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Rafterman said:
That's the point of these movies though, they are one-offs. Like Solo. To fill in the spaces between the trilogies. They weren't meant to be arcs. But people get upset because this one was so good.

I think the problem with the trilogies is, the story gets too expanded, too much filler, and so the trilogy suffers. But with one movie, you can sort of put everything into it.
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I only want a trilogy if the content is there to create a trilogy, not as filler. Lord of the Rings? Great trilogy. The Hobbit? A horrible $$$ grab trilogy in my opinion. 🤔 The Matrix? For myself, the first two movies were worthy the third one fell flat, but some of that is because I didn’t like the way they resolved the story.
 
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Queen6 said:
Rogue One (2016)
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The direction the franchise should have taken, Rogue One is by far the best Star Wars film since the original trilogy was released. Vastly superior to the last trilogy which should be simply scrapped as a social experiment gone wrong...

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I could not agree anymore with you. A perfect story too for the franchise well made. I own it and watched it several times now.
 
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Huntn said:
Yes, but didn’t they have some droid help? 🤔🙂
What strikes me is in the spectrum in cinematic story telling, where on the small good end you are moved, thrilled, knocked out with how wonderful a story can be, and it does not necessarily have to be super expensive to produce. But on the other end, there is a huge collection of sub standard, mediocre, to awful titles that are lacking on multiple levels. This especially applies when a large and wealthy studio, who could hire the best writers in existence churns out the garbage I saw in episodes 7,8,9, correction, I did not bother watching 9, at least I don’t think I did, too disgusted by then. I acknowledge this is subjective when it comes to discussing specific titles.
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What I meant is that non-humans were oppressed in the Empire, of course they used droids as did the Rebels and the Old Republic. Droids were below non-human lifeforms in ranking from what I see.

As for your other post I agree there are "good" trilogies like LOTR and bad ones like the Hobbit. I liked the Matrix myself but of course we have different tastes.
 
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Huntn said:
I only want a trilogy if the content is there to create a trilogy, not as filler. Lord of the Rings? Great trilogy. The Hobbit? A horrible $$$ grab trilogy in my opinion. 🤔 The Matrix? For myself, the first two movies were worthy the third one fell flat, but some of that is because I didn’t like the way they resolved the story.
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Men in Black was great and while the other two sequels were merely OK, they clearly only existed to take advantage of Will Smith's then-rising star.
 
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Huntn said:
So for Men in Black, I agree, very good movie, band trilogy because they just milked it.
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My favorite movie line of all time, from K:

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow."
 
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I loved Dune 1. I thought they did a great job of covering a lot of ground with a very sparse amount of dialog.

I absolutely love the score to the movie. It is one of the films I use to demo my Atmos system at home when people come over.

It is definitely a movie designed to be watched in a theater, or on as big a screen as possible with the bass cranked up.
 
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DaveFromCampbelltown said:
Watched Dune (2021).
It was a bit disappointing. Very slow and dreary.
And didn't really explain the 'thumpers', and why you used them. Or get into the character of the Fremen people.
Hoping Dune Two is better...
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I was not impressed with the new Dune, however I felt better about it after a second viewing. Yet, I’ll have to see Part 2 before I can determine this versions worthy rating. :)

Worms are attracted to vibrations especially regular vibrations, so put a thumper out and while it attracts worms, supposedly it gives you a chance to get away while the worm is preoccupied with the thumper.
 
Mellofello808 said:
I loved Dune 1. I thought they did a great job of covering a lot of ground with a very sparse amount of dialog.

I absolutely love the score to the movie. It is one of the films I use to demo my Atmos system at home when people come over.

It is definitely a movie designed to be watched in a theater, or on as big a screen as possible with the bass cranked up.
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Not to be argumentative, but on my first watch I felt from the beginning of the movie, the music was droning, oppressive, over bearing, painting a bleak projection from the start, about the fortunes of the Attredes dynasty. I wish it had been lighter, not foretelling of doom at least not from the very beginning.

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edit: However I omitted to say that on a second viewing at home, that the music was not as much of an issue, still a bit heavy handed, but acknowledge this is a great movie. :)
 
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While I liked Dune, I always felt the movie’s intended audience are people have read the original Frank Herbert novel (especially the 1st novel). Without the background of having read the novel, I felt movie was too disjointed for many, I kept on getting questions along the lines, “What does that mean?”, “Why they do that?”, “Who’s that again?”
 
Huntn said:
Not to be argumentative, but on my first watch I felt from the beginning of the movie, the music was droning, oppressive, over bearing, painting a bleak projection from the start, about the fortunes of the Attredes dynasty. I wish it had been lighter, not foretelling of doom at least not from the very beginning.
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Personally I like both the original and newer film. Having read enough of the books to understand the lore which helps a lot. Neither of the films are straight forward. so it's of no surprise that some can be left with many questions or missed on something seemingly trivial that unravels far later to be a major factor.

Dune, at its core, explores the dangers and potential of messianic figures within a complex web of politics, ecology, and religion. It delves into the challenges of leadership, the consequences of choices, and the potential for both destruction and renewal within the harsh and resource-rich desert world of Arrakis.

Same as the novels the films are not, nor ever intended to be a light form of entertainment, they are thought provoking and reflect many of the strife's of our own societies...

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I really enjoyed Dune, at the time I thought that it was lighter in terms of story than the original book but I re-read the book after the film and was surprised as to how accurate it was. (I must have been conflating some of the other books when thinking back etc - it was a long time ago but I do rememberer them broadly so that must help) The two films are interesting in that I think they're a real demonstration of the way film making has changed - the second being more light and shade 'painterly' (Dutch master?) and less graphic novel - like the first, which I did rate, perhaps. Looking forward to the next one...
 
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Chuckeee said:
While I liked Dune, I always felt the movie’s intended audience are people have read the original Frank Herbert novel (especially the 1st novel). Without the background of having read the novel, I felt movie was too disjointed for many, I kept on getting questions along the lines, “What does that mean?”, “Why they do that?”, “Who’s that again?”
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i'd rather go to the middle east to see sand than a movie theatre …
 
Chuckeee said:
I would rather go to the beach
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good point!

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Queen6 said:
Personally I like both the original and newer film. Having read enough of the books to understand the lore which helps a lot. Neither of the films are straight forward. so it's of no surprise that some can be left with many questions or missed on something seemingly trivial that unravels far later to be a major factor.

Dune, at its core, explores the dangers and potential of messianic figures within a complex web of politics, ecology, and religion. It delves into the challenges of leadership, the consequences of choices, and the potential for both destruction and renewal within the harsh and resource-rich desert world of Arrakis.

Same as the novels the films are not, nor ever intended to be a light form of entertainment, they are thought provoking and reflect many of the strife's of our own societies...

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I was impressed by the original Dune, but felt it was a bit over stylized, and did not represent the novel adequately, but it’s been a long time since I saw the original.
 
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