mic414
Joined Jul 2007
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Great science fiction that comes along only once in a decade. Everyone expects great visuals from movies these days, what set Dune apart is the soundtrack, absolutely phenomenal.
But Part Two has a pacing problem in my opinion. When I was watching it, I was telling myself around 2 hours: "Geez, I didn't know this is a trilogy? It's been great so far, but there's no way they can finish the story from here in 45 minutes." And they did. The end was rushed, it felt like the director was working on a masterpiece for 2 hours, then they tell him that you only have 45 minutes left, finish it quickly! Lynch had a much better build-up for the final battle scene and the Kwisatz Haderach motive in a much shorter film. It left me wanting, like what the heck, is that it?
We need a director's cut.
But Part Two has a pacing problem in my opinion. When I was watching it, I was telling myself around 2 hours: "Geez, I didn't know this is a trilogy? It's been great so far, but there's no way they can finish the story from here in 45 minutes." And they did. The end was rushed, it felt like the director was working on a masterpiece for 2 hours, then they tell him that you only have 45 minutes left, finish it quickly! Lynch had a much better build-up for the final battle scene and the Kwisatz Haderach motive in a much shorter film. It left me wanting, like what the heck, is that it?
We need a director's cut.
Brit Marling is the feminine reincarnation of David Lynch and David Cronenberg for the 2010s.
All her work is unique, thought provoking, intelligent and original. The OA is the best so far, same great qualities as previous films, but for the depth that she wants to explore, a longer TV show is a much better format.
It's a top-notch production in every respect. great acting from the whole cast, too. If you like art/independent movies, it's a must see, you will be delighted.
It's a top-notch production in every respect. great acting from the whole cast, too. If you like art/independent movies, it's a must see, you will be delighted.
... and yet, I see a mediocre rating on IMDB... what the heck?
So I read the reviews... some people complain it's not true to the original. It might not be, I've no idea, I haven't read the original stories, it wasn't a thing in my country, in my childhood. But the fact that the film departs from the original book, doesn't make it automatically bad. And in fact, it's a blast from beginning to end.
And then there are all those people who complain about insensitive humor and all... well, to them all I have to say are John Cleese's words:
"If people can't control their own emotions, then they have to start trying to control other people's behavior.' And when you're around super-sensitive people, you cannot relax and be spontaneous because you have no idea what's going to upset them next.
And that's why I've been warned recently don't go to most university campuses because the political correctness has been taken from being a good idea, which is let's not be mean in particular to people who are not able to look after themselves very well - that's a good idea - to the point where any kind of criticism of any individual or group could be labeled cruel.
And the whole point about humor, the whole point about comedy, and believe you me I thought about this, is that all comedy is critical. ... All humor is critical. If you start to say, 'We mustn't; we mustn't criticize or offend them,' then humor is gone. With humor goes a sense of proportion. And then as far as I'm concerned, you're living in '1984.'"
So I read the reviews... some people complain it's not true to the original. It might not be, I've no idea, I haven't read the original stories, it wasn't a thing in my country, in my childhood. But the fact that the film departs from the original book, doesn't make it automatically bad. And in fact, it's a blast from beginning to end.
And then there are all those people who complain about insensitive humor and all... well, to them all I have to say are John Cleese's words:
"If people can't control their own emotions, then they have to start trying to control other people's behavior.' And when you're around super-sensitive people, you cannot relax and be spontaneous because you have no idea what's going to upset them next.
And that's why I've been warned recently don't go to most university campuses because the political correctness has been taken from being a good idea, which is let's not be mean in particular to people who are not able to look after themselves very well - that's a good idea - to the point where any kind of criticism of any individual or group could be labeled cruel.
And the whole point about humor, the whole point about comedy, and believe you me I thought about this, is that all comedy is critical. ... All humor is critical. If you start to say, 'We mustn't; we mustn't criticize or offend them,' then humor is gone. With humor goes a sense of proportion. And then as far as I'm concerned, you're living in '1984.'"