i have never had a film engrain itself in my mind like this one. saw it almost a week ago and it is all i cant think about. seeing it again in a couple days and cannot wait. what. a. movie.
I do think these two Dune movies will live on as pinnacles of what book adaptations should be. Right alongside the Lord of the Rings. They may not be there yet in the eyes of a lot of people but when you read the book, then see the movies, you understand how dang good they are!
I don't think the book ending would have been better. It would have been a "happy" ending, whereas the movie Chani represents us, the audience and informs us how we should feel about things. There's nothing good coming from the holy war, or any of the things that Paul pursued in the name of revenge. Muddying that message with false happy ending would have clashed.
That's an interesting point. Maybe that's what Villeneuve was going for by altering the original ending. Like we said in the review, it isn't a major gripe, just something that we would have liked to reflect the book. But I suppose if he is planning on adapting Dune: Messiah then the movie ending is probably a better setup for that than the book ending was.
i have never had a film engrain itself in my mind like this one. saw it almost a week ago and it is all i cant think about. seeing it again in a couple days and cannot wait. what. a. movie.
I do think these two Dune movies will live on as pinnacles of what book adaptations should be. Right alongside the Lord of the Rings. They may not be there yet in the eyes of a lot of people but when you read the book, then see the movies, you understand how dang good they are!
I don't think the book ending would have been better. It would have been a "happy" ending, whereas the movie Chani represents us, the audience and informs us how we should feel about things. There's nothing good coming from the holy war, or any of the things that Paul pursued in the name of revenge. Muddying that message with false happy ending would have clashed.
That's an interesting point. Maybe that's what Villeneuve was going for by altering the original ending. Like we said in the review, it isn't a major gripe, just something that we would have liked to reflect the book. But I suppose if he is planning on adapting Dune: Messiah then the movie ending is probably a better setup for that than the book ending was.
This was such a great movie!