Fans online have been reacting to Dune: Part Two’s Golden Globes snub, saying: “The disrespect is insane.”
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Next year’s Golden Globes nominations were announced earlier today (December 9). The contenders for the 2025 ceremony – which takes place on January 6 – were confirmed by Mindy Kaling and Morris Chestnut at 1.15pm GMT (5.15am PT).
Dune: Part Two was nominated in just two categories, ‘Best Original Score’ for Hans Zimmer and ‘Best Motion Picture: Drama.’ The film’s director Denis Villeneuve didn’t receive a nomination, nor did its actors including Zenyaya or Timothee Chamalet.
The movie sequel debuted in March and was a firm favourite with audiences and critics alike, earning a 92 per cent approval rating from critics and 95 per cent from audiences. The film also performed well at the box office, earning $714 million (£559 million) from a budget of $190 million (£148 million).
Frustrated fans have since taken to X/Twitter to voice their disappointment at the “snub”. One fan said it was “Outrageous” while another said it had been “robbed”. Many were particularly upset that Villeneuve didn’t earn a Best Director nomination. “He poured so much love into this script. The actors performed beautifully. The visuals captivating. Totally snubbed,” another fan wrote.
A fourth fan described it as “totally ridiculous” while another pointed out how, despite its enormous financial success at the box office, it didn’t get a nomination for the ‘box office achievement award’.
Check out some more of the reactions here:
The denis villeneuve disrespect is actually insane https://t.co/tpeoiLUHd7
— laura (@anyaritual) December 9, 2024
Outrageous! Dune 2 should be best movie of 2024!
— Emanuel Quinones (@EQuinones6310) December 9, 2024
Robbed.
— sSnAkEe (@FreshModeSP) December 9, 2024
He poured so much love into this script. The actors performed beautifully. The visuals captivating. Totally snubbed.
— KLAW (@klaw1991) December 9, 2024
Will never understand how a movie gets a Best Picture nomination without automatically getting a Best Director nomination, especially in this case. Dune 2 was a visual masterpiece,… and not despite Denis.
— Joe Tolley (@joetolley) December 9, 2024
Absolutely ridiculous
— Kron (@kronicless_) December 9, 2024
Dune not getting the box office achievement award was the funniest snub of the morning
— The Oscar Expert (@expert_oscar) December 9, 2024
The “Cinematic and Box Office Achievement” looks even more nonsensical now that they left out the very big box office achieving AND Best Drama nominee Dune 2… #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/irIp7r02dz
— Danny Ashkenasi (@DannyAshkenasi) December 9, 2024
Dune only getting two nominations and not including Denis Villeneuve for directing a fucking masterpiece is INSANE. pic.twitter.com/c2vUd4Zg4i
— Elizabeth (@EffyDxn) December 9, 2024
The Golden Globes not nominating Denis Villeneuve for the extraordinary Dune Part 2 when it was superior to the first one is beyond me. pic.twitter.com/JHGJyqv74C
— Virgo Blade (@VirgoBlade) December 9, 2024
uh quick thoughts on the golden globes:
– lots of The Substance love, i’m here for it
-denis being snubbed for director is actually really fucked
-not a lot of dune part two & challengers love, what the fuck??
– Yura Borisov being nominated for Igor in Anora made me happy
— CLOWNPENIS.fart (@Thholy_Ghst) December 9, 2024
dune: part two couldn’t even get into cinematic and box office achievement??? #GoldenGlobes
— zoë rose bryant (@zoerosebryant) December 9, 2024
Netflix was a standout, after earning 36 nominations for the likes of hit shows including Baby Reindeer and Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.
Other films in contention include Wicked (four nominations), Anora (five nominations) and The Brutalist, which received seven nominations.
Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci’s Conclave received five nominations, while Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, which stars Chalamet earned three. His Dune: Part Two co-star Zendaya also earned a nomination for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Challengers.
But it was Netflix’s musical drama Emilia Pérez led the pack with a total of eight nominations. You can see the full list here.
Zendaya plays Fremen warrior Chani. CREDIT: Warner Bros.
Recently, Christopher Nolan hailed Dune: Part Two as “miraculous” in a Q&A with director Villeneuve. The Oppenheimer director, who was speaking during a recent FYC conversation, was so impressed by the sequel, that he felt it was up there with The Empire Strikes Back.
“I watched the second half and I think it’s a miraculous job of adaptation, of taking that second half and making an incredible conclusion of the story,” Nolan said. “What a remarkable piece of work.”
Nolan added: “If, to me, Dune was like Star Wars, then Dune Two is The Empire Strikes Back, which is my favourite Star Wars film. I think it’s just a great expansion of all that was introduced in the first one.”
He continued: “What I was really struck by is the sense of immersion in that world. It’s a film that has so many unique images, so many things you’ve never seen before in this movie, time after time, and I was so struck by the detail of everything.”
Nolan also praised Villeneuve for the way he condensed the original story of Frank Herbert‘s 1965 sci-fi novel.
He went on: “Most adaptations, it’s a process of condensing things and simplifying things. My feeling in watching both films, in particular the second film, is that this was an act of exploring a little further and burrowing into the complications and embracing those and the world building beyond even what’s in the book.”
Dune: Part Two was given four-stars by NME on its release, writing: “If there’s an issue with Dune: Part Two, it’s only that the ending feels a little rushed, considering the near six-hour build-up over the past two movies. At any rate, the door is left wide open for a third instalment, and Villeneuve has already indicated his willingness to continue with an adaptation of Herbert’s sequel: Dune Messiah, should Part Two rake in enough spicy space cash, so there may well be more to come. In the meantime, make sure you see this on the biggest, loudest screen you can find.”
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