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I Don't Care What Ya'll Say

🕑 Added 2024-02-12 02:28:57 +0000 UTC

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Henri J. Mertens

I was ready to turn it off, but then the 4th quarter and overtime was the most exciting football game I’ve seen in years

Matt C

I wish I could call it a flawed masterpiece but great art design doesn't make up for standard storytelling and miscast actors. (Ironically the most colorful performances come from actors playing secondary characters, ones with only one scene!) What is most surprising is the lack of negative reviews on YouTube. I had to go to unexpected places to find one. I enjoyed the nods to previous films, including Lynch's, but on the whole, with three already previously botched adaptations of the 'number one selling science fiction book of all time,' this film was a missed opportunity of some magnitude.

Carl

The NFL is all fixed and predetermined. Yes, I'm one of those.

Paul Todisco

I agree with everything you say. Villeneuve's Dune was too safe, stylistically and artistically. Nothing memorable there.

Dean Imperial

I totally prefer Lynch’s DUNE, I didn’t care for Villeneuve’s, actually. At all. Lynch’s DUNE 1000% has cult energy, some great scenes, great performances, genuine spookiness, daring imagery, texture and as for future cult status, benefits greatly from Villeneuve’s as a bridge to help make Lynch’s more digestible. It does have a future. Could care less about Dune 2. Or football. Never watch the Superbowl. Last night I watched Lumet’s THE VERDICT, twice in a row. This was my half-time: https://youtu.be/lB-Gacybj4A?feature=shared

Arthur Augustyn

I’m with you. I like Villeneuve and I like Dune the book but that movie is a 2/5 at best. Very heartless. The standout moment is when Idaho dies and you feel absolutely nothing because they haven’t built up his character at all. They also removed all the political intrigue and it feels like the climax lasts 90 minutes. My friend suggests Part 2 will have all the “good stuff” and Part 1 was necessary setup. I really doubt it. I don’t think anything in that first movie is successful.

Wolfman Brandon

Never was interested in seeing Dune anyway. For once, I would've willingly watched the Super Bowl without my dad making me watch it if my hometown Lions didn't fucking choke in the second half against the 49ers. I'm not a fan of football or this team but for the first time in my life after they beat L.A. and Tampa, I actually had faith in them and thought they were going to win it. That was one of, if not the biggest, choke job I've seen from a Detroit team in over 20 years of watching Detroit teams. When I say they did everything wrong in the second half, I mean EVERYTHING without hyperbole or exaggerating. The only one that might've been worse was the Tigers getting swept in the 2012 World Series which was ironically also against San Francisco. Also, you should've seen younger me rage back in 2006 when my Red Wings had one of the best regular seasons in NHL history only to lose in the first round to the 8th seed Edmonton Oilers.

Deepfocuslens

The sepia tone look felt dated. It lacked in the tactile richness of 2049. Which was also very Kafka-esque minimalist. But with some backbone. This felt empty.

Shane Palamara

Amen. I first watched it in a crappy theater in Hawaii and we were late so we had to sit in the front row. I had to bend the hell outta my neck look up at the screen and I was so bored. The aesthetic was cold and unoriginal, there wasn’t enough boldness to the violence, and sorry but I’m not a big fan of Timothee Chalamet. He just looks bored all the time and has a smug expression. He didn’t have the same charm as young Kyle MacLachlan. Jacob Elordi also has a bored, iPhone face but at least he can do exaggerated facial expressions to keep me interested in his characters, unlike Chalamet. I won’t be watching Part II….I’ll just stay over here and watch the original, and Hey Arnold during the super bowl lol.