After seeing it again with Javachik, I can appreciate how well Villeneuve truly adapted the material, rather than simply putting the book onscreen. Herbert prioritizes context and backstory to the point where probably 70% of the book is characters thinking in italics about What That Thing Really Means And How The Last 8000 Years Have Led Us To This Point, and it honestly never occurred to me that you could just...not do that.
The Lynch version completely takes for granted that all of the backstory and context were critical because Frank Herbert said they were, and I still think that version feels more like reading the book, but I'm glad we get to have both.
(I also can't remember anything about the SyFy version, except that the effects were terrible like all VFX on TV in that era.)
The two things that did continue to bother me:
1.
PUT YOUR DAMN MASKS ON, FREMEN
2.
In the book, there is a LOT of interior monologuing. And in the Lynch version you can hear people thinking by having the actor look into the middle distance with their thoughts on slightly echo-y voiceover. Cheesy, but whatever. And in this version, Villeneuve decided he was just going to have all the characters say their thoughts OUT LOUD muttering under their breath? WTF? Do you think Paul can't hear you, Kynes? He is literally standing two feet in front of your face.
How far through the book does the movie get?
So it turns out The Matrix Resurrections is a love letter SPECIFICALLY TO ME and validates ALL OF MY FEELINGS about the sequels. It is a perfect movie and I want to smish its perfect little movie face and then give it a kiss on the nose.
(Going way back because apparently you asked me a question a month ago and I ignored you like an asshole? Sorry!)
How far through the book does the movie get?
Dune 1 ends with
Paul and Jessica going with Stilgar to Sietch Tabr after the fight with Jamis.
That is most excellent news about Matrix. I have a serious love of the first one and didn't want to risk damage to my affections.
If you are a fan of the first one but not the sequels then Resurrections is probably not for you. Which is okay because it's for me and I will love it enough for all of us.
I really loved them all! But the first one is my greatest love. Just a big ole Matrix fangirl.
I’m glad to have that preparation, Jess. And I’m happy for you!
Ok, watched Matrix Resurrections today and it was awesome! For context, I did not love 2&3, but this one totally worked for me.
Ok, watched Matrix Resurrections today and it was awesome! For context, I did not love 2&3, but this one totally worked for me.
I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it. We had rewatched the trilogy a couple of weeks ago and I wasn't quite sure where they would take it but both the new directions and the meta really worked for me (even though I'd get very confused when I thought about the tech or world-building too much).
