Full disclaimer, I loved both the first and the second Dune movie, and I think Denis Villeneuve and his group did a stellar job with visual story-telling, with reasonable adaptation based on the original novel.

However, upon repeated re-watch of the ending scene (video, I can remove if violating any rules), I am slightly underwhelmed by how the sequence was edited. The sequence happens right after >!Paul defeated Feyd-Rautha and made the Emperor to unwillingly kiss his ring.!<The sequence included:

1. a reaction shot of his Mother (approximately 0.5 second)

2. a wide shot of everyone in the room >!kneeling!< (approximately 1 second)

3. a reaction shot of Irulan (approximately 0.5 second)

4. a reaction shot of Chani (approximately 0.5 second)

5. a full shot of >!Irulan, Chani, and Paul standing while everyone else on their knees!< (~ 2 seconds)

Why I am not a fan of this sequence: the pacing was very fast compared to the rest of the scene, a lot of cut-backs which were seemingly pointless? Outside this sequence, the tempo of the ending scene was moderate, and well-paced with the amazing music, which made this sequence standing out even more.

From characters' perspective, curious about the purpose of having Irulan and Chani's reaction shots here, especially given in the immediate next scene following 5, >!Paul looks back across room and saw Chani standing there feeling mad, and then Irulan looks at Chani, possibly figuring out her relationship with Paul!<. If I were the editor, I would probably only keep the 1st, 2nd, and 5th shot, and give each shot a few more seconds.

Do you agree with my reasoning? Is there anything I missed here?

Hi :)

My friend and I are looking for a wild 4D experience at the cinema and we have narrowed it down to two movies :

• Godzilla x Kong : the New Empire
• Ghostbusters : Frozen Empire

If you have seen either / both of these movies, which one would be the best and bumpiest 4D experience? Or if there is another movie that could fit, please let me know.

It feels like what I watched was a 3 hour X-men movie and I was bored out of my mind. It seems like I'm very alone in this opinion, and I have been known to be a hater, but I genuinely think I watched a different movie than the one everybody else saw.

I'm led to believe that the Kubrickian depiction of The Shining is very different from a King endorsed version so maybe I'm just a bigger fan of Kubrick's style. (To be clear I say this as a big fan of the first film but as someone who has never read the books).

So here are my complaints:

• This movie was very concerned about constantly giving me new lore, which made the shine feel like a generic super power
• The antagonist was a cabal of generic super powered beings who were not very interesting or scary
• In general this movie did not seem like a horror movie, i guess i would call it a horror themed thriller or something like that, which was weird
• This may be a nit pick but I found the cinematography of the first one to be very pretty and compelling, whereas this one is shot like any other off the shelf MCU type movie, down to that weird eye glow thing.

I think what this movie was missing for me was just sauce, the first movie had so much sauce.

Please feel free to tell me off, or if a few people agree with me that'd be dope.

I have loved this guy ever since I first saw him in the movie Hackers as a 10-year-old. I always assumed he was in his mid-40s or so in that movie.

I also loved him in the show Succession, and assumed he was at least in his late 70s ...

I just actually Googled his age for the first time in my life and I was utterly shocked to see he's only 60?!

60 might seem old if you're super young, but at the age of 39, it's utterly wild to think he's only about 20 years older than me.

I recently watched these two movies, about firefighters and mountain climbers respectfully, and I really enjoyed the action and drama in real life situations. I'm a big fan of Chinese cinema, but previously my only experience was with martial arts or fantasy films. Are there any similar movies in that type of vein (action oriented and dramatic careers and activities) which you would recommend? Thanks!

Movie spoilers ahead

My big one is Shrooms. For most of its runtime it is one of the best slashers of the 2000s. Arguably in the top 20 slashers of all time. Great, creepy, eerie atmosphere. And then at the end we realise that all along the creepy stuff wasn’t really there and it was the main character doing all the killing. For me that kinda ruined the movie.

I also think a lot of the split personality thrillers from the late 90s to 2000s didn’t really need that going on. Identity is pretty solid, most of the others are just kinda meh. Don’t even get me started on the “the character was comatose the whole time and this is their dream” movies

Question, Do you think Martin Scorsese will finally make Sinatra?

A few days ago, Variety dropped an article on how Scorsese plans to shot two films back to back, one being his Jesus project, which he will bypass Hollywood and independently finance it with hopes to get Andrew Garfield and Miles Teller for lead roles. The other project, I think surprise everyone is The Frank Sinatra Biopic.

If you don't know the history, Scorsese has been trying to get his Sinatra biopic off the ground for years. First with John Travolta in the lead role, and I think Di Caprio from an earlier attempt, but he has always had troubles getting it off the ground, in large part because of Estate not agreeing with some things that Scorsese wanted to show in his film, largely Sinatra's mob ties and Sinatra's darker side.

Now it looks like Scorsese is once again trying to get Sinatra off the ground, with DiCaprio in the lead role and Jennifer Lawrence as Ava Gardner and he plans and hope to film it after he is done with his Jesus Project. There is also a TMZ article with they interview Nancy Sinatra on this and it sounded like Scorsese finally manage to wear down The Sinatra Estate and got their approval.

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/martin-scorsese-frank-sinatra-biopic-dicaprio-jennifer-lawrence-1235973769/

https://www.tmz.com/2024/04/18/frank-sinatra-daughter-tina-react-martin-scorsese-dicaprio-biopic-approval/

All in All, Do you think Martin Scorsese will finally make Sinatra?

In the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett there is this thing called Dwarf Bread. Here's a quote that describes it;

"It was miraculous, the dwarf bread. No one ever went hungry when they had some dwarf bread to avoid. You only had to look at it for a moment, and instantly you could think of dozens of things you'd rather eat. Your boots, for example. Mountains. Raw sheep. Your own foot." - Witches Abroad

So, if you were to make a folder of movies titled "Dwarf Bread Movies" What would you put in there? Off the top of my head I'm thinking anything by Niel Breen, the Rebel Moon movies, In the Name of The King etc.

Bonus points if you give an imdb link!

Just finished watching this underrated film based on the book by S.E Hinton (The Outsiders, Rumble Fish). It’s about Mark Jennings (Emilio Estevez) who is a troubled guy who lives with his friend Bryon Douglass (Craig Sheffer). When Byron starts dating this girl Cathy Carlson (Kim Delaney) Mark feels left out and he begins acting out dealing drugs and his and Bryon’s friendship are put to the test. Morgan Freeman is in the film as Charlie Woods who is the boy’s mentor who runs a bar. I thought it was an enjoyable film but heard the book is much different than the film.

We live in an era in which we are bombarded with content and movies that are constantly coming out. We draw up endless lists of movies and have our watchlists clogged up. But I'd like to do an experiment. Without thinking for more than 5 seconds, tell me the first movie that comes to mind and write it down.

I'm curious to see if any interesting surprises come out.

I've seen well over a thousand movies and I've covered most of what people generally view as classics or pop culture staples. My watchlist is seemingly never ending, yet I feel paralyzed when it comes to deciding what to watch next at this point. Part of it comes from burnout, I'm sure, but I've also been going through a mental rut of sorts in my personal life. I think it's made my patience worse especially when it comes to consuming entertainment. I need a shortcut to something potent. Something reinvigorating that's probably more on the lesser known side (but doesn't have to be). Any genre will do. Thanks in advance.

I like the film and think Jamie Lannisters performance is great.

But one thing bothers me. He used a tube to smuggle in a blade and key into the prison. However he bimuys an asthma inhaler, and a shot shows him removing some tinfoil from the inner part ofnthe inhaler. This tinfoil is then shown wrapped around the small key.

I dont understand this. Can anyone help?

(I'm pretty surs they check the internal cavities of dangerous convicts on entry to prison but i'm ignoring that as unimportant).

I'll kick it off:

248. The "plan of attack" scene from Baby Driver (2017)

249. The "I killed your cat" scene - Boondock Saints (1999)

250. The "I seem to have lost my congressional medal of honor" scene - Blast From the Past (1999)

251. The "gasoline fight" scene from Zoolander (2001)

252. The "apple juice" scene - Little Monsters (1989)

I think Suburbicon is something that's forgotten by the Coen brothers and Clooney's filmography. I think it's not as bad as people say it is as I really liked the style and the comedy really hit on this one.

Maybe that's just me, because I hear so much criticism about this one and I don't understand it. It was just a way to kill off some time, not a brilliant film but a one I definitely do not regret seeing.

Your thoughts on Suburbicon?

Hello!

Unfortunately, my Blu-Ray of Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) does not provide any information about which negative or positive was used for the 4K scan. On the back, it only says "4K Remastered." Maybe someone here knows more about it? I believe there is an American Blu-Ray that includes a booklet. Maybe there is some information in there about the source used?

It’s a mediocre comedy, but “The Pacifier” is one of my all time favorite Disney movies. I grew up in a military family and was used to my dad being deployed, so I really relate to a lot of the stuff in the movie, and it’s special since my mom and I would watch it a lot.

I wanted to hear what movie this was for everyone else