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I just saw the first movie with a friend and the thought went through my mind. I'm not really sure what something being derivative means, so I looked it up and apparently it's more subjective than I realized.

What are your thoughts?

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[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Everything has always been derivative of smth. We all stand on the shoulders of those before us.

Having said that, the Dennis Villeneuve dune does not overrely on previous adaptations like the lynch dune.

But guess what, plot comes from the book, themes come from the book. That is just being loyal to the source material since the medium in which the story is now being told is different.

As a whole the film has enough soul and individuality to stand out. You wouldn't watch it and think, ah a vague action movie with Arab inspired music.

Film is also a collaborative medium, one man doesn't decide what it is, many have influenced it and hence influences have come in from all over the place.

But Dennis Villeneuve as a director has left his imprint on this movie. If you've seen 2 or 3 of his movies you can watch dune without knowing he made it, you can guess it was him.

The way he works with light and dialogue specifically is individual enough for dune to be a unique movie.

(The general idea of an auteur in cinema is what I'm talking about)