The Children of Dune

[alexandral]

The Children of dune

I am feeling rather down – there is something wrong with my eyes. At first I thought that I am just tired as I have been working long hours overtime on the computer but yesterday I had to admit that the eyes should have gotten better already. They are red, teary, swollen and feel like they are full of sand. I had a prayer at the church yesterday and they are much better today but still feel like I better have some rest. But how one has an eye-rest? Anything even remotely interesting involves eyes! (and this is the source of Alexandral's feelings of deprivation!)

But I swear I'll have some eye rest just after I post "The Children of Dune" screencaps. :D I started watching these mini-series from baleanoptera's rec and though they are flawed "The Children of Dune" are intensely, insanely beautiful. I used to be a huge fan of the books with their mind-boggling complexity and "The children of Dune" is probably the best adaptation so far. I haven't finished watching it yet (see – EYE REST!) but I made some screencaps, I just could not stop. I am not usually not a fan of intense yellow colour but it all changed after I beheld golden Leto Artredis (aka James McAvoy) and his sister..So iconable !

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[bzoppa.livejournal.com]

I remember being irritated hearing that they'd aged the twins 7 or so years. I figured it was because 1) they couldn't find kids capable of acting the parts (there's only one Dakota Fanning in the world, after all) and 2) to make it more palatable and interesting to mainstream audiences.

hahaha.. that reminds me of a blurb I read this morning about Ang Lee's new film. We have a free daily distributed at the metro stations, a kind of abbreviated bit of The Washington Post. The penultimate page has celebrity blurbs, and I always read them.

Diplomatic: Lee Finds Gentle Way of Saying We Won't Get It

Oscar-winning Taiwanese director Ang Lee said Sunday he has low expectations for his new spy-thriller Lust, Caution in the U.S., because it is a "very Chinese" film that may be alien to American audiences. "Its pace, its film language—it's all very Chinese. I also used Western film noir. It's not very audience-friendly for a market like the U.S. It's not their subject matter," said Lee. He acknowledged that "Lust, Caution" could marginalize him in the U.S. market.

(caption for the photo of Lee: Lee's film will test U.S. viewers' intelligence)

This makes me giggle, and it's very true too.