“Dune” made a strong showing at the U.S. box office this weekend, opening at the higher end of projections with $40 million. Of all the moviegoers who became fans of Denis Villeneuve’s latest science-fiction offering, fellow filmmaker Christopher Nolan might be the most high profile. The “Tenet” and “Dunkirk” Oscar nominee chatted with Villeneuve for a recent episode of “The Director’s Cut” podcast and had nothing but raves to share over “Dune.”

“It’s one of the most seamless marriages of live action photography and computer generated visual effects that I’ve seen,” Nolan said. “It’s very, very compelling at every turn.”

Nolan continued, “Your entire team did an absolute incredible job. I think this film is going to introduce a whole new generation of fans to ‘Dune’ who have never read the book or encourage fans to go read the book. I think it’s an incredible piece of work. I’ve had the luxury of seeing it a couple times now, and each time I watch it I discover new things, new details to the world. The way in which it’s made is for the big screen. It’s a real pleasure and a real gift to film fans everywhere.”

Villeneuve had a similar rave for Nolan’s most recent directorial effort, the time-bending spy actioner “Tenet.” As the “Dune” director shared on the ReelBlend podcast: “I was blown away by ‘Tenet,’ I think it’s a masterpiece. I think it’s a movie that’s an incredible cinematic achievement. I think that it’s a very complex movie, I had so much fun, I saw it several times and each time it was a blast and I think the level of mastery of Christopher Nolan is unmatched.”

As for the visual effects of “Dune,” IndieWire currently ranks Villeneuve’s latest as the frontrunner in the Oscar race for Best Visual Effects. The director’s last science-fiction tentpole, “Blade Runner 2049,” won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. IndieWire’s Bill Desowitz writes: “Villeneuve’s sweeping ‘Dune’ leads the way in the VFX race as a cross between ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ and ‘Star Wars.’ DNEG created spectacular VFX for the otherworldly film, overseen by two-time Oscar-winning production VFX supervisor Paul Lambert and Oscar-winning SFX supervisor Gerd Nefzer.”

Desowitz continues, “Shot in Budapest, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, and Norway, the work is both epic and intimate, from the wind blown sand, to the raging sandstorms (done practically at the director’s request), to the flying insect-like ornithopters (requiring a special in-camera setup and backed by photoreal exteriors) to the iconic CG sandworms, which cause the entire desert to vibrate with the help of custom-built mechanics.”

“Dune” is now playing in theaters nationwide and streaming on HBO Max.

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The scene at 0:25 was breath taking men

I new dune looks great, but i much prefer mcneice's baron.

This is slow burn Sci fi. The same as Blade Runner. People come to the show in anticipation of pow! wow! kablamo! But instead served a political drama. 😁

There should be more action in the second part but Dune is never Star Wars or even Star Trek.

Most Malaysian will find it boring and will probably fall asleep.

It's ok, not everyone has a high enough IQ to understand this movie.

Villeneuve 🐐

Dune was amazing but somehow I still liked Blade Runner 2049 more than Dune

If you understood it then you wouldn't have fallen asleep. So pretty clear you are dum dum. Go back to your anime.

Dune is memang political drama

It depend. I think the location plays a part. The city visuals are probably gonna fill the gaps of boringness in Blade Runner. But in Dune there is only sand.

cukur.. I will wait for digital release 45days later....

Bruh, full digital release already available. Released same time as the movie.

My first memory of Dune was that huge worm.

Yeah, the scenes with the Atreides ohnihopters really were well done. They blended entering the actual physical props with the CGI taking off nicely.

Beautiful movie man, please give us a sequel quick.

Yeah, not much room to cover action scenes in the first part



This post has been edited by 9m2w: Oct 26 2021, 10:32 AM

i watch it with low expectation due to boring movie....but boy i was wrong, i just instantly feel in love with the movie

But why is the "Spice" necessary for interstellar travel??

It's a talk too much boring movie.... If there were no aquaman , it's not worth watching

Dunno why but I prefer the sandworm of the 80's David Lynch version.

The new version can't see the whole worm yet but I guess the second part they will show more of the worm.

Another thing the 80's version is better is the costume. The new version costume for the House of Atreides is a bit too bland.

I-chundoi-Q.. 7 early 8 early oledi mentioned bright-bright it's all abt political power lol