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Dune: Part Two's Josh Brolin Reacts to Denis Villeneuve's Oscar Snub (gizmodo.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24655050

Gurney Halleck would not like to thank the Academy for that Best Director omission.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I am not going to get into the drama around Oscar nominations, however, I will disagree with Brolin that Part II was the better film.

I am a huge Dune fan (have read all the Frank Herbert Dune books, have read Dune and Dune Messiah at least 10 times and have read the others books in the series several times).

Part I was relatively focused and was an excellent representation of the introductory part of the book. Part II simply did too many things at the same time. I spoke to many people who watched the (new) movies, but never read the book and they found many components of Part II to be a bit confusing.

Honestly, they should have gone with a trilogy. Dune is basically written as a 3 act book. The intro which Part I captures perfectly. Paul Atreides and Jessica Atreides' integration into Fremen society is the second act. And the third act culminates with the resolution of the narrative.

Part II is a great film, just it could have been better if it was split into two.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Part 2 was definitely frustrating, but I would much rather watch it than the first one. Mostly cause it can get straight into the action.