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DUNE
legendary.com
Many say that Frank Herbert’s book Dune was unfilmable… but I think director Denis Villeneuve did a fantastic job with his adaption, at least the first part, of the book. David Lynch made an attempt at bringing the book to screen in 1984, but it’s hard to follow or understand… while Alejandro Jodorowsky (the man who made such cult classics like The Holy Mountain and El Topo) tried and failed to get his Dune version made.
While the action, the world, and characters, are all amazing, the problem with the 2021 film is that there is no ending, no resolution. The film basically ends at the point when Paul, from house Atreides, finds the people of Dune (actually the film only refers to this planet as Arrakis), the Fremen people.
My other problem with the film are some of the characters. Duncan Idaho is a cool, bad-ass character… but when it’s played by Jason Momoa, I just felt like he’s doing Aquaman. His colorful character didn’t blend in with the tone of the other moody, “serious” characters. The other character, Chani (played by Zendaya), who is promoted in the trailers, hardly appears in the film. Her role may be bigger in the next film, but in Part 1, she has like maybe four lines in the film.
As a result of the (lack of) ending, it just felt that Dune is an incomplete film. That’s my only complaint about the film. Otherwise, they did a great job in making the dense book comprehensible to the average viewer.
Watching the film, you can see that clearly the story and ideas inspired George Lucas to make Star Wars and other works (I can also see elements of it in George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones).
The 2021 film is so good that I’m inspired to re-watch the David Lynch film and seeking out the Sci-Fi mini-series… just to see the differences.
legendary.com
Many say that Frank Herbert’s book Dune was unfilmable… but I think director Denis Villeneuve did a fantastic job with his adaption, at least the first part, of the book. David Lynch made an attempt at bringing the book to screen in 1984, but it’s hard to follow or understand… while Alejandro Jodorowsky (the man who made such cult classics like The Holy Mountain and El Topo) tried and failed to get his Dune version made.
While the action, the world, and characters, are all amazing, the problem with the 2021 film is that there is no ending, no resolution. The film basically ends at the point when Paul, from house Atreides, finds the people of Dune (actually the film only refers to this planet as Arrakis), the Fremen people.
My other problem with the film are some of the characters. Duncan Idaho is a cool, bad-ass character… but when it’s played by Jason Momoa, I just felt like he’s doing Aquaman. His colorful character didn’t blend in with the tone of the other moody, “serious” characters. The other character, Chani (played by Zendaya), who is promoted in the trailers, hardly appears in the film. Her role may be bigger in the next film, but in Part 1, she has like maybe four lines in the film.
As a result of the (lack of) ending, it just felt that Dune is an incomplete film. That’s my only complaint about the film. Otherwise, they did a great job in making the dense book comprehensible to the average viewer.
Watching the film, you can see that clearly the story and ideas inspired George Lucas to make Star Wars and other works (I can also see elements of it in George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones).
The 2021 film is so good that I’m inspired to re-watch the David Lynch film and seeking out the Sci-Fi mini-series… just to see the differences.
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HALLOWEEN KILLS
peacocktv.com
You know I love John Carpenter. Carpenter’s original Halloween film inspired so many slasher films, like Friday the 13th. The latest Halloween film, Halloween Kills, is number 12 in the movie franchise. Halloween Kills is the sequel and 2/3 of the trilogy started by 2018’s Halloween film.
In this trilogy, it ignores all the previous Halloween films, including H20, except for the original film. If you follow that timeline, then 1978’s Halloween started the story… then 40 years later, Michael Myers, escaped from the psychiatric hospital, to go back on his murdering spree.
Halloween Kills takes place only minutes after the 2018 film, so I suggest you re-watch that for a refresher, so you can follow the story in the 2021 film.
Despite all the gruesome kills, this is an awful movie. Lead actress Jamie Lee Curtis spends pretty much the entire film in a hospital, while the town folks of Russellville is in the spotlight. Unfortunately, the entire town is written so poorly, that you almost root for Myers to kill them all. I hated everyone in the film, including the stupid kids, portrayed in the film.
Basically, the movie is about the townsfolk vs Michael Myers – and guess who wins? That’s the movie, unfortunately, you’ll have to come back for Halloween Ends to see how the story ends.
Perhaps when I see all three films, Halloween, Halloween Kills, and Halloween Ends, I can fully appreciate what they’ve done… but, right now, Halloween Kills seems like a filler. I almost feel like you can skip this film entirely and go straight for the ending (which won’t come out until 2022).
peacocktv.com
You know I love John Carpenter. Carpenter’s original Halloween film inspired so many slasher films, like Friday the 13th. The latest Halloween film, Halloween Kills, is number 12 in the movie franchise. Halloween Kills is the sequel and 2/3 of the trilogy started by 2018’s Halloween film.
In this trilogy, it ignores all the previous Halloween films, including H20, except for the original film. If you follow that timeline, then 1978’s Halloween started the story… then 40 years later, Michael Myers, escaped from the psychiatric hospital, to go back on his murdering spree.
Halloween Kills takes place only minutes after the 2018 film, so I suggest you re-watch that for a refresher, so you can follow the story in the 2021 film.
Despite all the gruesome kills, this is an awful movie. Lead actress Jamie Lee Curtis spends pretty much the entire film in a hospital, while the town folks of Russellville is in the spotlight. Unfortunately, the entire town is written so poorly, that you almost root for Myers to kill them all. I hated everyone in the film, including the stupid kids, portrayed in the film.
Basically, the movie is about the townsfolk vs Michael Myers – and guess who wins? That’s the movie, unfortunately, you’ll have to come back for Halloween Ends to see how the story ends.
Perhaps when I see all three films, Halloween, Halloween Kills, and Halloween Ends, I can fully appreciate what they’ve done… but, right now, Halloween Kills seems like a filler. I almost feel like you can skip this film entirely and go straight for the ending (which won’t come out until 2022).
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