Well they made a Dune movie and we saw it. Here’s our first take recorded on Sunday 10/24 after Mike saw it on Saturday night and Jeff apparently saw it “100 times” between its Thursday release on HBO Max and our recording.
The first 18 minutes we discuss where we’re coming from in terms of seeing movies/shows based on books we’ve read (or the opposite- Mike says movie/show first is a great way to avoid disappointment), the importance of recording and posting a reaction ASAP, what we think we're doing with this podcast...and then we get into the film; what we thought worked, what didn’t. What surprised us about the adaptation, etc.
This convo was definitely less organized than we intended so we WILL be back for more movie talk. Mike wants to see it again.
Our next episode will be the a watch-through/talk-through of the movie (like a commentary track on a DVD) from the beginning to about 55 minutes in. From there we’ll finish the movie in a similar fashion and return to the book!
We’re NOT done talking about the movie yet!