Ello Sailor wrote:I hope Jason Momoa's subpar acting isn't too distracting. That's the only thing I'm really worried about.
I'm not sure how far Villeneuve plans to go with the entire storyline but, if he does the whole thing (6+ books), Idaho is arguably the most important character in the entire saga.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Yeah I am in the same boat. I'll probably see in theater for visuals and then go up to my office in the loft and watch again by myself to catch anything I may have missed.
I’m avoiding all reviews but have seen some hysterically giddy ones praising it and some just stupid ones where the writer seems to be overcome with alcohol and ranting about his mother.
I trust neither.
I’ll save this film for my eyes. No reviews.
I love Villeneuve, but think his aesthetic is all wrong for Dune. But maybe he understands how to get at some of the deeper elements in the story. We'll see.
