It's impossible not to compare this film with the book and the previous 1984 movie and in both cases it fails miserably. Apart from the special effects allowed by current technology, there are few redeeming qualities.
Almost all actors severely lack charisma for the parts they act. The exceptions are Jason Momoa as Duncan Idaho and Dave Bautista as Beast Rabban Harkonnen. These two are great in their parts although with little screen time and much better than the 1984 version.
Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica Atreides and Stellan Skarsgård as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen are ok. But Oscar Isaac as Duke Leto Atreides is irrelevant.
But when we go to characters like Thufir Hawat, Dr. Wellington Yueh, Reverend Mother Mohiam. Piter de Vries, Shadout Mapes and especially Dr. Liet Kynes they are a shadow of the 1984 actors. No charisma, presence or intensity.
The worst is Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides. The acting is a snooze-fest. Paul Atreides looks like he never had a good night sleep and just drags around. Completely uninspired and uninspiring.
The 1984 version is far from perfect, but it transmitted a epic feeling, with strong characters and actors. This version even leave out some major lines of the book used in 1984 version, the vision sequences are bad and lack transmitting the background story of the universe where the story occurs apart a few comments.
It's just too much style and little content. Very disappointing.
Almost all actors severely lack charisma for the parts they act. The exceptions are Jason Momoa as Duncan Idaho and Dave Bautista as Beast Rabban Harkonnen. These two are great in their parts although with little screen time and much better than the 1984 version.
Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica Atreides and Stellan Skarsgård as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen are ok. But Oscar Isaac as Duke Leto Atreides is irrelevant.
But when we go to characters like Thufir Hawat, Dr. Wellington Yueh, Reverend Mother Mohiam. Piter de Vries, Shadout Mapes and especially Dr. Liet Kynes they are a shadow of the 1984 actors. No charisma, presence or intensity.
The worst is Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides. The acting is a snooze-fest. Paul Atreides looks like he never had a good night sleep and just drags around. Completely uninspired and uninspiring.
The 1984 version is far from perfect, but it transmitted a epic feeling, with strong characters and actors. This version even leave out some major lines of the book used in 1984 version, the vision sequences are bad and lack transmitting the background story of the universe where the story occurs apart a few comments.
It's just too much style and little content. Very disappointing.