bucknersrevenge wrote:Ed Pinkney wrote:Dune Part Two was really good, though I think my expectations were a little too high based on how much I enjoyed Part One.
Shogun is fantastic, the first two episodes have been one of the best things I’ve watched in ages.
I'm in general not hard to please at the theater. I just want to enjoy myself. But I do pay attention to how a film is crafted. I've thought a lot about this since I saw it on Thursday and I think I've come to the conclusion that Dune Part 2 is the greatest film I've ever seen. That's just me. A visual masterpiece from first shot to end. It is stunning. It is visceral. It is syrupy good. The sound goes right through your chest. Do yourself a favor and see it on the biggest screen possible. Acting performances are magnificent. Chalamet has never been better. And it's so layered. I wish I was kidding but this is now the best film I've ever seen. Period.
Definitely agree on the technical side of things (and I thought the same thing coming out of Part One as well). The cinematography, the set design, the costume design, the sound design and score (Hans Zimmer is in full Hans Zimmer mode again), the use of the CGI etc is definitely as good as (or better than) anything I have seen in another movie. And the casting was excellent in both movies.
I truly loved Part One, it is one of the best movies I can remember seeing in recent memory. And Part Two was amazing too, but as I said, I feel like I enjoyed Part One more. Maybe because it was new and I wasn't sure what to expect and how good a job they would do pulling the story line together.
I only watched Part Two last night. I think I need to watch Part One again and then go and watch Part Two one more time before it finishes its cinema run.
