Villeneuve's Dune: Part One (2019)

I think they definitely missed an opportunity with Jessica because she is probably the most well-realized character in the book. I think I read somewhere that there is a deleted scene of the banquet where she really shines, but I might have imagined that.
 
Swank said:
Nolan is a genius - just maybe not of an art that everyone wants to watch.
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Eh? It seems to me that it's exactly an art that everyone wants to watch. Nolan is a consistent crowd-pleaser. Pretty much non-stop hits since Batman Begins. I remember seeing Inception in Paris (I think my wife was the only woman in the packed theater not wearing a hijab). Anyway it got a standing ovation at the end. Which I thought was odd. It was a good movie but was it that good? The opinion that he's a genius seems to be very widespread.
 
Reading the comments I keep feeling that people had the wrong expectation, especially concerning visuals.
Where we get multiple POV's in the book, Nolan's version mostly follows the viewpoint from Paul, a young, bored, lonely adolescent who perhaps half understands what is going on and struggles with the meaning of his dreams. The cenematic view reflects that. The real story, and character development from him as well as his mother, starts where Part I unsatisfactorily broke off. The lack of other POV does make the plot suffer.
But like Swank said, halfway though (perhaps even just a third through) is too early for definitive conclusions, certainly when the most interesting narrative developements have yet to start.
But I would agree that Part I taken on its own is not very convincing.
 
Despite being delayed a number of times due to the pandemic and a general pre-release skepticism surrounding it, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune ended up being a well-liked film when it dropped in 2021. And even with a same day release on then-HBO Max, it ended up making a $402 million in theaters and securing several nominations and wins during the awards circuit. So it wasn’t surprising when Warner Bros. gave the green light for a sequel to be made and set for a late 2023 release.

All the way back in 2021 when the sequel was first announced, Warner Bros. staked an October 20, 2023 release date for Dune: Part Two. But like its predecessor, it couldn’t help but being delayed: first to November 17, then to November 3, both as WB tried to account for fluctuating releases from other studios, namely Marvel’s Blade (then primed to release on November 3) and The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes and Trolls 3 (both hitting on November 17). A bit disappointing, but hey, at least we got a trailer and poster to make up for it, right?

Then the Hollywood strikes happened, and everything got thrown out of whack. Unwilling to cede ground to the striking writers and actors, WB and other studios decided to push a number of their late 2023 releases into 2024, Dune included. The sequel is now set to release in March 2024—at least, at time of writing and assuming another delay isn’t in the works should the actors continue striking. (In a few days, the WGA will have reached an agreement with studios a full month ago.) The film’s latest trailer was all the way back in late June, and WB has pretty much been quiet about it since—lead actor Timothée Chalamet only recently opened up about the film, and that was from an interview conducted months before the strikes began.

Regardless of when it ends up coming out, Dune: Part Two will end up being a big deal, simply because it’s a big movie starring a bunch of hot ticket actors like Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, and Austin Butler. But it’s interesting to see how delays and circumstances outside of the control of those working on it have ended up being a part of the legacy of these new Dune films. Hopefully it doesn’t continue to be a trend if more of Frank and Brian Herbert’s novels end up being adapted for the big screen.

Dune: Part Two is currently scheduled to release solely in theaters on March 15, 2024.
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Dune: Part 2 Should've Been Out This Weekend

The sequel to Denis Villeneuve's 2021 sci-fi epic has been hit with numerous delays throughout this year, and would've originally been in theaters right now.
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BAYLOR said:
Id lie to have seen it this weekend .
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We know that they have the 3+ hour version and there has been plenty of time to cut it shorter. So it's not a question about the strikes, because the filming has been done and they've edited stuff. It could have been this weekend very well. Now it's postponed and there's no other explanation than the strikes.
 
ctg said:
We know that they have the 3+ hour version and there has been plenty of time to cut it shorter. So it's not a question about the strikes, because the filming has been done and they've edited stuff. It could have been this weekend very well. Now it's postponed and there's no other explanation than the strikes.
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I wonder how this delay will have an effect Dune's Box Office.:unsure::(
 
BAYLOR said:
I wonder how this delay will have an effect Dune's Box Office.:unsure::(
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It will do nothing. It'll be another success, and March might be a better month for it anyway because it doesn't have to compete with all the other Christmas related stuff.
 
Elckerlyc said:
But like Swank said, halfway though (perhaps even just a third through) is too early for definitive conclusions, certainly when the most interesting narrative developements have yet to start.
But I would agree that Part I taken on its own is not very convincing.
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I felt the first half of the book was the best half. Less mumbo jumbo and had some interesting action and stuff about the houses.
 
The sequence you see in the Dune: Part Two trailer occurs on Feyd-Rautha’s 17th birthday (at least on the page). To commemorate the occasion, he is festively killing his 100th gladiatorial opponent.

It’s savage and barbaric, but at least to the cheering crowd, it looks defiantly brave. Before them is the presumed heir of the Baron’s title and power, and he is risking his life for their entertainment. Of course, the rich only play games with the poor if the dice is loaded.

As we read the chapter partially from Feyd-Rautha’s point-of-view, we learn that most of the gladiators he’s skewered in the past were drugged and set up to fail. On his birthday, however, he decided he wants to give the crowd a better show. So his opponent, one of Duke Leto Atreides’ men taken prisoner during the surprise attack on Arrakis, is stone cold sober when he fights Feyd-Rautha. Still, the slave does not have a poisoned dagger like the Harkonnen princeling, who needs but to scratch his foe to kill him. Additionally, and unbeknownst to the crowd, Feyd-Rautha’s men have brainwashed the opponent to freeze when Feyd utters a single word (“scum”). At which point, he’ll become easy pickings for either the poisonous dagger or the clean one.

To be released in 2024, it is impossible to watch Dune: Part Two’s scene and not think of the end of Gladiator
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Dune 2: Austin Butler’s Feyd-Rautha Echoes One of the Greatest Movie Villains

The new trailer for Dune: Part Two teases a better look at its most chilling villain: Austin Butler as Feyd-Rautha. And believe it or not, he has some real-life influences.
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Cool.

Still off-put by the use of guns and explosives. Shields, shields, shields.
 
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At a glance, even if you’re familiar with the broad strokes of the book, it might seem that nearly everything is covered in this trailer. We see the Emperor (Christopher Walken), Princess Irulan (Florence Pugh), and even good old Gurney (Josh Brolin.) What’s left? Well, this is what is brilliant about the rollout of Dune: Part Two so far; arguably, the biggest twist from the latter half of the book has been kept entirely secret. And that secret is — Alia Atreides, Paul’s baby sister who is pre-born with the memories of all her ancestors.
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Dune 2's Trailers Are Still Hiding the Book's Biggest Twist

Where's Alia Atreides in Dune: Part Two?
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I assumed that they didn't show Alia because she is kind of bombshell. So, again, this leads towards the part III because Villenue is using the timeline to split the book and consequences of putting Paul and his Mother in the desert. And I think he wants to show more of the action that is encapsulated in a few pages before Fremens hit the capital city. And again, in the same tone, I think the Part III is going to do justice as it's going to show more of the aftermath in a slower pacing, even though in the book it's only a handful of pages.
 
I’ve read the book but it may be worth putting spoiler tags over part 2 revelations:)
 
Perhaps, if these two do well enough...
 
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If you tell the story beyond book Dune, then include at least both Messiah and Children, to give it a decent ending.
 
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