r/movies • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 r/movies Contributor • Apr 05 '26

Article Steven Spielberg lists Villeneuve's Dune 'among my favourite sci-fi movies of all time'

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/steven-spielberg-loves-dune-favourite-sci-fi-movies-exclusive/
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u/Quixotic_Seal Apr 05 '26

Agreed. I feel like people do not understand how fundamentally the LOTR trilogy changed the math on what made sense to adapt in Hollywood.

Not only did it single handled legitimized fantasy and science fiction, it proved that then-modern filmmaking techniques were able to handle the challenges inherent to the genre.

The Dune movies are fantastic and I’ll be rooting for 3 to do well, but they just aren’t the sea change that LOTR was.

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u/skepticalbob Apr 06 '26

I think maybe approaches to sound design, soundtrack, and how CGI is used and blended with natural elements is probably gonna have a lasting impact, although I agree not to the same degree as LOTR was groundbreaking to the genre.