Film Dune (2021) Discussion thread

[OTBWY]

Arrakis. Dune. Desert Planet.

A storm is coming. Our storm.



Out in theaters!

Check out the release date in your respective House (country) below.​

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Cast:

• Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides, the ducal heir of House Atreides.​
• Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica, Paul's Bene Gesseritmother and concubine to Duke Leto.​
• Oscar Isaac as Duke Leto Atreides, Paul's father and the Duke of House Atreides bestowed with the stewardship of Arrakis.​
• Josh Brolin as Gurney Halleck, the weapons master of House Atreides and one of Paul's mentors.​
• Stellan Skarsgård as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, Baron of House Harkonnen, enemy to House Atreides, and former steward of Arrakis.​
• Dave Bautista as Glossu Rabban, the nephew of Baron Harkonnen.​
• Stephen McKinley Henderson as Thufir Hawat, the Mentatof House Atreides.​
• Zendaya as Chani, a young Fremen woman and Paul's love interest.​
• David Dastmalchian as Piter De Vries, the Mentat of House Harkonnen.​
• Chang Chen as Dr. Wellington Yueh, a Suk doctor in the employ of House Atreides.​
• Sharon Duncan-Brewster as Dr. Liet-Kynes, Chani's mother and the leading ecologist and peacekeeper on Arrakis.​
• Charlotte Rampling as Gaius Helen Mohiam, a Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother and the Emperor's Truthsayer.​
• Jason Momoa as Duncan Idaho, the swordmaster of House Atreides and one of Paul's mentors.​
• Javier Bardem as Stilgar, the leader of the Fremen tribe at Sietch Tabr.​
• Babs Olusanmokun as Jamis, a Fremen from Stilgar's sietch, Sietch Tabr.​
• Benjamin Clementine as Herald of the Change, the head of an Imperial delegation to Caladan.​

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1160419/

Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dune_2021

Metacritic: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/dune-2020

Let's get a discussion going! Did you see it? What did you think? Do you like it, dislike it? Please let us know.

(Please keep things spoiler free)

 

[Josh5890]

I'm waiting for Cinemark by me to put tickets on sale. I'm planning on going to see it opening night in IMAX.

 

[OTBWY]

I'm waiting for Cinemark by me to put tickets on sale. I'm planning on going to see it opening night in IMAX.

Are you in the US? Such crap that it comes out so late there. Anyway, IMAX is a must for this movie. Good plan.

 

[Josh5890]

Are you in the US? Such crap that it comes out so late there. Anyway, IMAX is a must for this movie. Good plan.

Yup. The nice thing is I have a decent IMAX theater near me and not a fake one so I will definitely be getting my money's worth.

 

[Starphanluke]

Box Office Pro just put out their first forecast for the movie domestically. They have it opening to $35-40 million for now based on early metrics. That's actually quite good considering the HBO Max day-and-date releases have had substantially diminished Box Office returns (remember Suicide Squad opened to just $26 million). Luckily, in same-markets comparisons where Dune is already released, Dune is far outpacing Suicide Squad, which bodes well for all markets. Also, BO Pro has been low-balling quite a bit lately, so we'll see how it shakes out. HBO Max is the one variable in all this that is difficult to predict.

Long Range Box Office Forecast: Dune's Early Tracking, No Time to Die and Halloween Kills Updates - Boxoffice

Our preview of October's packed slate continues with a preliminary analysis on Denis Villeneuve's Dune, slated for a hybrid release on October 22.

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Tickets should go on sale for the US this Monday or Tuesday. We'll get a better idea about tracking when we can start seeing how it performs in presales. And despite WB originally not planning to have Thursday previews, it seems like they have back-tracked and will have some 6pm showings. We'll see.

My ass will be in that IMAX and Dolby theatres that day. My favorite book ever deserves to be seen twice in one day.

 

[OTBWY]

Yup. The nice thing is I have a decent IMAX theater near me and not a fake one so I will definitely be getting my money's worth.

Prepare to get your mind blown. The sound design is top notch. I should be careful, hype is the mind killer.

 

[OTBWY]

Box Office Pro just put out their first forecast for the movie domestically. They have it opening to $35-40 million for now based on early metrics. That's actually quite good considering the HBO Max day-and-date releases have had substantially diminished Box Office returns (remember Suicide Squad opened to just $26 million). Luckily, in same-markets comparisons where Dune is already released, Dune is far outpacing Suicide Squad, which bodes well for all markets. Also, BO Pro has been low-balling quite a bit lately, so we'll see how it shakes out. HBO Max is the one variable in all this that is difficult to predict.

Long Range Box Office Forecast: Dune's Early Tracking, No Time to Die and Halloween Kills Updates - Boxoffice

Our preview of October's packed slate continues with a preliminary analysis on Denis Villeneuve's Dune, slated for a hybrid release on October 22.

www.boxofficepro.com

Tickets should go on sale for the US this Monday or Tuesday. We'll get a better idea about tracking when we can start seeing how it performs in presales. And despite WB originally not planning to have Thursday previews, it seems like they have back-tracked and will have some 6pm showings. We'll see.

My ass will be in that IMAX and Dolby theatres that day. My favorite book ever deserves to be seen twice in one day.

I definitely remember that (Suicide Squad). But the opening numbers really put me at ease, it definitely guarantees a part 2. As for actually watching it on HBO Max.... having seen the film I considered it a crime to not give it a go in theaters first. This is what IMAX and all those fancy new movie theater tech was made for.

 

[Starphanluke]

I definitely remember that (Suicide Squad). But the opening numbers really put me at ease, it definitely guarantees a part 2. As for actually watching it on HBO Max.... having seen the film I considered it a crime to not give it a go in theaters first. This is what IMAX and all those fancy new movie theater tech was made for.

Honestly, I won't be shocked if Part II is greenlit just before the US release to drum up excitement. WB should be able to look at the strong numbers across Europe and easily see the potential for growth in the future.

 

[Herb Alpert]

Finally saw it yesterday and I must say that I loved it. The adaptation is really faithful, the art direction is incredible and manage to give credibility to lots of things that were really hard to picture on a screen, like the flying baron.
The sound design is top notch, maybe a little to present.
They made the planet itself a character and the shots of it are phenomenal.

I have been a fan of the books (at least until god emperor) and I'm pretty satisfied with this movie.

 

[Deleted user]

I watched 25 minutes of the 1984 film and was a steaming pile of crap. What is so great about this franchise?

 

[OTBWY]

I watched 25 minutes of the 1984 film and was a steaming pile of crap. What is so great about this franchise?

The 1984 is a love it or hate it type of movie. The problem is that Dune is a huge franchise with a lot of topics to cover, what the 1984 movie tried to do is cram all that into a single movie. So the movie feels like it is throwing a bunch of stuff in your face and expecting you to know all this. However, the new movie is WAAAAY better structured. It only tells you what you need to know and shows you the core story.

Anyway, Dune is imo one of the best science fiction stories ever written. A lot of bigger franchises took inspiration from Dune, like Star Wars.

 

[Deleted user]

The 1984 is a love it or hate it type of movie. The problem is that Dune is a huge franchise with a lot of topics to cover, what the 1984 movie tried to do is cram all that into a single movie. So the movie feels like it is throwing a bunch of stuff in your face and expecting you to know all this. However, the new movie is WAAAAY better structured. It only tells you what you need to know and shows you the core story.

Anyway, Dune is imo one of the best science fiction stories ever written. A lot of bigger franchises took inspiration from Dune, like Star Wars.

I will watch the new version of Dune, but I'm going in skeptical. Many people recommended that I watch Dune 1984 and John Carter and both were HUGE disappointments IMO.

 

[Josh5890]

Tickets went on sale in the US today. Just got my opening night tickets.

 

[OTBWY]

Tickets went on sale in the US today. Just got my opening night tickets.

That's awesome. Let's go.

Hoping that finally some of my fav reviewers from the US get to see it. Dying to hear what they think about the movie.

 

[lexony]

Just saw it yesterday. Didn‘t see any trailers, didn‘t know about the book or that this could be the first part of a series of movies. I was blown away. What a great experience that truly benefits from the big screen.

 

[Noppie]

Thought the movie was just ok.

Spoiler: Impressions, no actual movie spoilers or anything.

Visually impressive, OST is amazing, but not a whole lot going on IMO. ]Story is vague (?). Like, it's there, but motives and how the world came to be are all beyond unexplored. Haven't read the books or anything, so could be intentional, but it was hard to get a feel for the world and it's dynamics, so to speak

 

[OTBWY]

Thought the movie was just ok.

Spoiler: Impressions, no actual movie spoilers or anything.

Visually impressive, OST is amazing, but not a whole lot going on IMO. ]Story is vague (?). Like, it's there, but motives and how the world came to be are all beyond unexplored. Haven't read the books or anything, so could be intentional, but it was hard to get a feel for the world and it's dynamics, so to speak

That's fair. I think one of the more fun things about Dune is that it is so far into the future and there is so much unexplained, lost and merged cultural historical elements that make it interesting for me. The thing what I liked about the movie is that the world(s) give a vibe that it is lived in, worn. It's kinda a pet peeve of mine to have futuristic movies where everything is pearly white and clean.

 

[OTBWY]

Very good news Fellow Dune fans! Already over 100 Million Box office!



Quinn's ideas is an excellent channel for Dune lore and Dune discussion.

 

[Starphanluke]

It's finally Dune week for a lot of us! How we feeling? I'm hyped af. Easily my most anticipated movie of all time.

 

[Phosphorescent Skeleton]

Big Dune head here. Really excited to get really drunk and watch this pirated.

 

[Starphanluke]

Big Dune head here. Really excited to get really drunk and watch this pirated.

:-/

 

[heavy liquid]

I'll be watching it on HBO. Pretty excited for it, but trying to keep my expectations in check.

I tried reading the first novel a few times, but it was too dry for me and never finished it. I'm sure I was too young at the time. I've seen the 1984 versions a few times, both the theatrical and Alan Smithee cut, so I'm pretty familiar with that. Never watched the Sci Fi miniseries.

 

[OTBWY]

It's finally Dune week for a lot of us! How we feeling? I'm hyped af. Easily my most anticipated movie of all time.

Have fun!!!!

I wish I could erase it from my mind and rewatch it fresh again.

 

[OTBWY]

Big Dune head here. Really excited to get really drunk and watch this pirated.

If you really are a big Dune head, I hope you also watch it in theaters and support the movie for a part 2. The IMAX experience really adds something special to the movie.

 

[Ramune]

I am still trying to slog through the book. These guys sure love cinnamon and they’re absolutely mad for water! It's goofier than I was expecting and I don't know why I'm surprised. Also obsessed with how much Herbert lets his dislike of gay people into how he writes antagonists. Piter is described as "mincing" a lot, you're not slick, Frank!

 

[samouraï]

Got my tickets booked for Saturday afternoon, can't wait to see this. Missed 2049 in theaters, won't make that mistake with a Villeneuve film ever again