On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 12:19 PM, John Thornton <jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
> 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
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> Mark Bennett wrote:
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>> 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
>>
>>
>>> 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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