DUNC it!

It seems that a) everyone will see this movie, and b) everyone will like this movie. Everyone... WILL!!!

Paul Atreides goes with his parents to the planet known as Dune. Everyone gets attacked, and Paul barely gets away and...

End of part one!

Okay, that was a rather glib summary, but if you know the story you know what happens. This movie is quite a faithful adaptation of the book. Remember that scene? Yeah, it's in the movie. Which means this is a long ass movie, with lots of stuff happening... and yet not much does really happen. The book works better because it has room to breathe, but translating onto screen, it feels like some elements are skipped over.

However, there's no real doubt that there will be a part two. Especially with some performances (hello Zendaya) not really coming into anything until part two.

But at least the music is great!

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Hilloween Kalls

Oh dear gods... what the hell is this mess of a movie supposed to be?

One part of this movie is supposed to follow on from the previous movie (which I can't recall the name of), and it is trying to make a statement about what is the real impact of Michael Myers. Another part of this movie is trying to reference the previous movies like it is an anniversary special. And yet another part is going "hey, how about some kewl Michael kills?"

And the problem is... none of these parts are integrated! It's like they had three different scripts they mashed together. Or, rather, more like they had a raft of deleted scenes from other movies they wanted to cram into one movie to get everything out of the way.

(And make no mistake about this being the end of the franchise... they aren't allowed to kill Myers off.)

What we get is an incoherent mess. I'm not sure why half the actors bothered to be here, possibly they were contracted, possibly they just wanted the money. Certainly it's not for the artistic merit.

Just best to avoid, but I'm sure everyone already even halfway invested in this series will check this out.

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Jimonthy Blonde

Partially I suspect because cinemas could not open up fully, this took a while to come out compare to other countries... but still before others. But not as bad as some other movies on the slate...

What if there was a weapon that could target people and be used safely around others? And what if the British spies were entirely responsible for it getting out of hand? That's the plot, but the majority of this movie is actually about the relationships between Bond and other characters, mainly his not wife Madeleine Swann and also her relationships with other characters. Which sometimes gets interrupted with action scenes.

Am I saying this movie is focusing on the wrong things? Well, it's so bloody long it focuses on everything. There were a lot of parts where I was thinking "could this be edited down? yes!".

That said, it has a lot to pack it. It has a lot of references to the rest of the series, and James' interaction with Felix is one of the better parts of the movie. There are some good action sequences, but not all. And as for the villain... is he even in this movie? I'm fairly sure you could remove him and not really notice.

It's too long, but this does sit in for a full story with Craig's Bond. That said, I did stay right to the end to see if they put the usual title card at the end...

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