#every single action and word and camera shot felt weighted and heavy and meaningful
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Was watching John Oliver's video about student loans yesterday morning as it was a holiday. Partner hobbles downstairs, says movie tickets are on sale, let's go see Dune 2. I wasn't a huge fan of the first one but he really wanted to go so I said sure.
I tried really hard to like it, but ultimately, I did not care about a single thing that happened in that film. I felt way more invested in John Oliver's video in the morning. I felt so much more for the woman who joined the military and had student loan payments automatically withdrawn from her account but the computer always withdrew a single penny short so it actually didn't register any of her payments than for Timothee Chalamet and his obsession with worms and then whispering and shouting randomly. I just don't get that movie... maybe the books make more sense?
#dune 2#personal#i honestly feel like talk to me broke my brain#i have such high standards for movies now#not a single second of talk to me felt wasted#not one scene felt extra or boring or like it could be cut#not one word of dialogue#not one glance#not one gaze was meaningless#every single action and word and camera shot felt weighted and heavy and meaningful#and dune felt so watered down and meaningless in comparison#that movie did NOT need to be three hours long#talk to me felt like a hearty meal#dune felt like cheetohs but without the cheese dust just the styrofoam part#ive never read the dune books but ive heard so much good about them#i cant help but feel like this is the seventh grade honor student's book report about it#like sure#maybe good for a certain grade or class#but nothing compared to how thoughtfully put together Talk to Me was#talk to me was realistic#but also carefully planned art#dune was like duuude let's recreate my favorite scene from the book where he fuckin rides the sandworm#and its like the biggest and bestest sandworm#and even the planet's natives are like duuude noooo thats too big#but hes all like yeeaahhh
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