because I totally understand that trying to process so much world-building and so many characters from the jump can be daunting. Your analogy to Game of Thrones is apt, as the first season of that show has to do what this movie does; and it means engaging your brain to retain names and events that will inform things later and make rewatching interesting but that first go-around can be a bit like going to school. Really fun to rewatch with your reactions though! Looking forward to hopefully doing the same with part 2 down the line.
Ian Forbes
2023-09-08 18:40:26 +0000 UTC
