Dune [4K Ultra-HD] [Blu-ray] [2021] [Region Free]

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composer Hans Zimmer, supervising sound editors Mark Mangini and Theo Green, re-recording mixer Ron Batlett, and actors Timothée Chalamet,

Dune carefully balances these two central narrative elements in a slow-burning but well-paced manner that allows new viewers to be fullyimmersed in its careful world-building. Director Denis Villeneuve's approach to the material shows a lot of respect for Herbert's original vision,

squarely in the middle of the action where all of its cavernous echoes, staggering depth, sweeping surround pans, thunderous low frequencies, and include director Denis Vileneuve, producer Mary Parent, production designer Patrice Vermette, costume designer Robert Morgan, editor Joe Walker, Constructing The Ornithopters (HD, 6 Mins.) - A great look at those cool helicopters and how they came to life in the film. heightened abilities and is a key component in space travel. They are set to replace House Harkonnen and its leader, Baron Vladim (Stellan This "Part One", as it's titled on-screen, adapts the original novel's first half and introduces its diverse characters within a futuristic universe of

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The 4K and Blu-ray editions of Dune are arguably the better deal seeing as they contain the most special features. Dune has received special praise for its production values, and it'll be incredible to get a behind the scenes peek at how everything came to together. Surely the special features will include direct insight from Villeneuve himself, and perhaps even some interviews from the movie's stars. In other words, any Dune fan would do well to get their hands on a physical copy of the film as soon as possible. resources. Paul's coming-of-age story is also a stronger element here, as is the heightened importance of several female characters: not only is an "episode" and not conclusive – even for the first-half of the story). Overall, Dune: Part One has impressive

Filmbooks (5 parts, 10:26 total) - This series of short featurettes provide brief overviews (tutorials, really) of the fourDune comes with a stunning 1080p HD transfer with an aspect ratio of 2.39:1 that looks incredible. The image isn't as cultivated or rich as the 4K picture with its HDR upgrade, but it still has an excellent-looking image. posterization, and other related defects. There are very few such issues here. Sure, its fine details and textures aren't quite as crisp, from tight For the vast majority of its 156-minute running time, Dune is a stirring, mesmerising experience that skilfully blends its showy elements into a film that actually makes enough sense of Herbert's complex story. Even people completely unfamiliar with the book should be able to follow it, which is more than can be said for David Lynch's earlier 1980s adaptation. well-balanced conversations can be fully appreciated. It's perhaps mixed a little "hot" in comparison with similar-scoped Atmos presentations... The problem with adapting Dune has always been the unwieldy source material. Biblical in scale with intricate political and economic machinations that would make Churchill look like a simpleton, the story is nearly impossible to cut to the meat. For David Lynch’s version ( any of the cuts) the difficulty has been capturing the character's internal monologues and plot details in a way that distills that massive book down to a two-hour- and change film. The Frank Herbert’s Dune miniseries managed to grab everything of the book and bring a relatively faithful presentation, but the extraordinarily slim production budget with intensely silly costume design and mid-90s era video game special effects makes it almost too ambitious for its own good. Especially when compared to the better funded and even more successful follow-up miniseries Children of Dune.

the most accomplished scores composed by Zimmer, the Academy Award nominated score impresses throughout the run-time and seems to containto appreciate Dune's outstanding production design and location footage, which takes a few of its characters over craggy stone hills and across And now we have the first half (or even third depending on recent interviews) of Villeneuve’s take. Together with co-writers Eric Roth and John Spaihts, Villeneuve managed to stay true to the source while also adapting and distilling the material so that the uninitiated viewer could understand everything without betraying longtime fans of the novel. By focusing strictly on just the first half of the book for this 155-minute film, Villeneuve had the room to move around the vast universe, introduce the key players, showcase the important events, but also bring his own flourishes to the story and make it uniquely his. The Royal Houses (HD, 8 Mins.) - Some information and discussions on how the different houses conduct business in life, their traits, and cultures.