dex14

I’ve been saying they’d do that all along. It makes sense. WW1984 will do a hell of a lot better at Christmas than this ever would.

OldBoy

try Prisoners or Sicario. both excellent movies.

Artman

My plan as well. Cool visuals, I'm sure I'll love the film... this trailer is not doing it any favors though, in terms of reaching a larger audience. It's just too abstract/dreamy...what dialogue I could make out didn't seem to tell us much. Even the title font is not clear enough imo that it says DUNE.

devilshalo

I'm just saying out of the last two he's done.. I'm not a fan, but others seemed to love them.

OldBoy

that's cool. maybe just not your taste. maybe one time when bored give them another try. i did love both Arrival and 2049. thought Arrival was very surreal, but not too hard to follow and ending was jaw dropping imo and 2049 was just a great continuation/finale to Scott's original.

Mike86

Looks pretty good to me. I’ve never seen the David Lynch film or read the book. I’ll probably give this a shot though.

TGM

looks decent, but this is going to bomb at the BO.

Dr. DVD

As someone who is a fan of Villeneuve, the Dune series, and has followed other attempts at adaptations, this trailer was a wet dream. However, if I were someone who had no familiarity with any of the three elements I mentioned, I would think it looked good visually, but probably wouldn't find it appealing overall. I agree that after Tenet, WB needs to probably delay this for up to a year. It should NOT be a summer release, and it should also not be something that comes out in Spring, as I think it could be a legit awards contender. Of course given that I just got a new 70 inch 4K TV as well as a new surround sound system, I would be fine if it was available to stream! I think the best time to release is anytime in the Fall before Thanksgiving and the holidays (early October or November).

story

Wow, I'm impressed.

I have said to myself there is only isn't a movie I'd go to in pandemic that is worth the risk. This honestly has me thinking about going to a theater. Ultimately, I probably won't but that would sting a bit.

I read the book earlier this year for the first time and really enjoyed it. Watching the trailer, I don't see any major pieces missing from the entire first novel. Do we know where it's supposed to end in the first book for the movie?

dex14

This is all that was said a little while back:

Will Dune be two movies?
That's the plan. There's a backstory that was hinted at in some of the books [that we expanded]. Also, when you read the book there's a logical place to stop the movie before the book is over.

Dr. DVD

Having re-read the book recently and watched the trailer I think

E Unit

Yeah, I have no doubt he’ll bring the visuals and epic scope, but it won’t have a wide audience for it. Another thing for me at least is that seeing Chalamet doesn’t really sell it as Paul Atreides. Overall though, I’ll see it at some point.

Dan

- looks great
- will lose tons of money
- giant buttholes

Sounds like Dune alright.

asianxcore

Looks great!

dom56

Trailer look good. I have read the book in my teen and it was not a easy read, very complex. Dune Messiah and Children Of Dune were much easier to read.

Dr. DVD

I would be okay if this wound up like Blade Runner 2049, meaning a hit critically and among the sci-fi/Dune fans but not so much with general audiences, but only if this were a one shot. So far it looks like Villeneuve nailed it like no other, and to only be able to see half the story would be like salt in a wound. I truly hope they play it safe and delay the release for another year or so to build more interest and let the pandemic numbers fall. I remember back in 2001 everyone was thinking that Lord of the Rings, despite being a highly popular and read book, would be a financial flop. While thankfully that was false, I believe that it getting all of the positive critical buzz along with many award nominations really stirred casual interest. In a way, it would almost be fitting if the big sci-fi novel nobody thought was adaptable opened 20 years after the big fantasy novel about which many thought the same.

jfoobar

There is nothing in the trailer that occurs (or necessarily occurs) after Paul and Chani establish their relationship. My guess is that the first movie will end just prior to the jihad starting. As it happens, the biggest weakness of the novel (IMHO) is how quickly Herbert breezes through the time between Paul becoming established with the Fremen and what happens later to bring the story to a close. There is some fertile ground here on which Villeneuve could flesh out a second film.

Momoa plays Duncan Idaho and the trailer certainly makes him seem like a much more major character than he was either in the novel or Lynch's film. The scene where he bows to Paul does not appear in either, for example. In the Lynch film .

milo bloom

Fantastic edit of the three adaptations of Dune - spoilers for Dune 1984 and Dune 2000.

Decker

It's like there is only one movie studio in 2020.

And moving wouldn't make sense for a big budget prestige movie most years, but this year the 2020 Oscar season extends to Feb 28th, 2021. I would expect it to come out by that date to be in the running for, at very least, many technical Oscars.

Josh-da-man

Yeah, I wonder if they're not going to give Duncan Idaho some of Gurney Halleck's role.
But then again, they cast a big name (Josh Brolin) as Gurney Halleck, so probably not. They might use Duncan Idaho as a sort of Greek Chorus that hangs around Paul and explains stuff to the audience.

I am sort of concerned that this is film is going to flop, solely due to COVID-19, and we won't get Part Two. Really wish they had filmed the whole thing at once.

Dr. DVD

Actually, I read the book recently and

milo bloom

Major spoilers for the book series

DaveyJoe

Thanks for using spoiler tags guys. Haven't read the books yet.

jfoobar

Yeah, was on a long bike ride this evening and started thinking about my post and was becoming more and more convinced I was wrong about Idaho in the book. He was barely in the Lynch film, which was kind of a waste of Richard Jordan's talents.

mapasu

A good read on Alejandro Jodorowsky's reaction to the new trailer, "Very Well Done but Everything Is Predictable"
Jorodowsky's Reaction to Dune 2020 Trailer