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McAvoy at that age actually had the perfect look and pose for playing Paul Atreides

Susan Sarandon is probably the worst thing about it, surprisingly

Isn't he Spanish, from Catalonia?

Not true. This is how she is described when Paul first sees her, in the first novel: Paul's attention came at last to a tall blonde woman, green-eyed, a face of patrician beauty, classic in its hauteur, untouched by tears, completely undefeated. Without being told it, Paul knew her—Princess Royal, Bene Gesserit-trained, a face that time vision had shown him in many aspects: Irulan. In Dune Messiah, she is described thus: "a tall blonde beauty ... she carried herself with an aristocrat's hauteur"

These are not movie stills. They are photos of the some of the cast in costume in location shooting. They hardly show the set design either. So I really don't see how you can make any judgements, good or bad, about its visual flair. The stillsuits, for one, look spot on

Great book, great director, great cast. What more do you need?

Rogue One, for example, is full of vibrant colors in several scenes and settings. That shot was picked to prove a point

These are set photos. They are not showing the big built sets, the prosthetic heavy baron nor any of the special effects money shots. These are a first look king of thing

I love the stillsuit design

Are people really complaining Caladan looks grey and damp?

This was written by David Arnold, the composer of Quantum of Solace, for a Shirley Bassey solo album: I'm pretty sure it was a rejected song for the movie. It even has the word solace in the lyrics. And it is vastly superior to Another Way to Die

The sucesss or lack of for this movie will not depend, for better or worse, on the book's popularity, as incredible as it is

I expect something like 150 million domestic, 450 million worlwide

The Rise of Skywalker hurt itself

The Navigator has nothing to do with CHOAM, but rather with the Spacing Guild. And you cannot remove the Guild, otherwise all the importance of the Spice in keeping the Empire together is removed

So, aparently they were still shooting in Norway in the last few days. It will stand for Caladan, I think

No way, Kynes is essential. And don't forget the spice harvesting inspection scene

I don't think that source is particularly credible. Let's see

True, it can apply to both Wonder Woman and Aquaman. Like I said, BR 2049 had a much tighter production schedule, and the next Nolan movie, that comes out 4 moths before Dune, hasn't even begun shooting yet. Fantastic Beasts, that had a slightly earlier release date in the same month as Dune, began shooting in July of the year before.

I've posted this elsewhere, and I'll repost it here: I know what Villeneuve has said in the pass concerning back-to-back shooting of the two movies, but I'm not convinced. I still believe he is shooting both movies simultaneously. Here's why: 1 - The very long shooting schedule: this one began shooting more that 1 year and half before release. Blade Runner 2049, for example, with the same director e and similar crew, started shooting in July and was released in October in the following year, and was surely also an extremely complex shoot. Dune has a 6 months lead compared to Blade Runner between start of the shoot and release date. This suggests a longer shooting period and therefore the possibility of two movies 2 - The Cast: characters that have nearly insignificant roles in the first part of the novel, like Stilgar and Chani, have been cast with actors with quite a considerable public profile. I doubt the casting of the two characters would be announced if they didn't feature considerably in the shoot. 3 - Cost effective - with so many locations, settings and characters shared between the two halves of the book, a back-to-back shoot would make much more financial sense, I think. Otherwise, sets like the Arrakeen Palace would have to be left standing for a prolonged period of time awaiting the start of the shoot of the second part. 4 - If the casting of Irulan or Shaddam IV is announced in the next few weeks, I think that will give us a very strong indication that the two parts are indeed being shot back-to-back

This is Eno's Prophecy Theme, his only contribution to the score This is the main title, by Toto:

You mean the prophecy theme or the main theme by Toto? Because the second one is far more well known, I think

The press release also confirms Stephen Henderson is joining the cast, I assume as Thufir Hawat.

The worse thing about Green Book was how conventional and predictable it was. It still was a fairly pleasant, but unchallenging film. And that's the worst thing about it being a best picture winner. Apart from that, I didn't see anything in it I would deem to be offensive