Dune or Bond?
PerfidiousPorpoise 23 Oct 21 13:46
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Decisions …

Oh blimey! 
 

I’m not sure I can face Sting in that outfit or that blue eyed midget child declaring “and how can this be? For he is the Kwisatz Haderach!” and Sian Phillips pulling weird faces…

What is it with over hyped arts these days??

any book promoted by Waterstones - unreadable

theatre reviews - far too generous

cinema reviews - we dont bother much with films these days.

Waterstones is totally crap apart from Dillons as was, which has wisely adopted Strand’s model of remainders and secondhand alongside new stuff, and sheer volume of great stock. But I wouldn’t believe any recommendations from any shop tbh.

You know what, you are actually right it is Inceh. Definitely Bond then. Dune seemed to be never ending. Fvck all really happens. At the pace they are going they will need four films just to do the first book!  Bond was just a bit crap.

Wow, I didn’t realise men were so hard to please (especially Madders). Bond was decent, yeah it’s not a traditional Bond film blah blah blah but it was a perfectly good action film and the time whizzed by. 
 

Dune tonight 

"and how can this be? For he is the Kwisatz Haderach!”

This line sticks long in the memory. If you typed this out including the spelling of KH without googling I am super impressed.

My wife hates the old Dune but especially the scene when the Baron takes out the ginger servant's heart valve. Tbf it is quite weird how a Sci fi action film has one of the most disturbing graphic sexual murder scenes of any film of that decade.

Chalamet is weird looking imo and v young. No effect on my ovaries here. 

Spurius, course I Googled the spelling! I always thought the delivery of that line was absolutely hilarious, tho. 

 

Shatner - fair enough, I thought he was about 19 and I assumed you were well older than 32.

By all means have the whey-faced little skeleton ride you like seabiscuit if that's what you want.

I've just seen it and I have to say I thought it was a masterpiece. Beautiful, immersive, at times transporting. I was not expecting that at all. Denis Villeneuve is a genius.