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Sounds a lot like the Blade Runner reviews...
from uproxx
Dune is one of the most-anticipated movies of the year — and apparently one of the biggest disappointments. Or it’s a modern-day masterpiece. Either way, you will have a strong response. Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert canonical novel, starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa, Javier Bardem, and some space-worms (good cast imo), premiered on Friday at the Venice International Film Festival, where it was greeted with:
“Here is a film consumed by dreams from even before the moment it starts (you’ll see what I mean), but also one so arch and full of empty spectacle that it keeps your imagination on a tight leash,” “Villeneuve’s film is somehow plodding and hurried at once, flurries of exposition and table-setting ringing around set-piece monoliths”
“endlessly beguiling and just out of reach: a dazzling high-toned space opera written on sand"
But other reviews:
"This is how people seeing 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY back in 1968 for the first time must have felt. The grandeur of this thing is off the charts."
"DUNE Part One is remarkable, stunning, immersive & a truly masterful cinematic achievement. Villeneuve simultaneously created one of the most intimate yet large scale productions I've ever seen."
"I know you’re used to people raving about a movie on social media after it premieres. But trust me when I say Denis Villeneuve's Dune is a masterpiece not just of science-fiction but of cinema. "
I know people talked about how beautiful and boring Blade Runner 2049 was, and I think some of the same things were said about the Arrival. So it looks like Dune is in the same boat. Will be interesting to see it. I just hope we get the second half of the book!
from uproxx
Dune is one of the most-anticipated movies of the year — and apparently one of the biggest disappointments. Or it’s a modern-day masterpiece. Either way, you will have a strong response. Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert canonical novel, starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa, Javier Bardem, and some space-worms (good cast imo), premiered on Friday at the Venice International Film Festival, where it was greeted with:
“Here is a film consumed by dreams from even before the moment it starts (you’ll see what I mean), but also one so arch and full of empty spectacle that it keeps your imagination on a tight leash,” “Villeneuve’s film is somehow plodding and hurried at once, flurries of exposition and table-setting ringing around set-piece monoliths”
“endlessly beguiling and just out of reach: a dazzling high-toned space opera written on sand"
But other reviews:
"This is how people seeing 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY back in 1968 for the first time must have felt. The grandeur of this thing is off the charts."
"DUNE Part One is remarkable, stunning, immersive & a truly masterful cinematic achievement. Villeneuve simultaneously created one of the most intimate yet large scale productions I've ever seen."
"I know you’re used to people raving about a movie on social media after it premieres. But trust me when I say Denis Villeneuve's Dune is a masterpiece not just of science-fiction but of cinema. "
I know people talked about how beautiful and boring Blade Runner 2049 was, and I think some of the same things were said about the Arrival. So it looks like Dune is in the same boat. Will be interesting to see it. I just hope we get the second half of the book!
