[lbo-talk] great movies -- was: "great" "conservative" movies

[John Thornton]

I know I'm in the minority but I really enjoyed that version of Dune.
Wonderful sets, lighting and costuming. Interesting but disjointed 
dialogue however the story itself is too compressed to prevent the 
dialogue from suffering this way.
They were simply trying to put too much into the film.
It would have to be a 4.5 hour film to do the story justice.

John Thornton

Mark Bennett wrote:
> Again, not to starting pissing contest, but if you never see Lynch's
> *Dune*you won't be missing much. Lynch and Dino  De Laurentis
> collaborating on a
> film version of *Dune*:  a recipe for disaster if ever there was one;
> although it did eventually lead to *Blue Velvet*.  Funny world.
>
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:57 PM, Bill Bartlett <billbartlett at aapt.net.au>wrote:
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> (For example, I gather there's a movie version of Dune, But I've never seen
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>> it.)
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>> Bill Bartlett
>> Bracknell Tas
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>> At 1:44 AM -0500 19/2/09, Percival Myers wrote:
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>>  On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Bill Bartlett wrote:
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>>>>> http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=REVIEWS08
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>>>>  Which includes 2001 A Space Oddessy. Perhaps one of the worst films of
>>>> all
>>>>  time...The whole film is an enormous wank.
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>>> It would seem that you are universally opposed to that. Also, that you
>>> have no appreciation for Science Fiction theater. Tell us, if you care
>>> to, why you didn't simply say "I saw it but didn't care for it"
>>> instead of what you did: equate it with wallabee dung. For the record,
>>> are there any Sci-Fi movies that you do like or can your pronouncement
>>> be tossed out, like entrails for the coyotes? Er, dingoes?
>>>
>>> Percy
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