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This is a thread for discussing the SF movie Dune (2021).
Please post your opinions and reviews of the movie here, which may contain spoilers.
There will be spoilers in this thread so please don't read it
if you haven't seen the movie and don't like it spoiled!
My short review:
I really liked it. I think it was the best SF movie I've seen since quite some time ago.
The casting and the acting was very good, and the cinematography was excellent.
As a Dune fan I was of course already very familiar with the story, and I wonder
how my impression of the movie would have been if I did not know the story.
Two things that I also paid attention to and found interesting when I saw the movie
was (1) the soundtrack and (2) the general atmosphere of the movie.
The soundtrack sounded quite unusual and a bit "alien", which I thought gave the
movie an extra touch of feeling "otherworldy". Here's a clip where the composer
described working with many different recordings of unusual sound sources to
make it more "alien", and I think he succeeded with this:
How Hans Zimmer's Genius Made ‘Dune’ a Musical Masterpiece — Supporting Players
I felt that the atmosphere was quite unusual for a SF movie.
There was sometimes a strong medieval feel to it, which I can't remember having seen
so accentuated before in a SF movie (well, there are some semi-medieval things in
Star Wars, but in my opinion they are more like "sword & sorcery" and "high fantasy").
The portrayal of House Atreides had a strong medieval feel to it (the settings, scenes and ceremonies).
The portrayal of the Bene Gesserit also had a medieval feel to it, and there is a clip where the director
breaks down the scene with the needle test ("Gom Jabbar") and describes that he tried to
make them feel a bit like medieval nuns:
'Dune' Director Denis Villeneuve Breaks Down the Gom Jabbar Scene | Vanity Fair
Also, I think the cinematography of the use of "The Voice" was excellent, and very cool.
And Charlotte Rampling gets a big extra plus from me as the Reverend Mother. She felt cunning and scary.
I very much look forward to the next movie!
Please post your opinions and reviews of the movie here, which may contain spoilers.
There will be spoilers in this thread so please don't read it
if you haven't seen the movie and don't like it spoiled!
My short review:
I really liked it. I think it was the best SF movie I've seen since quite some time ago.
The casting and the acting was very good, and the cinematography was excellent.
As a Dune fan I was of course already very familiar with the story, and I wonder
how my impression of the movie would have been if I did not know the story.
Two things that I also paid attention to and found interesting when I saw the movie
was (1) the soundtrack and (2) the general atmosphere of the movie.
The soundtrack sounded quite unusual and a bit "alien", which I thought gave the
movie an extra touch of feeling "otherworldy". Here's a clip where the composer
described working with many different recordings of unusual sound sources to
make it more "alien", and I think he succeeded with this:
How Hans Zimmer's Genius Made ‘Dune’ a Musical Masterpiece — Supporting Players
I felt that the atmosphere was quite unusual for a SF movie.
There was sometimes a strong medieval feel to it, which I can't remember having seen
so accentuated before in a SF movie (well, there are some semi-medieval things in
Star Wars, but in my opinion they are more like "sword & sorcery" and "high fantasy").
The portrayal of House Atreides had a strong medieval feel to it (the settings, scenes and ceremonies).
The portrayal of the Bene Gesserit also had a medieval feel to it, and there is a clip where the director
breaks down the scene with the needle test ("Gom Jabbar") and describes that he tried to
make them feel a bit like medieval nuns:
'Dune' Director Denis Villeneuve Breaks Down the Gom Jabbar Scene | Vanity Fair
Also, I think the cinematography of the use of "The Voice" was excellent, and very cool.
And Charlotte Rampling gets a big extra plus from me as the Reverend Mother. She felt cunning and scary.
I very much look forward to the next movie!
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