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And forced to direct a cruddy kaiju movoe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulgasari

This could be in the "rain" thread! Rother Valley (158th time) for me today and a course PB of 22.44 - by 1 second, the best sort of PB. It was extremely wet and windy so I have to be pleased, but I'm shattered now. Surprisingly my heart rate didn't get into the high zones at all.

Dune (2021) Yes, of course it's too long! This is the 21st Century, after all, and if you want those sweet sweet shiny awards, you need length as much as quality. Lots of brooding, thousand-yard stares to pad out the running time, like everything else these days. Likewise the desaturated colour palette; another guide to illustrious judging panels that this is a Terribly Serious Movie. However, this really is pretty damn good. The score and the general sound design really works with this movie. The mixture of physical and digital effects, of course, blows previous adaptations out of the water. I am now imagining a time-travelling ideal cast, from this and David Lynch's version. Leto: Jurgen Prochnow - Oscar Isaac is just too young for the part. Jessica - a tie, both are excellent. Paul - close, but Chalumet edges it. Duncan Idaho - always Richard Jordan, even though Jason Momoa does a good job. Gurney Halleck - anyone but Patrick Stewart! As wrong a casting as you could imagine, despite his talent. However, Josh Brolin does reminds me of Rhod Gilbert. Reverend Mother Mohiam - both magnificently cold and calculating. Thufir Hawat - Stephen Henderson. The Baron - Stellan Skarsgard, by a mile. Rabban - a tie, again. Two magnificent brutes who love their job. Dr Kynes - Max von Sydow makes this an unfair contest. Stilgar - again, too close to call. Chani - I'm scared Sean Young will hunt me down and kill me if I don't choose her.

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