Dune 2021

 Dune 2021

• Director: DenisVilleneuve
• Seen by this director: Blade Runner 2049, Arrival
• Based on the book by Frank Herbert
• Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa, Stellan Skarsgård, Josh Brolin, Charlotte Rampling
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Timothée Chalamet – Lady Bird, Interstellar
• Rebecca Ferguson – Doctor Sleep, The Greatest Showman, Snömannen, The Girl on the Train,
• Zendaya – The Greatest Showman
• Oscar Isaac – Star Wars, Annihilation, X-Men Apocalypse, Ex Machina, Inside Llewyn Davis
• Stellan Skarsgård – Mamma Mia 1&2, Melancholia, Thor, Pirates of the Caribbean, King Arthur, Dogville, The Glass House, Dancer in the Dark, Amistad, Good Will Hunting, Breaking the Waves, Hamlet, Den enfaldige mördaren
• Josh Brolin – Hail Caesar, True Grit, Milk, No Country for Old Men, The Dead Girl
• Charlotte Rampling – London Spy, Broadchurch, Melancholia, Never Let Me Go, Life During Wartime, Lemming, Great Expectations, Georgy Girl
• Why?  Isn’t it required for sci-fi nerds?
• Seen: 11 March 2022 

It is reportedly better than the first film version. I hope so. If you don’t know the story of spice and empires, and interstellar travel and sand worms and Chosen One, read the book. Or at least the Spark notes.

It’s all very complicated and confusing and I really don’t like all this royal military pomp and circumstance stuff. The film takes itself far too seriously. Such pretension. Doesn’t anyone have a sense of humour?

A ponderous, plodding, boring film. The interesting ideas, what there are of them, are bogged down in the dragging muchness. It’s a pity because an incredible amount of work and expense went into it and the visuals are beautiful. But it’s just boring. And they’re all so American!

Because it’s so handsomely filmed

2* of 5