harriet the spy
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Incendies is probably my least liked movie of his
ok maybe it's enemies or arrival
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Denis Villeneuve eyed by Legendary to helm the Dune movie
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Rumblebones
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Prisoners was dope.
Sicario was amazing.
Arrival was complete whatever.
Blade Runner 2049 looks very promising.
Still want to see the rest of his filmography, but Villeneuve seems like a great fit.
Sicario was amazing.
Arrival was complete whatever.
Blade Runner 2049 looks very promising.
Still want to see the rest of his filmography, but Villeneuve seems like a great fit.
The Elite
BOSS
Bow to your new master.
I think I've grown out of the Nol-man.
There was a time when I would consider Batman Begins in my top 10.
There was a time when I would consider The Dark Knight in my top 10.
Nowadays I consider The Prestige to be his best movie, but it's nowhere among my favorites.
Took you that long to get the same place I was all along eh?
HeisenbergWW62
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I agree with this actually. I'm still a fan, i still enjoy (to various degrees) all his films, and I still look forward to anything he does, but he never crosses my mind anymore when I think of the top directors
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Funny how much GAF likes this guy now, but I wanted to discuss Enemy a while ago and nobody cared, lol. Does all this adoration mean people have gone back and watched Enemy and found out how awesome it is? Hope so.
Episode 10!!!
sunshine and gasoline
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Make this happen pls, movie gods.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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I still get a little jittery thinking about that goddamned spider at the end.
Glass Rebel
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Nobody said that.
I wouldn't say that I love his films (still looking forward to Arrival), but his direction is pretty good. About Sicario, I felt quite meh about it to be honest mainly because the story didn't interest me.
Having seen this recently I rather think about the beginning with the weird club, which was really strange at the beginning.
AuthenticM
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Make sure to read all of Herbert's Dune books. God Emperor is amazing.
I would say do it in this order: Sicario, Incendies, Prisoners, Polytechnique, Enemy, Arrival. If you become a fan, then you can watch Maelstrom and Un 32 août sur Terre.
FTFY
i would stop at God Emperor.
And I will watch the fuck out of this movie but this is a really tough one to make into a movie. I always loved the Lynch movie. Really nailed the look and feel of certain parts of the book.
Discotheque
Banned
Dunkirk prologue was incredible though. 4 minutes better than all of Rogue One following it, I didn't expect it to be that tense.
But then his TDKR prologue was cool too so who knows. But I walked away from this one anticipating it a lot now. And it will be harder to fuck up a script based on a WW2 event with so much exposition.
I'll always prop up Jonathan Glazer.
He took that Kubrick inspiration too far though, and decided to mimic his release ratio, too.
Motherfucker would be much bigger if it wasn't for that, I'm sure.
He's about the same age as Villaneuve, too.
Robot Pants
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He needs to do a dumb and dumber sequel with buckethead doing the soundtrack. Then he can retire as champ
Discotheque
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i've only seen 2 of Glazer's movies so far but he seems a lot less populist than Villeneuve. Even kubrick had a broader reach of audiences.
Hella interesting director though.
Hella interesting director though.
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Steve.1981
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Still haven't gotten around to watching any of this guy's films yet. Always thought Prisoners looked really good, I need to get on that soon.
About Dune; When it finally happens, I hope to god they make it in 2 parts. There's too much good stuff that needs cut out to fit the story into 1 standalone film. Don't think a trilogy is necessary though.
It'll be very interesting to see what tone they go with as well. And what kind of budget it gets. The absolute worst thing that could happen is if someone tries to go chasing the billion dollar, PG-13 rated blockbuster franchise dream with it. That would be a damn shame, Dune is not suitable for that kind of treatment.
What?!
Man... Heretics and Chapterhouse are awesome, don't deny anybody the pleasure of discovering them!
In fact, I'd say Heretics is the 2nd best book overall. (It's my personal favourite)
About Dune; When it finally happens, I hope to god they make it in 2 parts. There's too much good stuff that needs cut out to fit the story into 1 standalone film. Don't think a trilogy is necessary though.
It'll be very interesting to see what tone they go with as well. And what kind of budget it gets. The absolute worst thing that could happen is if someone tries to go chasing the billion dollar, PG-13 rated blockbuster franchise dream with it. That would be a damn shame, Dune is not suitable for that kind of treatment.
What?!
Man... Heretics and Chapterhouse are awesome, don't deny anybody the pleasure of discovering them!
In fact, I'd say Heretics is the 2nd best book overall. (It's my personal favourite)
gutter_trash
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Uhm, I guess you're right.
Though I'd say Under the Skin is particularly abrasive in style.
I think anyone can enjoy Sexy Beast and Birth.
Discotheque
Banned
yeah i take that back, sexy beast was pretty breezy and accessible. still gotta get on Birth.
Under the Skin tho...dope movie but it went full man from earth on us. Saw a few walkouts in the theater lol.
edit: man who fell to earth
Under the Skin tho...dope movie but it went full man from earth on us. Saw a few walkouts in the theater lol.
edit: man who fell to earth
Get to it man, the movie feels like it's part of the Eyes Wide Shut cinematic universe.
Plus its got an amazing score from Desplat.
My favorite of his, probably next to Tree of Life's.
Movie studios have recently adapted pretty short books like the third Hunger games into 2 films, and of course The Hobbit was horrifically drawn out, of course this will be a 5 picture deal!
nelsonroyale
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Never seen any of this guys stuff, but read the books and enjoyed the lynch movie, despite its rather bizarre visual mash up.
Hopefully, they don't conform too much the modern humour troupes...I am tired of corny hollywood one liners...
Hopefully, they don't conform too much the modern humour troupes...I am tired of corny hollywood one liners...
I was not a fan.
To me the books were about the Atreides and Harkonnens and that awesome world that Herbert created. It was already very far removed from that with God Emperor but there is still an element of it there with the giant ass worm. The first book to me was and remains the best. There was no villain as awesome as the Baron and Paul remained my favorite protagonist.
Once you get to the last two books it is so far removed from that universe and some of the stuff was getting a little too crazy for me (conquering planets with space whores sounds like a fantastic idea but it is difficult to pull off).
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Steve.1981
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Which is totally cool, of course. I just loved the way Frank Herbert was brave enough to do what he did with God Emperor, and then skilled enough to continue the overall story of the Dune universe with a new plot and characters (and it does still tie in with the original conflict between Atreides and Harkonnen, in some ways). I think he really wanted to move on from Paul, and it shows because there's an energy and freshness to Heretics that makes it a great read.
Just imo.
AuthenticM
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Of course, haha.
I understand the sentiment, considering Frank Herbert didn't finish his work, but Heretics and Chapterhouse are both great.
And that sex scene.
The real great scene was when Miles Teg went next level. That was like a preview of the Matrix. Very original (for me at least) and really well done.Of course, haha.
I understand the sentiment, considering Frank Herbert didn't finish his work, but Heretics and Chapterhouse are both great.
And that sex scene.
Maybe I would have liked the last two books if Herbert could have finished them. I tried to read the new stuff but it was all embarrassing garbage so I just gave up. And when I say embarrassing garbage that was embarrassing garbage if it was a fan fiction novel (most of which are better than what I read from the son and whoever the collaborator was, forget his name).
I will always think fondly of this series and the movie though. Very skeptical anyone can do it substantially better than Lynch. It is a really hard series to adapt to the screen.
Even as bad as the final books were by his son I think they cover the general storybeats Herbert was going to follow even if done in a terrible manner.
That's one way to look at it (and I certainly wouldn't disagree about the 'contrived' part), but you could also look at it like a modern Greek tragedy of sorts, which was probably the intent.
Cue a Mountie, dressed desert-fashion, rushing in to catch the tear with a towel.
Based on what I read from him I would rather just read a recap in wikipedia.
I still think Lynch did a great job creating a look for the universe. He messed some things up but overall it was masterfully done in my opinion. Also loved the music for the movie.Dune is so much better suited for a tv show on HBO or something.
I just can't see it adapting well to film.
Also, Chapter House and Heritcs are awesome
I love all 6 of Herbert's books.
But it is just a really tough book to adapt to film. Definitely not what I would say is blockbuster friendly.
AuthenticM
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While I was reading Heretics and Chapterhouse, I had the feeling it was leading up to something big, to the main course, in the same way Messiah and Children lead up to God-Emperor.
I have no intention of reading the other books. I've heard many times how terrible they are.
If he'd made the movie he wanted, instead of the studio version, it would have been a masterpiece.
I actually LIKED the Weirding modules, but they just shouldn't have been in THAT movie. But they were a fantastic device to show the quasi supernatural importance of Paul and the Prophecy, but that could have been achieved with the canon. In fact, jarring and misplaced as it was, the "strength of the base of the pillar" being smashed by the "word of god" is a fantastic plot device for a different film. And the pyramid scene is epic. Ironically, they may as well have lasers (oops, not lasers, because shield armageddon) in the actual battles.
But it did sell the (actually pretty nuanced) presentation of Paul both being, and pretending to be, the true Qwisatz Haderach.
Now, here's my deal with Gaf. If I win say, a half billion on the Powerball. Even a 100 million after taxes, I will personally fund up to 10 million dollars for a 4k remaster director's cut. And I will put 5 million towards reshoots or CG adjustments to make it more legit.
In this day and age I think a lot of the craziner, even zany elements could be adapted to the screen far better. I'd love to see them recreate the shield fighting where slow steady movements at the last moment where key. Just a lot of crazy visuals that could be translated to the big screen with the right creative team.
Bueno
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The true prophet.
Even with studio input I still thought it was brilliant. The look of the movie got so many things right. The weirding way was the biggest miss but his adaption was probably better for a movie.
Again it is a very difficult book to successful adapt. I thought Lynch did an amazing job.
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Steve.1981
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I agree with this, 100%
I read about half of the first one. I honestly wish I could somehow burn out that part of my brain, so I would have no memory of it. Terrible is the word.
I'm gonna watch Enemy for the first time tonight! There setup seems pretty good.
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