It sounds like the people who didn’t like the new movie expected a more refined version of the old movie. That’s why I was asking questions about what the book was like. It doesn’t sound like the new movie is necessarily inconsistent with the book.
Sounds like it might be a better adaption of the book but is a totally different experience from the first movie.
The first Dune movie, from 1984, had a wonderfully rich techno-steampunk aesthetic with dark overtones. It was so impressive, because it was also so immensely expensive… and at the same time, they skimped on the space travel SFX so badly (literally 2D illustration cut-outs floating over a starfield), especially in the recent shadow of the first Star Wars trilogy (Return of the Jedi was released 1 year prior). The screenplay really struggled to pay full homage to the book, while trying to make it work on screen. It showed. Theaters took to creating pamphlets to hand out to the audience prior to the screening, to help them keep track of all the peculiar names of things. Needless to say, the movie flopped at the box office. Major stain on David Lynch.
But despite all of its shortcomings, there was something special about Dune. It’s still languishing below a 50% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. I still think it deserves better recognition.
Knives Out (2017) with Christopher Plummer and Daniel Craig (the latter affects a thick southern drawl throughout the movie). It’s a tremendously clever murder mystery. Watch closely, there are clues and relevant bits of info every ten seconds.
Watched Cruella last night.
Wife & I really enjoyed it.
Good acting, liked the sound track.
Check it out.
All the Best,
Jeff
Akira (1988), Beetlejuice (1988), and 300 Rise of an Empire (2014) all rewatched within the past 5 days.
Akira: Amazingly detailed animation and cool stylization. Week stomachs might want to steer clear. I like the story but it could be a tad less cryptic towards the end.
Beetlejuice: This movie is a mood, and a good one.
300 RoaE: All flash and no substance. But there is an awful lot of flash!
Thirteen minutes of brilliance by Don Hertzfeldt. See also “It’s Such A Beautiful Day” (2012) (as mentioned earlier in this thread).
Saw Akria in the theaters when it came out. Quite a Tour De Force in animation at the time. Beetlejuice was fun.
All the Best,
Jeff
The Crawling Eye - from 1958
KATE: basically it’s John Wick, but with a chick!
Not bad.
Chris
I still think Akira looks amazing. The new 3D animation has no personality in some instances. Disney’s Luca is a good example of using animation the wrong way in my opinion. Instead of using the medium to create something fantastic, they used it to create the most bland an inoffensive content known to man. I’m not saying Disney should make movies like Akira for kids by the way, I’m just talking about art-styles here.
Awesome! And don’t forget “Fiend Without A Face”!
You’ll never view raspberry jam the same way again. :laughing:
oh yeah.
FWAF
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memories
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nightmares.
I liked Akira and Beetlejuice a lot. 
I GIVE UP!!! The Godfather Part III is not worth it. Part 1 and 2 were good but 3 is a slog and I’m never going to bother finishing it.
I just started watching David Breashear’s Mount Everest film and just seeing him step up the very beginning of the film’s tiny col, whoa I realize I’m no better than dog poop. My treks in the local mountains is literally a heavenly down slope warm, cozy meadows picnic! Seated! Great film obviously: the first one that made me immediately understand to stay as far away from Tibet as possible! 
Down To The Sea In Ships .
Once Upon A Time In Mexico (2003)
Hilarious! This movie is the antithesis of John Wick. It’s a glorious example of what can happen when you completely ignore the confines of realism and follow the rule-of-cool instead. The plot is rather simple with any complexity coming from issues in conveying the story rather than the story itself. But the silly action scenes are a blast to watch. This film just looks nice as well. Their is a bit of a yellow filter but overall the colors are vibrant and the camera shots are clear. And a lot of these actors/actresses were also at peak eye-candy moments in their careers.
If the visuals were mediocre, the action flat, and the actors lacked appeal and charisma this movie would be 4/10 or 5/10. But this movie isn’t missing those things and I would give it 6.8/10
I agree. The artistry & imagination of Akira is so engaging. Really wonderfully done. Have you also seen “Spirited Away”? It’s very weird, far more mellow in comparison to Akira, but also incredibly imaginative.
Part One was so groundbreaking in so many respects. A true masterpiece. It killed at the box office. Part Two wasn’t quite as good, but it was still amazing in its own right. Part Three… ugh. I agree. It fell so far below the other two. Kind of an insult to them.
I thought G1 was good but G2 was even better? “Rare case where the sequel is better’n the original”, and all that, no?
Never saw any of the G series, nor “The Goodfellas”, “The Sopranos”, or any of those types of movies/serieses, strangely enough. Was never interested…
Idk about G1 vs G2 they are both good and G2 wouldn’t be good without all the setup from G1.
TBH, I was partially motivated to watch the Godfather movies so that I would understand the references better. (It’s always being parodied) The first two were good watches if a bit slow.