With over 2k reviews another is probably not even needed. Nevertheless...
While some folks will enjoy this movie for the cinematography alone, I require a bit more. Like a decent script and directing.
Likely most of us have read the books. Why then, isn't the fact that Paul is the Kwisatz Haderach much featured at all in this film? And him getting stabbed in the fight with Feyd? His premonition would have told him every move Feyd would make before he made it. Failing to establish this was failure to establish the entire concept of Dune.
And then we have "LONG LIVE THE FIGHTERS!"... instead of "LONG LIVE THE BITERS!" ??? There was a reason for the original words in the book, but this movie didn't provide that foundation so lost that entire concept. That is the dominant flaw of both of these movies: not enough foundation and explanation. For a two-part, lengthy pair of movies, that's unacceptable. Directorial stupidity.
Then there is that incredibly lame ending of Chani's "dirty look" and "Okay folks! That's a wrap!" Seriously, couldn't they come up with a better ending than that? How about the actual ending in the book?
This movie just felt so... emotionally empty. There was none of the fascination of the original book, so very much left out and unexplained. So much was not explained that was fully detailed in the book (and included in the 1984 version)-- which they surely could have covered in two lengthy movies if they weren't so filled with pointless, lengthy monologue. What a sad excuse of story-telling, especially from such a story-rich source as the book.
I greatly preferred the portrayal of the sandworms in the1984 film. In truth, while I found the 1984 film pretentious, gratuitously gross and contained really terrible acting, it at least told the basic story better than this one and did a far better job of stirring the emotions. This movie had better acting, but the story seemed to leave out the real heart of Dune.
One could list issue after issue of this lengthy two-movie attempt at re-creating DUNE, but in all honestly people are either going to love it, hate it, or have mixed feelings. Those who could see past the glitter and glam of yet-another-DUNE-movie are already aware of the storytelling short-comings in this one.
This was a huge disappointment for me. I promised myself to never watch the 1984 version again (gross, gross)... this film actually made me want to re-watch the prior film as a brain-cleanser for this very bad job of directing and story-telling. How could they leave so very, very much out of two movies of this length?
While some folks will enjoy this movie for the cinematography alone, I require a bit more. Like a decent script and directing.
Likely most of us have read the books. Why then, isn't the fact that Paul is the Kwisatz Haderach much featured at all in this film? And him getting stabbed in the fight with Feyd? His premonition would have told him every move Feyd would make before he made it. Failing to establish this was failure to establish the entire concept of Dune.
And then we have "LONG LIVE THE FIGHTERS!"... instead of "LONG LIVE THE BITERS!" ??? There was a reason for the original words in the book, but this movie didn't provide that foundation so lost that entire concept. That is the dominant flaw of both of these movies: not enough foundation and explanation. For a two-part, lengthy pair of movies, that's unacceptable. Directorial stupidity.
Then there is that incredibly lame ending of Chani's "dirty look" and "Okay folks! That's a wrap!" Seriously, couldn't they come up with a better ending than that? How about the actual ending in the book?
This movie just felt so... emotionally empty. There was none of the fascination of the original book, so very much left out and unexplained. So much was not explained that was fully detailed in the book (and included in the 1984 version)-- which they surely could have covered in two lengthy movies if they weren't so filled with pointless, lengthy monologue. What a sad excuse of story-telling, especially from such a story-rich source as the book.
I greatly preferred the portrayal of the sandworms in the1984 film. In truth, while I found the 1984 film pretentious, gratuitously gross and contained really terrible acting, it at least told the basic story better than this one and did a far better job of stirring the emotions. This movie had better acting, but the story seemed to leave out the real heart of Dune.
One could list issue after issue of this lengthy two-movie attempt at re-creating DUNE, but in all honestly people are either going to love it, hate it, or have mixed feelings. Those who could see past the glitter and glam of yet-another-DUNE-movie are already aware of the storytelling short-comings in this one.
This was a huge disappointment for me. I promised myself to never watch the 1984 version again (gross, gross)... this film actually made me want to re-watch the prior film as a brain-cleanser for this very bad job of directing and story-telling. How could they leave so very, very much out of two movies of this length?
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