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There's a lot to like about Villeneuve's Dune, but spending millions of dollars to make everything look like a level from Mass Effect 1 isn't one of them
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Nothus posted:Seriously, the reason why people like it is that it throws in more references for book-readers than the Lynch film. That seems unlikely to me. I doubt that even a majority of people who saw the movie had read the book beforehand
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Oct 31, 2023 23:04
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Sicario looks cool as hell and seems mostly good until you see Sicario 2 and read interviews about it. Maybe the only movie actually ruined by the sequel. Although it looks like Villeneuve wasn't around for 2 so maybe he was the one saving grace.
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Oct 31, 2023 23:08
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Gripweed posted:That seems unlikely to me. I doubt that even a majority of people who saw the movie had read the book beforehand i read the book right before the movie came out (coincidentally, i didnt even know there was a dune movie coming out until the cover on audable changed into timothee chalamet's face and he's correct. its a relatively faithful adaptation esp by comparison to lynch
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Oct 31, 2023 23:09
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i’ve not read the books but i understand the reason the series is so loved is becuse the later novels are off the wall insane fun?
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Oct 31, 2023 23:10
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Parakeet vs. Phone posted:Sicario looks cool as hell and seems mostly good until you see Sicario 2 and read interviews about it. Maybe the only movie actually ruined by the sequel. Although it looks like Villeneuve wasn't around for 2 so maybe he was the one saving grace. the first sicario wasn't all that great either, it mostly revolves around emily blunt's character being really lovely at her job
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Oct 31, 2023 23:12
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Wolfsheim posted:Villeneuve is fascinating because he has almost an even split of bad films and good films but no one can ever agree which are which, probably because even the bad ones look really cool The good ones are Bladerunner 2049, Arrival, and Dune and I ain't seen the other 3. Hmmm, maybe I should watch the other 3.
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Oct 31, 2023 23:12
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Jel Shaker posted:i’ve not read the books but i understand the reason the series is so loved is becuse the later novels are off the wall insane fun? naw anyone who has read Dune has probably only ever read the first one. It is a pretty good book. they do get increasingly whackier but it's an increasingly sharp drop-off in readership.
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Oct 31, 2023 23:13
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i watched arrival a couple of weeks ago and it is one of the dumbest movies ive ever seen
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Oct 31, 2023 23:17
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Jel Shaker posted:i’ve not read the books but i understand the reason the series is so loved is becuse the later novels are off the wall insane fun? they go off the walls after the 2nd book
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Oct 31, 2023 23:17
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the linguistics in arrival work off of the same principle as an american tourist speaking english to a local, then shouting it louder to make them understand
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Oct 31, 2023 23:19
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Al! posted:i read the book right before the movie came out (coincidentally, i didnt even know there was a dune movie coming out until the cover on audable changed into timothee chalamet's face and he's correct. its a relatively faithful adaptation esp by comparison to lynch He didn't say it's a more accurate adaptation. What he said was Nothus posted:Seriously, the reason why people like it is that it throws in more references for book-readers than the Lynch film.
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Oct 31, 2023 23:19
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dune is a fun sci fi series, if you have the chance you should read the first book its not really a hard read but its kind of long
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Oct 31, 2023 23:19
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Gripweed posted:He didn't say it's a more accurate adaptation. What he said was i dont know what distinction youre trying to establish here and i dont care
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Oct 31, 2023 23:20
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Nothus posted:Seriously, the reason why people like it is that it throws in more references for book-readers than the Lynch film. The awful 2000's era SciFi adaptation is better. I've never read the book and had only the unwatchable Lynch version to compare it to but it was a raucous good time, given how big a fan he is of having a bunch of plots that don't really mesh together together I was surprised by how clean it was when he just did 'what if star wars but torture, genocide and lies' Parakeet vs. Phone posted:Sicario looks cool as hell and seems mostly good until you see Sicario 2 and read interviews about it. Maybe the only movie actually ruined by the sequel. Although it looks like Villeneuve wasn't around for 2 so maybe he was the one saving grace. Sicario is the biggest example of 'this looks really cool but is totally incoherent' Turning it into Mission Impossible: Mexico or whatever they're trying to do now is the right call because leaning into the cartoon action movie is the only way to make sense of it
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Oct 31, 2023 23:20
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Jel Shaker posted:i’ve not read the books but i understand the reason the series is so loved is becuse the later novels are off the wall insane fun? The first three novels are good. The next three are less so, but they do get more insane. Skip everything his failson had a hand in.
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Oct 31, 2023 23:21
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the wheel of time adaption is also really bad
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Oct 31, 2023 23:21
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AnimeIsTrash posted:the wheel of time adaption is also really bad the video game????
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Oct 31, 2023 23:22
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AnimeIsTrash posted:the wheel of time adaption is also really bad That we can agree on lol
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Oct 31, 2023 23:26
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Al! posted:i dont know what distinction youre trying to establish here and i dont care "The movie is an accurate adaptation" and "People liked the movie because it was an accurate adaptation" seem like pretty obviously distinct and different statements? To me at least, I dunno, if you're having trouble maybe try reading them again?
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Oct 31, 2023 23:28
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well the guys obviously wrong. dune ftw imo
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Oct 31, 2023 23:29
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Al! posted:dune ftw imo I'm going to nitpick it up like a big nerd, but I can't complain too much when someone blows millions of dollars on one of my favorite scifi franchises
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Oct 31, 2023 23:32
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insane clown pussy posted:the first sicario wasn't all that great either, it mostly revolves around emily blunt's character being really lovely at her job It goes on the pile of something that seemed intentional but maybe wasn't. Like, it seems like a clever thing that they got a generic gung-ho cop who's too dumb to pick up on what's going on. And as soon as the other agent steps in he points out that obviously she's just there to let the CIA do hosed up CIA poo poo, but it's too late. But, eh. I feel like the first one made sense overall. Bleak thing about a cop buying into the tough guy rhetoric and wanting to take down the cartels only to find out that, lol, nah we just want a pick a guy and have him win. But then 2's just a loving mess, I don't think it even works as a Dad movie.
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Nov 1, 2023 00:31
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If you want to watch good sci Fi check out pantheon (2022) (These posts will continue until I see you fuckers in the tviv thread so more people will talk about Pantheon (2022) with me)
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Nov 1, 2023 00:52
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Nothus posted:I'm going to nitpick it up like a big nerd, but I can't complain too much when someone blows millions of dollars on one of my favorite scifi franchises It's so loving bad but I'm just happy we got Dune memes. The problem with every Dune movie is that the most filmable stuff is boring and the best parts of the book are insanely unfilmable. Also everyone involved with Dune adaptations are cowards for not even trying after book 2. Supposedly Villeneuve eventually will but you know he won't.
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Nov 1, 2023 00:58
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I like arrival yeah the china stuff was awful but it’s american cinema of course it’s going to be awful
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Nov 1, 2023 01:00
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AnimeIsTrash posted:the wheel of time adaption is also really bad it's about as good as I expected it to be, and about as good as it deserves
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Nov 1, 2023 01:37
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I liked the Radio War Nerd take on the new Dune: why go through the trouble of making this huge production if you're going to create something so bland and sterile? The Lynch version is just OUT THERE and is more concerned with telling a wild tale than sticking to the source material. the super soldier battle ritual was really cool tho. I listened to the audiobook version before watching the new movie and I think that was much betterCentrist Committee posted:I like arrival yeah, it's a good enough movie. whenever I see that kind of stuff I just register it as projection and move on Fleetwood has issued a correction as of 02:00 on Nov 1, 2023 |
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Nov 1, 2023 01:56
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Gumball Gumption posted:It's so loving bad but I'm just happy we got Dune memes. The problem with every Dune movie is that the most filmable stuff is boring and the best parts of the book are insanely unfilmable. Also everyone involved with Dune adaptations are cowards for not even trying after book 2. Supposedly Villeneuve eventually will but you know he won't. 100% Someday, someone will try to make a movie out of God Emperor
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Nov 1, 2023 02:23
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more like poop culture
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if you thought Arrival was a bad movie because China and was "the bad guy" you're a politics poisoned weirdo
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Nov 1, 2023 02:31
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Scionix posted:if you thought Arrival was a bad movie because China and was "the bad guy" you're a politics poisoned weirdo just regular, innocuous xenophobia
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Nov 1, 2023 02:33
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i say swears online posted:just regular, innocuous xenophobia oh yeah for sure man
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Nov 1, 2023 02:34
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Scionix posted:if you thought Arrival was a bad movie because China and was "the bad guy" you're a politics poisoned weirdo Syq
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Nov 1, 2023 02:36
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Scionix posted:if you thought Arrival was a bad movie because China and was "the bad guy" you're a politics poisoned weirdo it's actually bad because it's 90% dialogue and that dialogue is dumb as poo poo. i think the time to "well THAT just happened" was 15 minutes?
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Nov 1, 2023 02:37
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Majorian posted:I boycotted it because I thought Jared Leto sucks and wouldn't you know it, I was right. Fun fact: that part was originally made for David Bowie. Not sure why they went so out of the way to miscast it later
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Nov 1, 2023 02:39
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arrival was very forgettable. now if you want a good movie from 2016, try The Handmaiden by Park Chan-wook
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Nov 1, 2023 02:41
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Whirling posted:arrival was very forgettable. now if you want a good movie from 2016, try The Handmaiden by Park Chan-wook You mean The Nice Guys
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Nov 1, 2023 02:44
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Scionix posted:if you thought Arrival was a bad movie because China and was "the bad guy" you're a politics poisoned weirdo it was a bad movie for a lot of other reasons too
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AnimeIsTrash posted:the wheel of time adaption is also really bad i say swears online posted:it's about as good as I expected it to be, and about as good as it deserves i'm generally pretty positive about trash because my expectations are so low and there are few good bits but overall it's like just a step above hercules and xena. check out the book barn thread for goons jizzing over an evil wizard walking through town shooting fireballs at the scenery with all the cinematography of a 2D 80's jrpg
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