“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.

https://www.indiewire.com/2021/10/christoph...4fMgjHb0A73xQzw

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

Dune - One of the best films

I love BR2049 and Dune

Their costumes more elaborate in the first one but their armor and visual effects of the personal shields were yuckkkkk. I like the armor designs for this one and of course the personal shield effects wins hands down. Even the way they showed warheads penetrating the shields of the ships looked cool

I slept twice during the movie for half an hour , what a snooze fest 😴

My first encounter dune was Westwood studio games dune 2000. Still a legend game after final release emperor battle for dune. Then there a dune series on hallmark channels.

why is oil needed for motokar?

If my memory is not wrong, the navigators need to take spice to navigate safely through warp space.

Dunno want to laugh or what,... Didn't realize we can make a wormhole to warp to another dimension using serbuk kunyit

Does your motorcar run on spices??

Can't really compare special effects from the 80's to CGI tech today.

Even the original Star Wars effects and prequels look dated today.

Interstellar pilots (called Navigators) use spice to elevate their sense.

did not like the Dune series last time but was a big fan of the PC game Dune II
granddaddy of RTS for C&C and others.

anyone remember the old game.
your tanks or troop travelling across the sand may get eaten by the sand worms.
it was epic back then!





This post has been edited by COOLPINK: Oct 26 2021, 10:46 AM

You must be a big fan of fast and furious franchise KEK

easy no brainer movie for mongoloid

you already got the sequel sneak peak in paul Atreides vision....so expect the part 2 to be more action

Its a great movie but it can only remain great if there's part 2 and part 3 and so on. That means only if this movie is a success. This 'part 1' is too much world building, its great but its going to takes time. A movie might not be a great way to approach this story but all the cast a movie actor though and i dont think we'll ever get any of them in a series, so yeah, how great this movie is depends on if it have continuation or not

I think this Dune is trapped between two requirements:
1. The book readers who wants the deep political, ecological, theological, philosophical dialogue/plot found in the book.
2. the studio's need to dumb it down and focus on visual aesthetics to cater to the masses

In trying to satisfy both... it fails to capture either audience.

If I am not mistaken, the spice is not space fuel.

It is used by navigators to navigate safely through warp space.

Dune warp space is not like Star Wars or Star Trek which rely on computers.

Dune world do not really have computers despite their advance tech.

Again if I am not mistaken, they have gone through terminator type past where there were wars with machines and that is why they abandoned computers.

If I am not mistaken, the spice is not space fuel.

It is used by navigators to navigate safely through warp space.

Dune warp space is not like Star Wars or Star Trek which rely on computers.

Dune world do not really have computers despite their advance tech.

Again if I am not mistaken, they have gone through terminator type past where there were wars with machines and that is why they abandoned computers.

Yeah that vision in the trailer actually threw me off. I honestly thought this movie gonna cover all 😂

i think they are testing water first if there is ppl watching this movie ....if successful then probably they make a sequel coz there is so much to tell in the part 2.....if all the movie goers are like /k comment ...habis there wont be sequel...i hope they don screw up the second part like what happen in american gods....

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Ya, uncle getting old to think so much, just wanted something simple n entertaining...

agree, this part 1 felt incomplete. because the story is only half. but great nonetheless. wishing for part 2 and all.

Very difficult to cover all in 1 movie.

The 80's version tried it and it was a train wreck and so disjointed.

a beautiful movie of a focused character storyline. the director's method is always focused on the main character's view.

too bad as Dune has a lot of history and background story for all of the other characters.

im in for all the actress and actors, all class AAA people.

Even the story line may be boring to some, but the acting is definitely better.

But for those who went to sleep, u probably dont get what this movie is about.

Try watching the 1984 version. that one maybe u will turn it off. thats even more dry, more long winded.

A great cinematography / story telling will leave you at the edge of the seat no matter where they stop the story at.... in this case, Dune is no exceptional

Yup. Grateful for that. I was like Paul couldn't be leading the Freemen so fast in this movie or maybe it was a training session with Atreides soldiers

Snorting worm poop to get high

taiwan variety show u will like, pretty sexy girls, play stupid games. wow on actors and actress,

thats entertainment.

Correct.

To fully appreciate Dune, there's too much concept and back stories for the typical movie audience.

On macro level:
- Ban on thinking machines
- Mentat
- Bene Geserit
- Ban on nuclear power and energy
- Space folding
- Shield
- Worm/spice life cycle
- The religion back story (kalau aku taip keyword kat sini... sah2 kene kecam/report)

On micro level:
- how powerful/skillful are men like Thufir Hawat, Gurney Halleck, Duncan Idaho, and Stilgar are.
- general how they fear/distrust Bene Geserit and specifically how Lady Jessica can overpower them
- yet at the end... how she fears Paul.
In the book it was written in a way that it gives a sense of how powerful Paul is.

This movie is a masterpiece. First time i watched it, i immediately fell in love with the lore, characters, visuals, environments, etc. So then i went to watch the 1984 dune, dune tv series and children of dune. Then i watched this Dune 2021 again and i really appreciate all the work that went into this movie, the casting is perfect.
Cant wait for part 2. im DUNED!

I highly recommend if you have the time... to read the book. If not all, then just the first one.

But its not a book that you blaze through.

the language and character very spot on from angmoh point of view, u hv sand people speaking arabic like language and brown skin, then u hv german speaking darth lord with nazi army, idk if it should be call racist

is it? then gonna skip dune. last week watch blade runner with parent, almost fall a sleep, feels story not bad.. just.. the tempo is abit slow..

Watched it in 4k HDR already, superb... Mandalorian like sceneries, but about Religion and War... Intragalatic crusade inkambing...

The good balance of viewer attention retention is the political sci fi..... Star Wars. Except the one starting from Jar Jaw binks. The newer ones while are impressive visually, i really can't deal with the nonsense of magically appearing last Jedi that has no relation to anyone.

This post has been edited by netmatrix: Oct 26 2021, 11:06 AM

If I am not mistaken, David Lynch shot a 3+ hours movie but the studio did not like it and took control of editing and cut the movie to around 2 hours to make it be more like Star Wars. At the end the story just does not make sense and glaringly disjointed.

That is why David Lynch disowned the movie and call it his worse movie.

Not only get high but overdose can turn you into navigator which lost the human figure because of mutation.

Most Malaysians are better off watching no brainer movies like Star Wars, Tranmophers and Avengers

just say jihad nia, let the people yg senang butthurt go butthurt only

the story has always been the false messiah stirred a universe wide jihad to overthrow the imperium

The most important question.

Is part 2 confirmed?

This movie only great if there’s a continuation of the story.

Otherwise its just a really pretty CGI tech demo trailer.

Most probably it will get filmed but not sure about the budget as it will depends of box office.

The problem with WB is they are scared about investing in such big budget multiple movies after the failure of Synder DCEU.

If they filmed both parts back to back, it will cost less like how Peter Jackson filmed LOTR.

Now they will probably start filming next year at the earliest and by the time part 2 comes out, it will probably be 3 to 4 years later.

Very stupid move by WB again as by then a lot of people might forgot about this movie.

If they filmed the 2 parts back to back, we should see Dune 2 next year.

if we watch it in cinema, there is a good chance of part 2.

imax is perfect fot this masterpiece.

Some people say the story mirrored certain religion that originated from the dessert.

The movie is so good it turn me to the books

Not the year 2000 rts c&c reskin

I am getting old.

Rather than the BAM BAM POW! This is how I prefer my movies now. LOL

it is lol, the author himself said taken inspiration from there wad

if they wanna be SJW and stir shit up by being politically correct, have to remind them that its a fucking sci-fi story and doesnt reflect real life

but hey only people with actual brains can identify the diff i suppose

Its crazy.

The title of this movie actually is DUNE Part 1.

Hahaha, but the studio has not greenlighted the second part yet. I sure as hell hope that we get to see the sequel

WB executives can be extremely stupid at times.

I hope they give Villeneuve the same creative freedom that gave Nolan with. Hopefully they confirm part 2 soon.

Maybe they only give free reign to proven directors like Nolan? Snyder can be hit and miss.

Boring to watch dune, is between his mom and him adventure to seek a shelter and reunited with other district

This post has been edited by shotgun: Oct 26 2021, 12:00 PM

TV box kan ada....

They just name it as "spice". Its a substance which has no limits.

no expectation. but when i watched im impressed. its good that they didnt cramp everything into 1 movie. if not its gonna be another cliche hero lose hero win movie. wanna read the novels now.

They better be or I'm gonna be pissed.

Part 1 is very much an intro to the world of Dune. A lot of wide angle shots, slow walks, flashbacks etc. The director is taking his time with part 1, introducing all the involved factions, tech, politics etc.

all the damn indication of "there will be part 2" is all over the whole damn movie.

if there's none, this is just a CGI showcase open ended mobie & damn anti-climax

got link for the books? i want

You cannot cramp the whole book into one single movie. There is a reason why it was considered "unflimable" last time.

I'm sure, Dune Part 2 will be a Sleep Fest, more drama and politics than GOT

Google play store ada

Dune best space movies 2021.. a little blend of star wars, game of throne and avenger .. lol

It is very mystery thrill movies. The sound effect is just superb .. they introduce bunch of characters and really like the way it goes.. I am just shocked the movie ended like half way lol

As for blade runner, I don't even know what I watched and even tenet

This post has been edited by rotloi: Oct 26 2021, 12:20 PM

are you expecting Snyder Cut tier 4hours run time?

Don't mention about Snyder.. I don like his style..

They tried to cramp everything into a movie in the 80’s and it was quite bad

But halal yo

Not outright fucking scene

Unless u consider lawan pedang fucking
When he slow thrust the sword into his shield etc

I think Duncan Idaho kickass scenes were an attempt to retain the more action scenes inclined viewers haha

I think happening. Already passed 200 million globally and strong opening (in a pandemic that is) domestically

best scene for me is when Duke triggered his tooth to release the gas thingy

This post has been edited by Jimsee: Oct 26 2021, 12:45 PM

I think the most important lesson Frank Herbert was trying to convey to his readers...
- is to think for themselves and not trusting charismatic leaders
- not to sacrifice liberty for peace

There would no be a part which focuses on the spice and paul which can make some lose interest, but there wont be much politicising.

I thought its a bit of a shame they dropped the spacing guild scene from earlier dunes when the navigators straight up talked to the emperor like he was their servant.

Loved the first few books, but stopped at God Emperor of Dune.

Yeah. That movie. Sting in spandex. Damn what a sight.

Human race, religion, politics power what else this dune novel can be brought about it. Later puak puas not puas hati about it.

It went really retard after the 2nd book.

Watch it twice.

I think the second book move too much into religion which made it a bit retarded

Not enough drama, too much zendaya! CGI and action scenes are nice. But too much defect and loop holes

I wanna see Muad'Dib fucuk Chani.

If not no need do Dune Part 2.

Nolan - movie director kesayangan /k.