Daxtreme Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 (edited) By the way, I feel like a lesson in Denis Villeneuve's name is in order. I've seen so many interviewers butchering his name. In fact, 99% do so. It's pronounced like this: Duh-knee Vil-nuhv Read the above out loud in English. There you go, that's how it's pronounced in French. Congrats, you are now among the select few who can pronounce his name properly. Literally nobody in the anglosphere pronounces his name correctly. Except, now, you. source: we come from the same place, and I'm something of a linguist myself (cue meme here) Edited March 6 by Daxtreme 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brainbug Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 1 minute ago, Daxtreme said: By the way, I feel like a lesson in Denis Villeneuve's name is in order. I've seen so many interviewers butchering his name. In fact, 99% do so. It's pronounced like this: Duh-knee Vil-nuhv Read the above out loud in English. There you go, that's how it's pronounced in French. Congrats, you are now among the select few who can pronounce his name properly. Literally nobody in the anglosphere pronounces his name correctly. Except, now, you. Is French even a real language though? Ive heard its just the abridged version of Latin. And in this case, his name should be: Den-ius Vil-nuhvus 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 (edited) On 3/7/2024 at 12:22 AM, Daxtreme said: By the way, I feel like a lesson in Denis Villeneuve's name is in order. I've seen so many interviewers butchering his name. In fact, 99% do so. It's pronounced like this: Duh-knee Vil-nuhv Read the above out loud in English. There you go, that's how it's pronounced in French. Congrats, you are now among the select few who can pronounce his name properly. Literally nobody in the anglosphere pronounces his name correctly. Except, now, you. source: we come from the same place, and I'm something of a linguist myself (cue meme here) got it, Edited March 9 by Lucas 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnokesLegs Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Just watched this again in IMAX. I think I’m now deaf. Outstanding. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOVIEGUY Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 1 hour ago, Daxtreme said: By the way, I feel like a lesson in Denis Villeneuve's name is in order. I've seen so many interviewers butchering his name. In fact, 99% do so. It's pronounced like this: Duh-knee Vil-nuhv Read the above out loud in English. There you go, that's how it's pronounced in French. Congrats, you are now among the select few who can pronounce his name properly. Literally nobody in the anglosphere pronounces his name correctly. Except, now, you. source: we come from the same place, and I'm something of a linguist myself (cue meme here) Dunny Vilnuv got it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudalb Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 6 hours ago, Last Man Standing said: His son's books are not very well-regarded. They pretty much suck, frankly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudalb Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 (edited) 5 hours ago, von Kenni said: Yeah, her background looks promising but when you check the experience of writers it's depressing. And I haven't checked how Villeneuve's current participation has been but probably very low since Dehne Part 2 took all his time. Based on what kind of series abominations compared to the source material we've had like the Rings of Power (heard insider makers that the second season is going to go even more south) and Foundation, faith on this is pretty low. Hopefully we're going to be pleasantly surprised but the signs are just not there. E.g. Picard season three was incredible surprise and gift because the showrunner had the chops and love for the IP, he gathered the dream team of craft people that shared the love as well as writing crew. This might have a showrunner that checks the box but writers not and the craft crew I don't know. What makes Rings of Power bad is a lot of the series directly conflictt with what Tolkien wrote about the second age in the Silmarallion . Not having access to the Simarallion sort of doomed it in my eyes As for the Foundation series, they simply threw out the Asimov novels.It is pretty much fanfic, and not even good fanfic. And Kevin Anderson and Brian Herbert being involved in the DUne TV series si not good news, given how much their Dune novles suck. Edited March 7 by dudalb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 (edited) Just got out and this is a very, very good movie and I didn't even care all that much for Part 1. Its nice seeing a passion project of this scale that doesn't feel like producer driven corporate dreck. At no point during this movie was my cynical brain counting the beats or the committee mandates that dominate so much media these days. I wish this guy and Nolan could pump out movies once a year because I barely go to the movies anymore. Not quite as good as LOTR imo, but this is very much Fury Road level Edited March 7 by Ozymandias 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustLurking Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 7 minutes ago, Ozymandias said: Just got out and this is a very, very good movie and I didn't even care all that much for Part 1. Its nice seeing a passion project of this scale that doesn't feel like producer driven corporate dreck. At no point during this movie was my cynical brain counting the beats or the committee mandates that dominate so much media these days. I wish this guy and Nolan could pump out movies once a year because I barely go to the movies anymore. Not quite as good as LOTR imo, but this is very much Fury Road level Villeneuve actually did make a movie a year in the 2013-2017 stretch, he is quite prolific outside of this covid-stumped past few years 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorkingonaName Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 I refuse to speak French. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WittyUsername Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 (edited) Speaking of LotR, I remember Villeneuve saying that he was actually relieved in hindsight that he didn’t film the Dune movies back to back, because he needed time to cool off after how exhausting the initial shoot was. I guess Peter Jackson is built different. Edited March 7 by WittyUsername Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Man Standing Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 48 minutes ago, WittyUsername said: Speaking of LotR, I remember Villeneuve saying that he was actually relieved in hindsight that he didn’t film the Dune movies back to back, because he needed time to cool off after how exhausting the initial shoot was. I guess Peter Jackson is built different. Peter Jackson has been creatively exhausted for decades after the LotR shoot. Honestly, worth it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Man Standing Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 #1 on Audible ain't too shabby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titanic2187 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 I just realised the first Dune has a higher top critics score (7.7/10) than Dune 2 (7.6/10). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 16 hours ago, Brainbug said: Is French even a real language though? Ive heard its just the abridged version of Latin. And in this case, his name should be: Den-ius Vil-nuhvus Or his American twin Denny Villynoovy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatebox Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 10 hours ago, Last Man Standing said: #1 on Audible ain't too shabby. if that’s the same one my partner listened to (it has the part 1 movie poster) then it’s a truly bizarre recording - they’ve mashed two audiobooks together so some chapters are one narrator doing all the dialogue and others are multiple actors playing various characters, like a radio play. I’d go so far as to say it’s unlistenable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatebox Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 (edited) Not surprised at the good legs, the highs in the movie are just really fucking high. while I’ll still probably be more interested in whatever Nolan has coming up in the future I think it’s now pretty easy to admit that Villeneuve has the greatest tonal and visual flair of any director making huge movies today. It’s simply really hard to imagine anyone else realising the Dune world and that kind of vibe this effectively. Edited March 7 by Hatebox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustLurking Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 (edited) 4 hours ago, titanic2187 said: I just realised the first Dune has a higher top critics score (7.7/10) than Dune 2 (7.6/10). It started off way higher but some of the later top critics did an absolute hit job on its score. Edited March 7 by JustLurking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 (edited) 7 minutes ago, JustLurking said: It started off way higher but some of the later top critics did an absolute hit job on its score. Just looked at Metacritic and the one red on there is some dumbass whining about 'white messiah' even though that part was a lot more nuanced than something like Avatar. Go figure. Edited March 7 by Ozymandias 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Kenni Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 39 minutes ago, Ozymandias said: Just looked at Metacritic and the one red on there is some dumbass whining about 'white messiah' even though that part was a lot more nuanced than something like Avatar. Go figure. We shouldn't probably get caught on these few bad reviews but one on rotten tomatoes was hilarious when it was complaining how bad the CGI was. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...