Recommend (or don't) a movie thread v2

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by nik-

Don't watch it then.

But make sure you tell everyone how much you think it sucks. That’s super important for attention.

[Weitz]

Discussion not allowed. Noted.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Weitz

Discussion not allowed. Noted.

Now you get it.

[zamler]

Dune felt very familiar, at first I thought well here we go a hollow copy of a copy. But as the film went on it became more and more incredible to the point of being completely enthralling. If they don't make part 2.......ugh.

Will be seeing this on the giant screen.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by Weitz

Meh. Not afraid to admit I’ve never heard of it. But the trailer didn’t evoke any excitement at all.

Ignorance shouldn't be something to be proud of

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

I mean, saying "wow, I didn't realize that Blade Runner was based on a Philip K. Dick story" is one thing. But Dune might be the single most well-known piece of sci fi writing in the history of books. The only real competition would be 1984 or Frankenstein (if that even counts)... can't really think of anything else that would be in the same conversation in terms of popularity.

It's just a weird thing to have missed.

[WhiteTiger]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

I mean, saying "wow, I didn't realize that Blade Runner was based on a Philip K. Dick story" is one thing. But Dune might be the single most well-known piece of sci fi writing in the history of books. The only real competition would be 1984 or Frankenstein (if that even counts)... can't really think of anything else that would be in the same conversation in terms of popularity.

It's just a weird thing to have missed.

People like different things in their lives. When the Fellowship of the Ring had first come out in theatres, I took my (first) wife to go see it. She quite enjoyed it, but noted that she didn't like how it ended, with Gandalf dying and it being "some kind of weird non-ending" that "left too many questions unanswered".

I just goggled at her for a minute, then I realized...she'd never read any of the 'Hobbit' books, so she didn't realize that FotR was the first of three. It happens. There are a lot of people out there with different tastes.

Me, personally...I've never read Dune. I tried once but found it excruciatingly boring (and I've read the unabridged Les Miserables novel), have looked over some plot summaries since and decided it's not interesting enough to me and my tastes to try again.

Same with Blade Runner, btw. I tried reading that and couldn't. I've watched about half of the movie, but got too bored to finish it.

But being surprised that someone isn't familiar with a book written in 1965, especially since it's not really been in any sort of pop culture spotlight since a pretty crappy movie attempt in 1984 seems rather...snobby.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

I know lots of people, like your wife, who didn’t know LOTR was a trilogy.

I know zero people who didn’t know it was based on a book.

[WhiteTiger]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

I know lots of people, like your wife, who didn’t know LOTR was a trilogy.

I know zero people who didn’t know it was based on a book.

And now you know of one (though that doesn't apply any longer, of course)

[afc wimbledon]

I read Dune as a teenager, strangely while I enjoyed it I never thought it was anything other than a good bit of escapism unlike Bradbury or Phillip K Dick.

The strange thing now is of course that the hero's in the book, nomadic desert tribesmen fighting against an oppressive colonial power who wish to ravage their land in pursuit of the raw material that allows all space travel, a thinly veiled reference to Oil in Saudi Arabia, takes on a whole new meaning after 9/11, I wonder if Osama is a weirding word?

[dammage79]

This iteration of Dune might be the best SciFi movies of the 20s.

But I'm definitely going to go see it in Imax. Can't miss it. Beautiful cinematography.

[Rhettzky]

Uncharted Trailer...

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

I know lots of people, like your wife, who didn’t know LOTR was a trilogy.

I know zero people who didn’t know it was based on a book.

Did a poll of my close friends and only 1 person had heard of Dune before.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Weitz

Did a poll of my close friends and only 1 person had heard of Dune before.

We have found the society of Those Who Live Under the Rock.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

We have found the society of Those Who Live Under the Rock.

Or we found the one CPer left who is still in high school?

[Fighting Banana Slug]

I know Dune was based on a book and I know a version of Dune was made in the '90s or so that was terrible. That is everything I know about Dune.

There will be plenty of people with limited knowledge of the subject and who will not care one way or another what the movie is like. Not a big deal.

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

We have found the society of Those Who Live Under the Rock.

I guess so. Not big sci fi fans.

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Or we found the one CPer left who is still in high school?

Just a couple decades ago.

[Engine09]

I rewatched the 1984 David Lynch Dune last year, was not great just as I remembered but I'm pretty excited to see the new one. Villeneuve is incredible, love everything he's done.

I'm still pissed that no one went to see a new Ridley Scott film which was very good, meanwhile Halloween Kills and Fast & Furious clean up. Barf.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Rhettzky

Uncharted Trailer...

I can't believe how they botched the casting for this film. Neither character resembles Nathan or Sully in mannerism or looks.

[Erick Estrada]

I watched Dune in the 80's when I was young and thought it sucked. Neither me or my friends really new much about it or the books so I can understand why a lot of people don't know much about it.