It was a masterpiece.
Posted on 03/19/2020 8:33:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Not enough spice?
Dune is a great novel. I have trouble seeing how it can ever be a great movie. Some stories are best read, not watched.
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This sprawling story first hit the silver screen in 1984. It was a mind-numbingly bad adaptation. “
Nah, had it’s faults but can’t accept the judgment of someone who gores this far.
I agree. I saw the David Lynch “Dune” back in the day and was intrigued. I eventually made it through the original trilogy and was blown away! Great sci-fi but hard to translate to the screen.
I had a friend who really liked the movie version. Given the detail crammed into that film I figured it would be too confusing, but he replayed it may times to get to know it better.
Dennis Villnueve is a good director and I’ll probably give the movie the benefit of the doubt unless it gets embargoed for review until release.
Do you have a citation?
Not cinema material. Plenty of other stories would have been better fodder.
I venture to say that if you didn't read the first book before seeing the original Dune movie you would be lost. I did, and I enjoyed the movie. Others that have watched the movie with me did like it so much, but they didn't read the book and were lost among the sea of characters.
I generally don’t like remakes, but then there is Titanic.
I LOVE DUNE! The longer the version, the better.
GREAT MOVIE! I don’t care what anybody says. If you like Syfy you have to like Dune.
Everyone forgets the SyFy movies that were actually pretty good.
Another Dune Remake?
https://libertyislandmag.com/2019/03/08/another-dune-remake/
They could do it through the mental and Paul himself.
I’m concerned they’re going SJW, such as already being proud of gender swapping Liet Kynes.
The tragedy is that the soap-opera follow up books by Brian Herbert would be easier to film, though they screw cannon and dumb down the plot and main characters.
Frank Herbert Vs. Brian Herbert: Dune Cannon Vs. Everything Else
https://libertyislandmag.com/2019/03/01/frank-herbert-vs-brian-herbert-dune-cannon-vs-everything-else/
The original Lynch version was a poor adaptation. The mini series was excellent and very true to the book. The author who created this review doesn’t have an clue and probably never read the books. I met Frank Herbert back in the 70’s in Port Townsend. It was an honor and privilege. I will wait and see what the new dune is like but not going to judge it until I see it.
It was a masterpiece.
Because we’ll know that the stylish, Italian clothes are actually made by Chinese?
The only way Dune could be made would be as a mini-series. Just too much information and too many great characters to crunch even into a 3 hour movie.
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