http://theplaylist.net/denis-villene...dune-20170201/
Seems this is official now.
http://theplaylist.net/denis-villene...dune-20170201/
Seems this is official now.
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- Dark (S3) ✦✦✦½ [-]
- Fall (Mann, 2022) ✦✦✦½ [-]
- Ms. Marvel (S1) ✦½ [+]
- Dark (S2) ✦✦✦✦
- Moon Knight (S1) ✦✦½ [-]
- Get Carter (Hodges, 1971) ✦✦✦½ [+]
- Prey (Trachtenberg, 2022) ✦✦✦ [-]
- Black Bird (S1) ✦✦✦✦
- Better Call Saul (S6) ✦✦✦½ [+]
- Halo (S1) ✦✦✦ [-]
- Slow Horses (S1) ✦✦✦½ [+]
- H4Z4RD (Govaerts, 2022/BE) ✦✦½ [-]
- Gangs of London (S1) ✦✦✦½ [+]
- We Own This City (S1) ✦✦✦½ [+]
- Thor: Love and Thunder (Waititi, 2022) ✦✦ [+]
So DV is the new JJ?
Blah.
Two films- because of of course.
https://theplaylist.net/denis-villen...ilms-20180309/
As good as this will be, it's going to bomb so hard.
Last Five Films I've Seen (Out of 5)
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse (Mackesy, 2022) 4.5
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (Crawford, 2022) 4
Confess, Fletch (Mottola, 2022) 3.5
M3GAN (Johnstone, 2023) 3.5
Turning Red (Shi, 2022) 4.5
Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953) 5
615 Film
Letterboxd
It seems that movies have to pretty damn stupid to have box office success these days.
Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***
I just try to remind myself that Irwin Allen style disaster movies were the most reliable grossers in the early '70s.Quoting Spinal (view post)
I dunno. The highest grossing movie in 1987 was Three Men and a Baby.Quoting Spinal (view post)
Sure why not?
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (Rian Johnson) - 9
STRONGER (David Gordon Green) - 6
THE DISASTER ARTIST (James Franco) - 7
THE FLORIDA PROJECT (Sean Baker) - 9
LADY BIRD (Greta Gerwig) - 8
"Hitchcock is really bad at suspense."
- Stay Puft
Dave Bautista joins cast.
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- Dark (S3) ✦✦✦½ [-]
- Fall (Mann, 2022) ✦✦✦½ [-]
- Ms. Marvel (S1) ✦½ [+]
- Dark (S2) ✦✦✦✦
- Moon Knight (S1) ✦✦½ [-]
- Get Carter (Hodges, 1971) ✦✦✦½ [+]
- Prey (Trachtenberg, 2022) ✦✦✦ [-]
- Black Bird (S1) ✦✦✦✦
- Better Call Saul (S6) ✦✦✦½ [+]
- Halo (S1) ✦✦✦ [-]
- Slow Horses (S1) ✦✦✦½ [+]
- H4Z4RD (Govaerts, 2022/BE) ✦✦½ [-]
- Gangs of London (S1) ✦✦✦½ [+]
- We Own This City (S1) ✦✦✦½ [+]
- Thor: Love and Thunder (Waititi, 2022) ✦✦ [+]
Fun with stats: Lynch's Dune, when translated to 2017 dollars, would have made about $80 million, which is roughly equivalent to last year's The Mummy.
Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***
I hope he gets to film back to back so they have to let him release both.
"Dune" is the genre filmmaker's white whale (to mix a metaphor). Better men than DV have attempted it and failed miserably. The book is too wide, covers too much ground, and is too interior to make a good film, or even a good miniseries.
I expect this'll be a pretty and colorful clusterfuck of half-formed ideas and wayward plot, much like BR:2049.
I started watching the Lynch movie today before I had to go out and shovel snow, and damn is the world building excellent. I fucking LOVE how this movie looks.
It's a great looking film. But then people start to talk.Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
There is a lot to love about Lynch's Dune, even if Lynch himself doesn't like it.
It was nominated for an Oscar. Can you guess the category?
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Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***
Hard pass.
Just because...
The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild
The last book I read was...
The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain
The (New) World
Stellan Skarsgard will play a major villain.
https://www.empireonline.com/movies/...-dune-villain/
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- Dark (S3) ✦✦✦½ [-]
- Fall (Mann, 2022) ✦✦✦½ [-]
- Ms. Marvel (S1) ✦½ [+]
- Dark (S2) ✦✦✦✦
- Moon Knight (S1) ✦✦½ [-]
- Get Carter (Hodges, 1971) ✦✦✦½ [+]
- Prey (Trachtenberg, 2022) ✦✦✦ [-]
- Black Bird (S1) ✦✦✦✦
- Better Call Saul (S6) ✦✦✦½ [+]
- Halo (S1) ✦✦✦ [-]
- Slow Horses (S1) ✦✦✦½ [+]
- H4Z4RD (Govaerts, 2022/BE) ✦✦½ [-]
- Gangs of London (S1) ✦✦✦½ [+]
- We Own This City (S1) ✦✦✦½ [+]
- Thor: Love and Thunder (Waititi, 2022) ✦✦ [+]
Oscar Isaac as Duke Leo Atreides. Cast is getting super good.
"How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home wine-making course and forgot how to drive?"
--Homer
Javier Bardem is in as Stilgar. And whispers of Zendaya as Chani.
"How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home wine-making course and forgot how to drive?"
--Homer
Josh Brolin joins!
This movie is going to fuck.
Lynch's Dune had a great cast too ... just sayin'
Yeh but the movie as a whole is a slog.Quoting Irish (view post)
And this one could be too. I meant to imply a good cast doesn't necessarily mean a good movie, much less one that "fucks."Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
So what am I missing? Is your excitement about the casting so far or are you a bigger "Dune" fan than I knew?
Dune is a lesser kind of Logans Run, in that I desperately want to love it, but end up recognizing it's a shit film that I love more for its fearless brazen testicle flopping absurdity than it actually being a good film. Both are prime real estate for remake as we've seen the areas for improvement that may make a good whole. Dune may border on unadaptable though, at least in single film form.
Good point.Quoting Irish (view post)
I dunno, Villeneuve has a style that I totally dig, even though it would likely be as slow paced as Blade Runner.
I'm not hugely knowledgeable of Dune, but I'm loving this cast and I've enjoyed DV movies I've seen. Plus, the prospect of a giant tentpole sci-fi to watch on a big screen has me ready to have fun.
"How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home wine-making course and forgot how to drive?"
--Homer