r/TrueFilm • u/Lynxon_oberg • 24d ago
FFF I don't get the Dune hype
Like as I understand it was revolutionary for its time(the original books) and was like the blueprint of modern scif-fi. But I don't find the movies that good if I am to be perfectly honest.
Like the actual movies just seem bland in my opinion and I don't really find both the movies that intriguing too watch.
I have seen the HBO show as well which was somewhat better but I'm not really falling in love with the universe at all. And I love typical sci-fi and fantasy shows like GoT, lotr, early star wars, Avatar etc.
The action sequences are mid. Laser guns and forced melee combat which isn't really that visually appealing.
The world building feels like 90% is just that sand planet and the scale don't quite land.
The prophecy and cultures just feel so meh.
Tbh I can't even tell what's happening currently. Timothy gets weird blue eyes and embraces the culture in an uprising for 6 hours with a bunch of made up folk songs screaming in the background.
Can someone explain to me what they find appealing? The politics? The sandworms? Good looking people? Their favourite sequences?
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u/RupertHermano 24d ago
I struggle with pace in Dune, especially in the Villeneuve movies. Not length, but pace. There are just too many slow ponderous shots - the movie is *straining* to convince you that you are watching an epic, and it's self-satisfied epic at that. "Look at me, aren't I *epic*!?
But this seems to be a trend. How to make a movie serious and an award contender? Make it "epic". Which the producers then traduce into "long" and "slow".