I absolutely love fantasy worlds like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, etc. I'm a sucker for world-building, lore, political intrigue, and huge fictional universes.

On paper, Dune should be right up my alley. But for some reason, I physically cannot sit through more than 10 minutes of it without wanting to watch literally anything else.

I've tried multiple times, and I genuinely don't understand why it doesn't click for me, especially considering how much I love similar franchises.

Does anyone else feel this way? Is there something about Dune that makes it fundamentally different from those other universes?

Spoilers for 12 Angry Men (1957).

The secret ballot in 12 Angry Men is such a brief bit of breathing room. Juror 8 sits it out and gives the other eleven a way to disagree without announcing it to the table.

Then one 'not guilty' appears and the room immediately starts trying to identify who wrote it. Juror 3 goes after Juror 5, and Juror 9 has to step in.

What I like is that the paper doesn't magically make the room reasonable. It gets one dissenting vote onto the table, but the person behind it still has to deal with everyone else. Nine's explanation is so modest, too: he wants to hear more. That's enough to keep the discussion alive, even though the others treat changing a vote like changing teams.

It's literally over performing it's box office expectations for those in the know. It's billionaire funded so it's not vulnerable like a normal film. It about that 100 percent rotten tomatoes score and the guaranteed Oscars it bring to the to Knight family and Nike. I like to hear to discussion of the film itself but acting like it's box office gross vs it's budget is an indication the film failed doesn't know what Laika sets out to do with their movies. I also find a lot of the discussion here has no specific actual critiques, like pacing concerns, but no specific examples of where it dragged or what they didn't like. It feels lazy and performative to shit on a 100 score rotten tomatoes movie like that, without even providing specifics.

I also want to push back it's for kids, not really actually. I heard Laika people talk about how it's deeply an homage to LOTR and Narnia, things our generation if your older grew up with and usually Love when movies grow up those themes, especially with a new or interesting visual style. Not to mention it's battle scene is one of the best EVER put to cinema

The news about Maelstrom caught my attention because the script has been around since 1993. The story follows a federal marshal protecting a witness while a hurricane cuts them off from help.I am all for bringing back a great action concept if the filmmakers have something fresh to add. But sometimes it feels like Hollywood would rather dig up an old project than take a chance on something completely new.What do you think? Can a decades-old script still feel fresh with the right cast and director? And what forgotten movie idea would you actually like to see finally get made?