This is my father's favorite movie. Every time I walk into my parents' house, I see the Baron floating around laughing maniacally. I have never watched it in its entirety, and with the new ones out, I wanted to watch this before I moved on to Dune: Part One.
I spent an hour of the film being SO confused about what was happening and why. But about an hour in (I know, that's a long time), I realized how super into it I was, and the more I started to understand what was up, the more I enjoyed it. Ultimately, a really good film, and I hope I enjoy the new one as much as I liked this one!
And I can't express enough how much I love the pug that made it through the whole damn film.
ESE: 150/100
50
+2 for the brown spot in Princess Irulan's otherwise greenish eyes
+3 for her soothing voice
+5 for 9 bulldogs
+10 for Patrick Stewart
-10 for the laughably horrible effects they used for the shields
-2 for the wild eyebrows on Thufir
-3 for marching with Barbie hands
+10 for the Duke telling his son that people need new experiences to grow
+5 for the Atreides family pug
-10 for the gross-ass fucking pain box
+10 for Brad Dourif
-10 for needles in eyes
-10 for super nasty Baron pustules
+5 for Sting
-5 for the nastiest juice box ever
+10 for Lady Jessica's hair
+5 for Paul ticking off prophecy boxes
+5 for how proud the Duke looks that his son knows how the suit should be worn
+10 for Duke Atreides saving the miners and saying "Damn the spice!" showing he cares more for his people than the spice
-10 for the Reverend Mother jumpscare
+5 for Paul saving Shadout Mapes
+10 for Shadout Mapes informing Paul of the traitor in his midst
-10 for Yueh being a major shitterton
+5 for the pug making a getaway
+10 for Gurney saving the pug
-10 for Yueh being all sookie-la-la after betraying people who were so good to him
-5 for the death of Duncan Idaho
+10 for Yueh's death because seriously, what a shitterton
-10 for the Harkonnen Mentat guy trying to feel up Lady Jessica
+10 for Paul using the Voice
-10 for the Duke's death
-10 for the Baron being alive
-5 for the death of Doctor Kynes
+10 for Paul's waking dream
+5 for the second thumper
+10 for the Fremen
+5 for Paul Muad'Dib
-5 for eating the cow tongue
+5 for Feyd's goofy undies
+5 for Thufir's new cat
-5 for the weird advancement of Usul and Chani's relationship
+5 for the weirding way
+5 for worm-riding
-10 for the fast-forwarding through Alia's growth and Usul and Chani's love story
+10 for Gurney still being alive!
+5 for Paul's blue eyes
+5 for Chani trusting Paul's judgment and giving him the Water of Life despite being scared to
+5 for the Emperor calling the Baron "that floating fat man"
+10 for Alia
+5 for the pug making it to the end of the film
+10 for rain on Arrakis
RIP Joss Ackland (1928-2023). Seen here in the classic scene from The Hunt for Red October where Richard Jordan (1937-1993) talks to him like he's been a naughty schoolboy.
Yes, i finally got around to it. So far I've noticed, Javert has brown eyes (what happened to my blue eyed boy), his sideburns aren't bushy enough (I know I'm being petty but....), Javert is too slim, isn't he suppost to be tall and kinda robust (not as robust as Valjean enough to be intimidating). Anthony Perkins was a brilliant actor but I'm just not feeling him as Javert. There's something missing apart from what I've already mentioned.
And why, at Toulon, is Valjean wearing what looks like Papa Smurf's hat (in the 1925 their prison hats looked a bit more like like tea cosies) on his head? Also why did Richard Jordan have trouble with at least doing a British accent like Perkins was abole to do (Perkins accent is good btw). I can't make my mind up about Jordan as Valjean yet, I'm on the fence with that one.
But up to now I'm enjoying it.
Please, please pleeaaassseee, pretty please with a cherry on top, tell me that the "would you like my hat?" scene is in it. I just have to see Ant Perky doing that one.