by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
The thing about Dune 2 that I think it will make it a lot more popular than you might first realize is, as a man, I found myself really getting into the “dude stuff” elements of it. I have read the books that the movie is based on and I found myself remembering what a bad ass Paul Atreides is.
Paul Atreides
He is a very male archetype, the type that dudes want to follow into battle.
And I think, given how we’ve all decided men should be wussies, that a lot of traditional dude’s dudes will find Paul Atreides a very appealing pop culture figure.
Now, having said that, I found the movie itself…meh. It was too long and did not have the storytelling snap that it could have had if it was closer to two and half hours.
Or, put another way, I would have done the entire franchise differently by making it an at least three picture concept from the beginning and being sure that the first movie wasn’t just a pretty one that was just very long and boring at times.
But, you work with what you got and I really liked Dune 2. I think it’s going to be a huge hit.
