Comment on My small hot take on Dune pt 2 after having just seen it
MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Overall, I enjoyed the hell out of part 2.
Despite the differences from the source material, I feel that DV delivered the best adaptation of the book that I’ve seen. The only thing that I’ll ever see that’s better, will be the extended director’s cut.
Regarding Giedi Prime:
That was fucking gorgeous. It’s the perfect answer to the brief, Show us who and what the Harkonnens are, deep down where it counts. All of it. Grotesque displays of wealth and power. Sadistic cruelty. Ruthlessness and cunning. Ambition. Plans within plans. Literally laid out in black and white.
I would have preferred something closer to the book, as far as the entire royal Court ending was concerned, and specifically the fight between Paul and Feyd Rautha. I don’t think that it gave Feyd enough credit for how clever and cunning he is in the book. Specifically, the book version really fucking drives home the Plans Within Plans element.
Visually, I could eat every minute of those guerrilla warfare Harvester ambush scenes.
If I had the budget, I would have given DV the budget to do this story his way, but with eight to ten ninety minute episodes on Netflix. That would be excessive probably, but it’s my budget, so do the appendices too!
maegul@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
I’m not claiming it should have been closer to the book. Just that it fell short as an adaptation where modifications from the book are acceptable if they make a better adaptation.
I’ve got no problem with black and white. The IR stuff was different and I found it distracting.
Your comment about wanting a Netflix series is basically in line with what I’m saying. It needed more space to breath. And a Game of thrones approach could have done wonders by comparison.
MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Maybe I’m slow. What is IR?
maegul@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
InfraRed. There’s a sequence in the film shot in infrared rather than normal visual spectrum light. As there’s no colour in infrared it’s effectively black and white but looks different. It’s pretty obvious when it happens in the film.
MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I was starting to think that’s what you meant after I sent the message.
Visually, i think that drives home the absence of warmth and humanity in House Harkonnen.