![]() Villeneuve and his co-writers, Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth, do an impressive job of making the dense material digestible and (mostly) understandable through clever exposition and solid pacing. A movie that’s only good if you’ve read the book doesn’t do its job. I’ve made no secret of my belief that novels don’t always make great movies, particularly if they require pre-knowledge of the material. How much your head spins will determine whether “Dune” is more than its epic scope, stunning visuals, a brilliant Hans Zimmer score and Oscar-frontrunner set design and costumes. Add in a cast that includes Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Jason Momoa, Dave Bautista, and Zendaya, and it’s enough to make your head spin. The story of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), the young son of a duke, and his journey to a larger destiny is a classic hero’s tale, but not a simple one. The opening credits announce this is “Part 1.” Part of the answer was previously known but not widely made clear in the marketing of the film. That it is visually stunning and world transporting is no surprise if you’ve seen Villeneuve’s films, particularly “Blade Runner 2049.” The question going in was, how would the director handle the storyline from a nearly 500-page novel that requires a glossary? Villeneuve took Frank Herbert’s novel to the big screen - a feat once attempted by no less than David Lynch - in such sweeping fashion, there’s almost no way a home screening can recreate the sense of awe it brings. ![]() Villeneuve’s feelings on seeing his sweeping sci-fi epic on the small screen haven’t cooled, comparing the experience in an August interview to “ a speedboat in your bathtub.” Having seen his “Dune” on the big screen, he’s not wrong. Of course, the difference between then and now is the wide availability of effective vaccines against the virus that shuttered theaters for most of a year. His statements got support from Christopher Nolan, who famously held out on pressure to release “Tenet” to streaming in 2020. A film that demands to be seen on the biggest screen possible is arriving in theaters … and on the small screen.īack in December, director Denis Villeneuve strongly expressed his disdain for Warner Bros.’ decision to simultaneously release his “Dune” in theaters and on HBO Max. ![]() This weekend marks one of the biggest paradoxes of Hollywood’s hybrid pandemic release model. ![]()
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