04-30-2022, 06:17 AM
How did a guy in a distant galaxy get the name Idaho? Why won't the people wear their masks? How long is this film?
The battle of the MC and DC and SW universes was kind of a bore. I only read the book once and that was when the Yeti recommended it to me at Clean Well Lighted Place for Books. I didn't read the sequels because the same Yeti didn't recommend those books. Well, they weren't as good. It's been a long time since I was familiar with the plot. According to tQ, the movie was very faithful to the book. God, I hope not.
I didn't like Timothy Chalamet. I want my heroes to be a little more forceful and heroic. He just seemed to be pushed around by events. He wasn't very proactive. Must be nice to be the Chosen one.... Jason Mamoa seemed like every other Jason Mamoa. His delivery is always the same in every role he does. I spent a hell of a lot of time trying to remember Josh Brolin's name. I would look it up and then promptly forget it. That might be my problem not the movies. It would also be nice for Zendaya to talk with something different than her Spiderman High School voice. It's good her entire acting for this movie was her looking back over her should at Paul.
Sword fights! So many sword fights! Why does this advanced civilization use a sword as their primary weapon? I loved Thanos running at the head of the defenders towards the attackers waving his sword. "WITH ME!" That wasn't silly at all. Couldn't they find any defensive positions to fire at the invaders from? Oh, right. Swords.
Did I mention the sound? The score was great. The dialogue was horribly mixed. I think the most frequently heard sentence was " What did she say?" Lots of garble. I'm sure the sound was better in IMAX.
How about some dramatic tension? There was none. Hey look we are on Arrakis. Hey look the Harkonnen's are attacking. Hey look I'm lost in the desert looking for the Frenemon. The scenes all seemed disconnected. And maybe this is in the book, but why did the emperor kick the Harkonnens off Arrakis for the Atreides only to allow the Harkonnenss to attack the Atreides? If there was a stronger reason for this manipulation maybe, I don't know, tell it. You told everything else. So much exposition. So much. Which I understand. Lots to get through. But if in one scene, you talk about walking across the sand in a disconnected way so as not to attract the sandworms you don't have to give the exact same explanation in a later scene. We saw it the first time.
It did look pretty. the production design was good throughout. I liked the depiction of Baron Harkonnen. I liked the scene with head of the Jeseret. (Yes, when Timothy Chalamet asked what's in the Box, I immediately flashed to Brad Pitt screaming the same question from the movie Seven) I could sense the big scope scenes the director wanted us to see on the big screen. But there were plenty of small scenes that didn't require it.
To recap. There was a lot of dumb. It was tedious. Boredom is the mind killer.
The battle of the MC and DC and SW universes was kind of a bore. I only read the book once and that was when the Yeti recommended it to me at Clean Well Lighted Place for Books. I didn't read the sequels because the same Yeti didn't recommend those books. Well, they weren't as good. It's been a long time since I was familiar with the plot. According to tQ, the movie was very faithful to the book. God, I hope not.
I didn't like Timothy Chalamet. I want my heroes to be a little more forceful and heroic. He just seemed to be pushed around by events. He wasn't very proactive. Must be nice to be the Chosen one.... Jason Mamoa seemed like every other Jason Mamoa. His delivery is always the same in every role he does. I spent a hell of a lot of time trying to remember Josh Brolin's name. I would look it up and then promptly forget it. That might be my problem not the movies. It would also be nice for Zendaya to talk with something different than her Spiderman High School voice. It's good her entire acting for this movie was her looking back over her should at Paul.
Sword fights! So many sword fights! Why does this advanced civilization use a sword as their primary weapon? I loved Thanos running at the head of the defenders towards the attackers waving his sword. "WITH ME!" That wasn't silly at all. Couldn't they find any defensive positions to fire at the invaders from? Oh, right. Swords.
Did I mention the sound? The score was great. The dialogue was horribly mixed. I think the most frequently heard sentence was " What did she say?" Lots of garble. I'm sure the sound was better in IMAX.
How about some dramatic tension? There was none. Hey look we are on Arrakis. Hey look the Harkonnen's are attacking. Hey look I'm lost in the desert looking for the Frenemon. The scenes all seemed disconnected. And maybe this is in the book, but why did the emperor kick the Harkonnens off Arrakis for the Atreides only to allow the Harkonnenss to attack the Atreides? If there was a stronger reason for this manipulation maybe, I don't know, tell it. You told everything else. So much exposition. So much. Which I understand. Lots to get through. But if in one scene, you talk about walking across the sand in a disconnected way so as not to attract the sandworms you don't have to give the exact same explanation in a later scene. We saw it the first time.
It did look pretty. the production design was good throughout. I liked the depiction of Baron Harkonnen. I liked the scene with head of the Jeseret. (Yes, when Timothy Chalamet asked what's in the Box, I immediately flashed to Brad Pitt screaming the same question from the movie Seven) I could sense the big scope scenes the director wanted us to see on the big screen. But there were plenty of small scenes that didn't require it.
To recap. There was a lot of dumb. It was tedious. Boredom is the mind killer.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm