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LAS VEGASDebuting the high-budget sequel at this years CinemaCon, director Dennis Villeneuve confirmed Wednesday that Dune: Part Two will pick up right where viewers fell asleep during the first one.
I think audiences are going to love this installment, which continues the epic tale from the exact moment 30 minutes into the first Dune that everyone fell asleep, said the Canadian director, adding that movie fans who didnt yet see the first film will be able watch this one without missing a beat since audiences fell asleep very early into the two-and-a-half hour film.
Without giving too much away, it opens from the worm scene, which was the last thing everyone remembers before waking up to the HBO Max title screen. Youll see what happens to Oscar Isaac and Jason Momoa again because that all took place while you were curled up on the couch, deep in slumber. And if you doze off again through the whole Lisan al Gaib thing, just remember that essentially means Timothee Chalamet.
At press time, viewers offered mixed reviews on Villeneuves choice to include a blaring alarm clock sound every 20 minutes.
https://www.theonion.com/dune-part-two-to-pick-up-right-where-viewers-fell-as-1850378546
Floyd R. Turbo
(32,913 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(179,885 posts)I liked the Dune movie
Mr.Bill
(24,906 posts)LuvLoogie
(8,815 posts)I don't know how many more slo-mo, back-lit Zendaya shots I can take.
Nictuku
(4,658 posts).... I was bummed that I would have to wait for the next part.
I've read all the book (more than once), and enjoyed the first Dune movie when it came out. I liked the new one a lot better.
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First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...it's better than either film, in my opinion. Even better than the novel in some ways, especially the expanded role for Irulan. It's just very, very well done...
Nictuku
(4,658 posts)I hadn't ever heard of it, and I would have gone out of my way to see it.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...pretty sure it was a BBC production. It's very much worth seeking out.
highplainsdem
(62,170 posts)It's a very impressive film.
TlalocW
(15,675 posts)Dune the book was a slog to get through. I'm not even going to try the movie.
hunter
(40,693 posts)Thinking I'd missed something because of my youth and naivety, I read it again about 25 years later.
Nope. Still nothing.
Who are all these characters and why should I care?
Will I ever try reading Dune again? Will I ever watch the movie? Probably not.
Obviously people are seeing stuff in the novel that I don't. (I experience that a lot... Maybe that's how I got this autistic spectrum diagnosis.)
The book left me thinking it's too bad humans didn't become extinct before they left the solar system, before they spread their miseries across the stars.
That's neither here nor there, however, because I doubt faster-than-light travel is possible in this universe, and I don't think ordinary humans made out of meat will ever have a significant presence in space beyond low earth orbit.
TlalocW
(15,675 posts)And I am grateful for Dune for one thing - I often tell people my name is a killing word.
dickthegrouch
(4,528 posts)But I fall asleep at the 40 minute mark of most tv shows too. Even the ones I like. Thankfully I have a DVR and can rewind to watch the remainder.
Nictuku
(4,658 posts)electric_blue68
(26,873 posts)Prairie_Seagull
(4,693 posts)Earth-shine
(4,044 posts)I never read any of the books.
I liked the 1980s movie.
The recent Dune has fantastic imagery and an amazing Hans Zimmer soundtrack. It screams, it rocks, it reveres.
It was a great followup for Villeneuve after Bladerunner 2049, which I also found to be a fantastic movie with a killer soundtrack.