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The book. Even if it from reviews it doesn't leave out as much of the book as the 1984 movie (which is unintelligible unless you've read the book), it's still going to leave bits out that provide context to what's going on.
hopefully see the movie sooner rather then later
Dune was the first and about only fiction book I remember my dad reading. This was just before the 1984 movie came out so it might have been due to that. I hadn't read sci-fi at the time (10 at the time), but that piqued my interest, so I read it (and through to half way through the 5th book, but they got progressively worse and I gave up at that point). The following year had a friend start reading The Lord of the Rings, which got me hooked on Fantasy which has been my shtick ever since (don't start me on how much they've cut from The Wheel of Time).
Dad took us to see the 1984 movie when it came out, this time I (with wife and kids) will be wheeling him out him to see the new Dune movie, which will be his last in a theatre (as he's down to weeks or a handful of months if very lucky and with now community transmission with the rush to open up at only 80% won't be doing again). Has me thinking of the Superman quote - 'The son becomes the father. And the father, the son.'
Speaking of movies feeling like chapters in your life, saw No Time to Die last night at the movies, just the wife and I since kids now old enough to stay home alone. I've seen every one from Octopussy in the theatre, since my Nana got tired of seeing kids movies and took me to see it, thinking I'd like it. She was right and I always think of her when I see the latest, since she passed away. Now with
that really hits home even more. Dune and Bond are not the type of movies usually to yank the emotions, but these one's are for me right now.
Bond dying at the end
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i used to live in Russia. A hot wife didnt turn out to be all it cracked up to be.
i do have very good looking kids now though...pity they are crazy too.
i do have very good looking kids now though...pity they are crazy too.
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See the movie. You get to sit in a dark room and have it all blared out at you in audio and video. Pretty cool!
If you like BR2049 (I love it) you'll like Dune. Same sort of really well done storytelling and world building from Villeneuve and some awesome, real tactile feeling special effects and visuals despite the scale.
Just a forewarning for anyone too, it's very much a 'part one' to the point where I wonder why it hasn't been marketed as such.
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I'd recommend anyone who is considering seeing Dune and reading the books to make sure they see it while it's in the cinema. It's definitely a big screen worthy experience.
I was fortunate ebough to see it with my partner in Vmax a few weeks ago at an advance screening and absolutley loved it. Went out and got the book straight away. If anything, seeing the movie has enabled me to have a better grasp of the early stages of the book which are quite slow and filled with sci-fi jargon.
I was fortunate ebough to see it with my partner in Vmax a few weeks ago at an advance screening and absolutley loved it. Went out and got the book straight away. If anything, seeing the movie has enabled me to have a better grasp of the early stages of the book which are quite slow and filled with sci-fi jargon.
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Well of all the ****ing spoilers I wish I didn't click... Not that I was rushing out to see the film, but still.
'eh, how big a spoiler can it be?'
Well, the biggest. Bigger than when I spoiler RDR2 and GTA IV for myself.
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I've read the Dune series around 20 times I reckon - that & LOTR are staples you can go back to again and again. The ideas Herbert presented were simply mind-expanding for me as a teenager. The Lynch movie was fine, but I agree that if you hadn't read the books it would have been dumbfounding. Going with my son on Monday to see this latest flick - can't wait!
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Did she run off with Sam Hayes?
I get it now…it’s good old JimmyBlowChunks
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Good call actually. I'm not a big reader of scifi probably because the world building and lore translates better on screen for me (if it's a competent film). I guess some people love scifi and fantasy novels for that but I usually find that stuff to be a bit of a chore in text form.
But I'm the taller one as I told a fib - I'm actually 5' 7.5". And when I get drunk it's 5'8"
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I’m 5’6.5”. You are a full inch taller. It’s the Brazilian tax.But I'm the taller one as I told a fib - I'm actually 5' 7.5". And when I get drunk it's 5'8"
Drunk, I’m a 7-footer!
Consider yourself lucky GremioPower it's not the Columbian tax - you'd only be 4' 10" without a head
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Someone save Josh Giddey.
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What a pos.
I know the film was being made at a fairly remote location, but was there a high school nearby - maybe the shot came from there.
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He may or may not be a POS (ok he probably is) but saying that is just covering his arse for civil liability.
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That’s what makes him a POS in this scenario.
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