I don’t know much of his story and growing up so I’m not gonna comment on that but I didn’t really like him in dune. Just rubbed me the wrong way for some reason
Yea it wasn’t until someone wrote that he was the weakest part of the movie that I realised I basically felt the same way. Every actor fills their role in that film (I think Bardem as Stilgar is my favourite) but there’s something not quite there in his performance. To be fair it’s probably a hard role to cast for. But yea, in going to see part 2, his acting isn’t what I’m looking forward to, and that is honestly a bit of a shame. But you know, maybe that’s Paul, maybe you don’t really see him … I’m wondering if there are some quotes to back this up now.
I didn’t hate his portrayal, not at all actually. A more accurate statement would be that it felt, to me, to be a weak point of the film.
I agree with you, generally, it’s just for me there was a hollowness there. But I can totally see his performance working very well for others. I’m definitely looking forward to part 2!!
He plays a certain role very well - the moody, pouty, teenager that’s grappling with coming to his own. But beyond that, he doesn’t have much of a range, and tends to do too much when the director doesn’t rein him in. I think he’s talented, but not worthy of all the overt thirstiness that Film Twitter bestows on him.
To be fair, the Tim Burton film was far closer to the original novel. And that’s what I grew up with, so the 70s gene wilder version (that Dahl hated) never gelled with me.
According to King, the only conversation they about the book/film was Kubrick called him and asked whether he believed in God.
I (and my partner) have read into that Kubrick did indeed see into the book that King was writing about himself and wanted to get a handle on what kind of frame of reference King had in doing so.
Kubrick’s movie was a good, scary movie that was definitely inspired by the book.
The TV series was lower quality, but I believe a better adaptation of the book.
I really appreciate that movie version of Dr Sleep did an amazing job of blending Kubrick’s version with King’s novels. Enough so that I think it pulls Kubrick’s movie back into line where it feels less divergent from the original book.
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