I saw Dune on HBO Max and didn’t feel like I was missing out on an experience either. In fact the experience was improved because I got high first in the comfort of my own home. Not that I’ve never been to a movie theater high before, but that always brings the inevitable uncomfortable experience of having to buy…

We watched dune on HBO and now are determined to see it in a theater later in the run when we can catch a relatively unattended showing. Might be a longer tail on this one than movies that are less spectacular looking.

Real missed opportunity for a Duncan Idaho pun here.

“Dune dunks on the competition”

2une or in French Deuxne

Kul Wahad! Wow, I can’t believe I’m the first person to make this comment here, but: “The Spice Must Flow.” 

My dad said the same, lol.

This is what got the asses in the seats.

OMG! Like Beard’s episode from Ted Lasso.  That would have been fantastic, as well as a nice break from the six. 

I was disappointed by the portrayal of Lady Jessica. In the books she’s strong, independent and always in control, even when somewhat under the thumb of the Bene Gesserit. In this film she’s weepy and fearful and constantly talks in breathy whispers, probably one of my least favourite movie tropes. Literally nobody in…

1000+ Pimp points for Sting at the time.

No Emperor Shaddam IV! No Feyd-Rautha! No Hasimir Fenring! Not even a cursory ‘Hey Y’all!’ from Princess Irulan. I felt like I watched a 2 1/2 hour sizzle reel and all I got was a Harkonnen Dick Spider.

I saw Dune weeks ago. Did it just arrive in America? I thought we got the movie the same time.

While I think Ferguson gave a capable performance, I think she and the director let Jessica be a bit too... fragile, perhaps? At times she seems almost paralyzed by fear, which doesn’t feel right for the character. She’s supposed to be a badass Bene Gesserit with superhuman levels of discipline, complete command over…

I loved everything about it except Javier Bardem.  He sounded and acted like a Russian bum trying to sleep off a hangover.  WTF was he thinking?

All I remember of the 1984 version was Sting as Feyd Rautha.

I don’t know how I might have reacted had I never seen the ‘84 “Dune,” but as the remake ticked off the familiar plot points I became restless. I correctly guessed that the movie would end with Paul finally encountering the Fremen, and around the 90-minute mark I began to wonder how long it would take to reach the…

What a slog.

Yes, this. Villeneuve doesn’t really allow much room for weirdness. Alien worlds have never felt more familiar.

I *wish* it was weird.