Paul taming Shai Hulud was a really disappointing scene, as were the spice trips. The BW gladiatorial arena was cool until I learnt that it was basically abusively hot.

[–] triptrapper@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I was blown away by the Paul taming Shai Hulud scene. The VFX were perfect and the camera work showed the massive scale of the worms.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 16 minutes ago

Why do you think that? It was very plainly shot, just showing closeups of Paul holding the reins from bland angles getting blasted with sand or flying tracking shots of obvious CGI. The worm didn't seem to show any particular reaction or resistance and there was no impressionism or particularly distinct things happening on screen showing their bond, Paul's growing power, his increasing connection to the environment.

It showed the scale of the worms, but ... Like the news covering a flood

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 points 15 hours ago

You want more Gurney and his balliset?