Last November we had the opportunity to attend an exclusive twenty-minute screening of ‘Dune: Part II’, the highly anticipated second installment of the monumental adaptation of Frank Herbert’s science fiction classic that Denis Villeneuve is carrying out. Of course, it is early to give an opinion, but we can assure that there are reasons to think that This new installment could be even more stimulating than the first. We tell you why.

Via !movies@kbin.social

  • MeanEYE@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    When it comes to Hollywood expecting anything is a mistake, other than pandering. That one is a given these days.

  • mhague@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’ve only seen Frank Herbert’s Dune but I thought the new one was too quickly paced and consequently boring. It needed to be slowed down and allow the world of Dune to fully seep. There’s no chance that part two will fix this.

    • dustyData@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      My friend, it lasts two and a half hours and barely covers the first third of the first book. If it were any slower it would just be hours of shots of a rock being eroded by wind.

      • mhague@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I wouldn’t mind some ‘uncomfortably long’ shots of rocks or something after the more storyful scenes. Like a 20 minute segment with no dialogue. We don’t get enough of that.

        Would go great in a spiritual scifi whose protagonist is a planet.

    • ThrowawayOnLemmy@lemmy.world
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      Really? I mean it basically hit only half the story beats that Frank Herbert’s Dune did, and it was longer.

      Most people I know who complained about it complained about it being too slow at times and consequently boring. Not too fast. I personally thought it was fantastic, and I’m really looking forward to the second part.

    • livus@kbin.socialOP
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      1 year ago

      @mhague I had the opposite problem, I felt like the pacing was off because it drags in the second act. I still want to see part 2 though.

      • mhague@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I want to see the second too, the first’s visuals were interesting and even if I wanted it to be 3 hrs long it’s still more Dune.