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They only similarity LOTR and Dune have are being written in English. The lighting of the beacons in LOTR comes to mind as an extremely visually descriptive scene in the books that was captured perfectly in the movies. Future is harder to envision than past (even if fantasy), religousesque masters of communication is all but impossible in film, technology/things are intentionally under-described in Dune which lets the reader fill in the gaps wonderfully. Ornithopters are a perfect example - a futuristic flying machine, that isn't a helicopter. This leaves nigh infinite visual possibilities for the reader to imagine, with it's distinctive attribute being the sound it makes. The worms... 
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DeimosRising posted:Are there any notable takes on this movie (in the thread or elsewhere) that aren’t primarily about how “well” it adapts the novel? A discussion of the movie itself as cinema or even just in context of some other movies or something Ignoring the source material- there's no humor, none. CGI is fine but not incredible. Sizing is poorly handled, a worm goes from incomprehensibly big to really big, game of thrones actor does a poor re-enactment of game of thrones swords - scenes without him are way worse. There's a vague sense of magic, but also there's not? The character from guardians of the galaxy is inexplicitly in this movie, just minus the comedic bits. The score, maybe it's divisive? I thought it sucked and added to the poor sound editing issues. The plot is retained though, and if you don't know the plot, it's great and riveting, though as many have said, feels like an abbreviated TV season more than a film. I guess at the end of the day, if you think Villeneuve movies are next level art, you'll think the same of this movie. If not, this is very much a Villeneuve film. edit: timothee chalamet crushes it. excited to see what he does next.
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