Re:‘Lord of the Rings’ at 20: Why It Was One of Hollywood’s ...
by Tarsul on Thursday December 16, 2021 @06:00AM
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still, the new Dune explains itself better than the old Dune. Meaning the old Dune was even more whack (in every possible way) than the new one. Still, all these movies (Dune A and B and also LOTR) have one thing that makes them worthwhile: gorgeous visual world building.
Re:‘Lord of the Rings’ at 20: Why It Was One of Hollywood’s ...
by oceanghost on Thursday December 16, 2021 @12:11AM
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Hey, you didn't hear me praising Dune.
Re:‘Lord of the Rings’ at 20: Why It Was One of Hollywood’s ...
by Apocryphon on Thursday December 16, 2021 @02:28AM
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Truth be told, I'm not a fan of how Ridley Scott took a scalpel to Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Getting rid of Mercerism and empathy boxes, Deckard's wife, the fallout, the android-run duplicate police station, the goat, and setting it in L.A. rather than the novella's native San Francisco...
Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy is a masterwork on all counts. Its lore, world building, character development, thematic juxtapositions, and pacing are all incredible. If it has one pronounced flaw, it's that the denouement could stand as a film on its own, but taking it away would be an injustice.
A film that failed to explain itself or the rules of its universe is Denis Villeneuve's Dune. That's the film to watch if you want a visual aid to the novels that has zero character development and is wholly a visual spectacle.