Visually, this movie reminds me of a pharmaceutical ad, but it does a lot to explain the childhood context of known masculine villain, John Lennon.
They did an adequate job showing how creepy his relationship with his mom was by filling their scenes with uncomfortable tension, attraction, and jealousy, but they definitely chickened out on showing how bad that relationship actually was. Misstep in my opinion likely to avoid dragging a Beatle boy through the muck, but they all deserve as much
The last three episodes of twin peaks convinced me the show was good, but flawed
This movie convinced that someone should watch it.
Viscerally upsetting
Halfway through the movie, when we reached the inciting incident of the Harkonens attacking the Duke, I leaned over to my girlfriend and whispered, “if we were listening to the audio book, we’d be 7.5 hours in out of 21.”
I personally think Herbert’s original is too dense for its own good. The fact that Villeneuve and company were able to faithfully adapt the source material while increasing its accessibility is a resounding testament to their abilities as storytellers.
It’s…
No idea how many stars, but I can confidently say Ken IS Me.
I don't think I've ever been so gung-ho about being in charge, but I've lived a long time with a lot of expectations about my role as a man.
The last few years have all been about learning just to be Ken and nothing more, letting the rest be discovered along the way.
