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At the end of Dune, Chini looks back at us with pure blue eyes and says, "It's just getting started." ”
And I, for a long time, sat paralyzed until I finished watching the rolling cast list, and I did not slow down. Gone? Isn't it just the beginning? Damn it!
I was very lucky to listen to the advice of my fans and friends before watching the movie and chose the IMAX 2D version! The brightness of the whole film is not very high, many visual surprises come from the moving details of the dark part, and I can't imagine how tragic the 3D version with lower brightness should be...
Dune
Director: Dennis Villeneuve
Writers: Dennis Villeneuve / Joe Spects / Eric Rose / Frank Herbert
Starring: Timothy Challemet / Rebecca Ferguson / Oscar Isaac / Zandaya
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Adventure
Country of Production: United States
Language: English / Mandarin Chinese
Release date: 2021-10-22 (USA/Chinese mainland) / 2021-09-03 (Venice Film Festival)
Runtime: 156 minutes
A mysterious and touching journey of heroes. The gifted teenager Paul Erridi is guided by fate to defend his family and people, determined to embark on a thrilling adventure on the most dangerous planet in the vast universe. At the same time, various forces have joined the battlefield in order to seize a precious resource on the planet that can unleash the greatest potential of humanity. Ultimately, only those who can overcome their inner fears will survive.
01
The casting is reliable
When "Dune" just announced its male cast, I was unmoved. Sweet Tea (chinese fans' nickname for Timothy Challemet) is indeed a shining star in the European and American film world in recent years.
The sweet tea in "Call Me By Your Name" has indeed amazed countless people, but later, when I saw him in films such as "A Rainy Day in New York" and "Little Women", he was not so moved.
It seems that he is always the same look, a beautiful teenager, a rich boy, a little hunchback, walking and hanging, some jumping and jumping.
But after watching this film, I found that it was different, not only was the posture more upright.
You can't imagine that there is any young actor today who can play the role of Paul.
This "noble prince" is truly stunning. The ancient Greek sculptural face, with its green but tough lines, is free from a beautiful little prince.
From the role of the front to the middle and back, Sweet Tea did it.
He possesses the innocence of a prince, maintains the purest curiosity about all new things, and will be attracted to a little rabbit in the "holographic projection" encyclopedia.
He has the temperament of a prince and is loved by everyone.
It also has a princely pattern, smart, not chaotic, brave to take on heavy responsibilities, face and overcome fears.
Playing the mother is a Swedish actress with an elegant temperament and a very classical appearance.
This role is very close to that of a quaint nun, but more like the role of the "father" in the family.
As a key member of the Beni Jesseret Sisterhood, she had high hopes for her son. She trained him, tested him, and even gave up on him when necessary.
The image of the father is like water tenderness.
One of the rare father-son scenes in the film: father and son are distracted, facing the heavy responsibilities of the entire Erridi family and even the entire desert planet, Paul is very worried and not very confident. But his father comforted him, no one was born an emperor, I also came step by step, even if you can't do it, you are always the way I am in my heart, my son.
With that, he stroked his son's face.
What kind of strong father can say such a thing? Can you give enough children such a stable sense of security?
Such a father figure is rare on the screen. Maybe we are used to "strict father", so this scene is really difficult not to be moved.
In addition, Paul's parents had a conversation.
He asked her, if I'm gone, our son is in danger, and anyway, will you save him? Not as a mother, but as a member of the Sorority?
I almost cried.
What's more, in the execution of a mission, Paul put his life in danger and almost died, and his father's reaction was simple and forceful, like an officer making a majestic accusation against his beloved soldier.
And Paul confessed his mistakes in the same way. No mud with water.
This kind of father-son relationship in an aristocratic family is also too healthy!
Maybe these father-son dramas are so well done, so the whole "Revenge of the Prince" story is particularly convincing.
02
Story hardcore
"Dune" is essentially a story of "the prince's revenge" that has been passed down for thousands of years.
I don't think we'll ever lose interest in stories like this. This "coming-of-age" story, the "Hamlet" story, or the "Oedipus" reenactment. This is the archetype carved into the bones of human beings.
Nothing new under the sun.
But, the story is not in the new, in how to tell it in a new way.
When The Prince's Revenge is placed in the grand world of Dune, it has an epic temperament in which post-humanity reshapes its own destiny and history.
However, regarding the play, I still have two points of regret.
Although I have not read the original work, the following judgment may not be very objective.
First, when you think that ten thousand years later, (later) human beings are still making trouble over these power-grabbing and profit-grabbing compulsions, it is inevitable to feel disappointed.
It's not clear whether it's disappointment in the story or disappointment in us humans.
Second, Paul's "foresight" ability (that is, he could see the past, present, and future time at the same time), "sound words", and "spices" are still somewhat nagging.
Compared with the more convincing "language-time" view in Advent, Dune's view of time is still weaker.
03
Aesthetically stunning
From Blade Runner 2046 to Arrival to Dune, you can always trust director Dennis Villeneuve's audiovisual aesthetic.
He photographed the desert so silky and magnificent.
Present the future giants so grand and sublime.
The small feelings of human beings in the face of a vast environment that is different from their own are expressed so well.
No matter how far it develops, humans/post-humans will always have to face the problem of their relationship with their surroundings.
In the past 20 years, posthumanist thought has surged in waves. It is a reflection and breakthrough on "humanism", emphasizing "non-anthropocentrism", and people and "non-humans" (including other living beings and even inanimate objects) are indispensable links in the structure, and there is no priority or priority.
This posthumanist notion is also prominent in the film: the giant sandworms in the dunes, the Flemish reverence for the Lords of the Desert.
Hans Zimmer's score is still outstanding.
This time, unlike the mechanical soundtrack presented in traditional space sci-fi movies, Hans Zimmer added mysterious, exotic vocals to the music.
A little regretful may be that the soundtrack this time is too well done. If there is more blank space, it is a beautiful balance of more and less and loss.
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