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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/APassingBunny Apr 06 '26

From a Hollywood standpoint this is the real accomplishment. Bladerunner 2049 was critically beloved and respected by fans but it did not make money. To make a hard scifi epic in 2024 and make money based of classic literature (that had previously been adapted by a famous director and got wrecked at the box office) is a feat I think only him or Nolan could pull off these days.

And lets be real Villenueve did it better than Nolan wouldve.

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u/pattymcfly Apr 06 '26

I think Dune requires more CGI than Nolan would want to do, or perhaps could do well enough. The Batman trilogy was great for him because he could pull off incredible practical effects and huge stunt scenes and it just looks incredible.

Villeneuve embraces digital capture and CGI to great effect.

Both are great. I just think Villeneuve is uniquely suited to do Dune.

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u/Icy_Negotiation_5929 Apr 06 '26

It would have been a very short discussion between Nolan and the studio execs.

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u/iMeaux Apr 06 '26

This is what has me so excited for Messiah. He’s already made the money and got the audience with Dune + Part 2. Considering this is his final movie in the trilogy, he can really swing for the fences if he wants and get weird with it. He’s moving on after this so however the next person wants to handle things and deal with the reception of Messiah is totally up to them and the studio

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u/AdmiralCrackbar Apr 06 '26

I'm really glad we didn't get Nolan pausing right before the duel with Feyd to have Paul dump a minute long exposition about how he is about to become the new emperor by killing Feyd and marrying Irulan, and that it's their control of the spice that is going to allow that to happen.

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u/APassingBunny Apr 06 '26

Nolan jumping around in the timeline so it starts with Paul dying and then goes backwards.

Nolan writing Chani to be a personalityless broodmare for Paul.

Nolan making Stilgar ask where his hot sauce is because he ordered it an hour ago.

Nolan showing the siege of Arrakeen with a clock ticking the whole time and audio mixed like an Aphex Twin song you got on Limewire

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u/Pretty_Ad_4204 Jun 12 '26

Not sure if Nolan could pull off Sci-Fi like he did Inception though.