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From Deadpool and Wolverine to Dune: Part Two, all 10 of the highest-grossing movies of 2024 are sequels – and it's the first time that's happened in at least 50 years (www.gamesradar.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Villeneuve is a talented director but Dune is the worst item from his repertoire. Don't get me wrong, it's a fine movie, but it's still kinda muh. I love a lot about it but the characters and pacing feel like it's weakest aspect

[–] realcaseyrollins 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

The pacing in Dune is fine, it's just not trying to be a Star Wars or Marvel movie or whatever. It picks up in Part Two and I was like "he did that so that normies would like it better than the last one didn't he" lol. Looking at the Rotten Tomatoes scores, it worked too:

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dune_2021

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dune_part_two

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

I don't have a problem with slow burn movies. I thought Dune was fine. But the story itself doesn't move along quite well imo. The characters are also a bit underdeveloped except for Paul. I read the book, so I understood the need go being faithful. I just thought it terns of Denis filmography it took the least risks really. And I can understand why. The guy is up and coming star working with massive ip and budget. It just felt very... Ok.