bruce marshall 1,314 Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 1 minute ago, JNHFan2000 said: Where are the reviews that say Lynch's version is better? I have only seen reviews where it says that Lynch's version is inferior. I'm talking about customer reviews on Amazon and folks like Fart. I don't read critics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,489 Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 2 hours ago, JNHFan2000 said: Where are the reviews that say Lynch's version is better? Welcome to "Naïve Old Fart's Review Time". Today: which is the better DUNE? Villeneuve, or Lynch? Lynch! Thank you. 2 hours ago, bruce marshall said: I'm talking about customer reviews on Amazon and folks like Fart. That's "Naïve Old Fart", to you, sunny Jim. bruce marshall and A24 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,314 Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,489 Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 I have absolutely no idea what that means, but it's funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,314 Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 It's a personalized motor vehicle licence that slipped past the censors 9 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Welcome to "Naïve Old Fart's Review Time". Today: which is the better DUNE? Villeneuve, or Lynch? Lynch! Thank you. That's "Naïve Old Fart", to you, sunny Jim. I can't employ the " .." thingy Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,314 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Did anybody here see it in a true IMAX theater? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbu 123 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 2 hours ago, bruce marshall said: Did anybody here see it in a true IMAX theater? yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Yes, and it was visually glorious. badbu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,314 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Did it fill the screen or was it " letterboxed" or a combination? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbu 123 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 The screen was filled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,314 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Too bad they don't try to replicate the IMAX experience by at least presenting it in full screen 1:78. On a 45 inch screen 2:35 reduced the image size by twenty five percent. That's a lot! Maybe they will in the future. APOLLO 13 did that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,941 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 It could be that Villenueve believes the widescreen framing is the most well-composed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,314 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 I guess. Or, maybe he doesn't want to upset the ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO FANATICS ( OARF) 😉 I think most of it was filmed anamorphic. Also, it's a selling point to see it in IMAX theaters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,429 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 If it's like the two last Avengers movies, it may simply be an issue with IMAX not wanting yet to release it for whatever reason. I'm sure they'll release it at some point as part of their IMAX Enhanced catalog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,154 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 1 hour ago, bruce marshall said: Too bad they don't try to replicate the IMAX experience by at least presenting it in full screen 1:78. It's called framing. You might as well complain about the IMAX version cropping out everything that was visible around the camera when they shot it. 1 hour ago, bruce marshall said: On a 45 inch screen 2:35 reduced the image size by twenty five percent. That's a lot! How many percent is it on a 70 inch screen? Glóin the Dark, bruce marshall and Naïve Old Fart 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,266 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Christopher Walken to Play Emperor Shaddam IV in ‘Dune: Part Two’ JNHFan2000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,154 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 And Florence Pugh (only know here by name) as Irulan and Austin Butler (not familiar with him at all, but apparently I've seen him in OUATIH) as Feyd-Rautha. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,301 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 FLORENCE PUGH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,266 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 1 minute ago, Marian Schedenig said: And Florence Pugh (only know here by name) Dude Rent and watch MIDSOMMAR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,218 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Better still, watch Lady Macbeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,301 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 she will kill those three minutes of screentime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 I liked her in Little Women, even if she wasn't really right for the part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,266 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 She's very talented. Even in the MCU (she's in Black Widow and Hawkeye) she shines But MIDSOMMAR is both a really good movie and she's really good in it (watch the theatrical, not the extended version) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Couldn't pay me to watch that movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,266 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 I wasn't suggesting it to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,218 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 You say that about everything half decent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,154 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 30 minutes ago, Jay said: Rent and watch MIDSOMMAR! I'm kinda scared to. From what I've read it sounds like it could be hard to watch in a way similar to Requiem for a Dream. But I'm sure I'll see it someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,266 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 It deals directly with immense loss and the grief that results from it. It's pretty intense, strives to put you in that headspace kind of thing. But it's worth the ride! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted May 13, 2022 Author Share Posted May 13, 2022 10 hours ago, Marian Schedenig said: I'm kinda scared to. From what I've read it sounds like it could be hard to watch in a way similar to Requiem for a Dream. But I'm sure I'll see it someday. It was a complete non-event to me (and I loved his previous movie) so I'd say there's no reason to be scared. In a way Midsommar is more like a dark comedy with horror elements. Some people like that movies walk a fine line between comedy and horror but I'm not one of them. I didn't like Jordan Peele's Us (of the same year) either. Then again, movies can be different things on different days, so maybe a second watch will change my point of view. But so far, I don't feel the movie is inviting me to see it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,359 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Walken is obviously a powerhouse performer. And the movie is the movie. But Shaddam is supposed to look about Leto's age. Not that I ever had that complaint about Ferrer, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 17 hours ago, Marian Schedenig said: I'm kinda scared to. From what I've read it sounds like it could be hard to watch in a way similar to Requiem for a Dream. But I'm sure I'll see it someday. It isn't really. If anything, it shares the kind of unbearable ceremonial that we know from Salò. 18 hours ago, Glóin the Dark said: Better still, watch Lady Macbeth. I absolutely agree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Romão 2,274 Posted June 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2022 Lea Seydoux joins the cast as Lady Margot Fenring bruce marshall, Marian Schedenig and badbu 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,266 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 I like her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbu 123 Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Lea Seydoux, Florence Pugh <3 niceeeee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,489 Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 On 12/05/2022 at 8:37 PM, Marian Schedenig said: From what I've read it sounds like it could be hard to watch in a way similar to Requiem for a Dream. Hee, hee. The only thing that I remember about RFAD is Ellen Burstyn being menaced by a refrigerator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,941 Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 With so many star salaries, Part Two is going to have to make a helluva lot of money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,489 Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 It won't have Leto, or Duncan, or Piter, or Dr. Kynes, so they might save a couple of bob, there. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 59 minutes ago, Chen G. said: With so many star salaries, Part Two is going to have to make a helluva lot of money! Or .. star salaries aren't what they once were. After all, with the exception of Top Gun 2, 'movie star movies' are starting to become a thing of the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 22 hours ago, Jay said: I like her I love her She's also in the new Cronenberg movie. badbu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,941 Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 6 hours ago, AC1 said: Or .. star salaries aren't what they once were. Its not so much the salary but the precentage. I mean, come on, you don't put Chalamet, Ferguson, Brolin, Skarsgard, Bautista, Rampling, Zendaya, Bardem and now Walken, Pugh and Seydoux without giving each of them a cut and that's all fine and well but it means the profit needs to be a big one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,489 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 I wonder how much profit DUNE actually made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted June 23, 2022 Author Share Posted June 23, 2022 I wonder if everyone who watched Dune Part 1 will be back for Dune Part 2. If memory serves me right, fewer people came back to see The Empire Strikes Back, even though everyone said "OMG, it's much better than the first one". . Naïve Old Fart and Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,301 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 18 hours ago, AC1 said: Or .. star salaries aren't what they once were. After all, with the exception of Top Gun 2, 'movie star movies' are starting to become a thing of the past. Dune is literally a movie star movie. I'd say it's why a lot of people saw it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,489 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 On 12/05/2022 at 8:04 PM, Marian Schedenig said: ...Austin Butler...as Feyd-Rautha. No leather thongs, please. On 22/06/2022 at 12:20 AM, Romão said: My goodness, that's an awful get-up. Blonde haired people cannot pull off black, and...what is that... magenta? Fuchsia? Dreadful. DarthDementous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,941 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 4 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: I wonder how much profit DUNE actually made? As I understand it, very little. All the more reason why Part Two needs to be a big moneymaker. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,489 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Apparently, the average blockbuster has to make at least three times what it cost, to cover publicity. That would mean that DUNE made a loss of $50,000,000 to $60,000,000. Of course, that shortfall could easily be recouped with streaming, DVD, Blu Ray, and TV rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 20 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Apparently, the average blockbuster has to make at least [...] times what it spent, to cover publicity. How many times? 35 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: My goodness, that's an awful get-up. Blonde haired people cannot pull off black, and...what is that... magenta? Fuchsia? Dreadful. Regarding hair: I'm looking forward to be able to distinguish all the people that occur only in the second half of the old movie. Back then they only seemed to cast old men with white hair and I was like "who's that again" or "is that the same guy as in the previous scene". Now, by means of the new movie I could easily classify the characters from the old movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,489 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 20 minutes ago, Brundlefly said: How many times? That's "three" times. Thanks for pointing it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,301 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 32 minutes ago, Brundlefly said: How many times? Regarding hair: I'm looking forward to be able to distinguish all the people that occur only in the second half of the old movie. Back then they only seemed to cast old men with white hair and I was like "who's that again" or "is that the same guy as in the previous scene". Now, by means of the new movie I could easily classify the characters from the old movie. Hopefully it helps using reasonable character design, cinematography, dialogue, sound, music, editing, 'cause i think many movies forget this happens to some viewers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted June 23, 2022 Author Share Posted June 23, 2022 21 hours ago, Brónach said: Dune is literally a movie star movie. I'd say it's why a lot of people saw it. Really? To me it was definitely Villeneuve trying to recreate Frank Herbert's universe on the big screen. I don't think his movie rested on the shoulders or the fame of Chalamet or any other actor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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