Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
A delightful film! Nathan Lane and Robin Williams acting with real love and empathy. Hilarious jokes and a joy to watch.
The most historically accurate film I have ever seen. The dialects, costumes and social structures are all insanely accurate to to setting. It shows the love and care of the filmmakers. All the performances are incredible, particularly Crowe and Bettany.
The Chemistry these two share is worth the watch. Beyond that the film is a fun adventure romp with excellent naval combat, a great watch.
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Dune 1984 is so incredibly David Lynch it hurts. Everything about it screams mad creativity let loose on a galaxy sized canvas. From the Bene Gesserit gom jabbar to the Fremen still suits, Frank Herbert's desert has never again been so vividly realized. The level of visual world building present in this film borders on Tolkien levels of detail.
However the gutting of every plot point beyond the Atreides and Harkonnen feud effectively removes much of the emotion and real…