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<blockquote data-quote="payn" data-source="post: 8435427" data-attributes="member: 90374"><p><strong>The skinny:</strong> Epic feel from start to finish in typical Villanueva fashion. Fairly faithful adaption that cuts in places that go mostly unnoticed, but could have used a little more exposition. I actually appreciated the loud as hell film score, maybe even more than the visuals, which are stunning.</p><p></p><p><strong>Additional thoughts:</strong></p><p>I loved Paul's little holo projector encyclopedia. I thought it was a great way it introduce exposition to the audience while keeping up the ambiance and not feeling like an info dump narration. I think a few more of these scenes would have helped. "Tell me about the emperor, tell me about House Harkonen, tell me...."</p><p></p><p>I didnt mind DV scaling back a little on Baron Harkonen. In the novel he has a ton of despicable habits that I dont think are necessary to build him up as a villain. I do wish we got a few more scenes with Harkonen teaching Rabban which would work as excellent exposition in keeping up the ambiance. Also, it would help flesh out the plot more for the uninitiated in Dune.</p><p></p><p>Also, a scene or two really could have been used to tell the story of Doc Yuewl a bit better. His betrayal is a big deal, but in this film its a blink of an eye.</p><p></p><p>I liked the scene with the emperor landing on Caladan, but wish we would have gotten to actually see the emperor. I think DV wanted to scale back the political intrigue, but again, it hurt the overall plot structure to the film. Which is my one big criticism of the film. Not enough explanation of what exactly is going on.</p><p></p><p>I think DV wanted to hand a big present to Dune fans, but he miscalculated the fans love of the lore about mentats and the political structure. In the end, fans of Dune lose a little bit of that fan service, and non-fans are likely to get a little lost in the big picture of Dune.</p><p></p><p>Just a few comments off the top of my head that stop <em>Dune</em> from being all out epic. Its still a hell of a movie and receives top marks from me in all other areas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="payn, post: 8435427, member: 90374"] [B]The skinny:[/B] Epic feel from start to finish in typical Villanueva fashion. Fairly faithful adaption that cuts in places that go mostly unnoticed, but could have used a little more exposition. I actually appreciated the loud as hell film score, maybe even more than the visuals, which are stunning. [B]Additional thoughts:[/B] I loved Paul's little holo projector encyclopedia. I thought it was a great way it introduce exposition to the audience while keeping up the ambiance and not feeling like an info dump narration. I think a few more of these scenes would have helped. "Tell me about the emperor, tell me about House Harkonen, tell me...." I didnt mind DV scaling back a little on Baron Harkonen. In the novel he has a ton of despicable habits that I dont think are necessary to build him up as a villain. I do wish we got a few more scenes with Harkonen teaching Rabban which would work as excellent exposition in keeping up the ambiance. Also, it would help flesh out the plot more for the uninitiated in Dune. Also, a scene or two really could have been used to tell the story of Doc Yuewl a bit better. His betrayal is a big deal, but in this film its a blink of an eye. I liked the scene with the emperor landing on Caladan, but wish we would have gotten to actually see the emperor. I think DV wanted to scale back the political intrigue, but again, it hurt the overall plot structure to the film. Which is my one big criticism of the film. Not enough explanation of what exactly is going on. I think DV wanted to hand a big present to Dune fans, but he miscalculated the fans love of the lore about mentats and the political structure. In the end, fans of Dune lose a little bit of that fan service, and non-fans are likely to get a little lost in the big picture of Dune. Just a few comments off the top of my head that stop [I]Dune[/I] from being all out epic. Its still a hell of a movie and receives top marks from me in all other areas. [/QUOTE]
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