As a massive fan of the source material I absolutely loved it. Having said that, there's some shit that they fucked up on, but I'll divy it up as follows:
-Glossu Harkonnen (Bautista) is once again dummed down considerably from the books for the sake of runtime and his character, just as the previous incarnation, is basically just a big brute for the Baron. He's not really a true character here, just some asshole force of evil, which is what the Baron should be (and still is) while Glossu has actual depths in the book.
-The whole reason the Atreides are being exterminated in the book to begin with is their growing popularity and power within the Empire begins unsettling the Padishah Emperor, who fears a coup but knows that if he just flat-out eliminates and eradicates them entirely and openly the other Houses will likely initiate a coup against him out of fear of being targeted next so that he can consolidate power. This is why the Sardaukar are inserted covertly along with the Harkonnen troops to make it look like a solely Harkonnen effort of one Great House eliminating the other (think the Boltons eliminating the Starks while the Iron Throne just sort of stands by and lets it happen without condoning it). In this film, they give no fucks and send the Sardaukar in there right out in the open, which really makes a glaring plot hole as a result.
-Paul's visions and mental acuity of the future are presented as something unorthodox here. In reality, a common usage of Spice Melange is to raise mental acuity in people, it's what makes Foldspace travel possible in the books and premonitions of the future are a side effect. This was done for this film to make Paul seem as though he is special, which he really isn't in the books. In fact, the opposite, he's kind of a fuck-up at first.
-Dr. Yueh is a Mentat. Apparently to Denis Villeneuve that means he's a Bene Gesserit because that's basically what his abilities in this film are akin to. Ironically the Bene Gesserit seen here are closer to the Mentats.
As for pros:
-First off: Stellan Skarsgaard as Baron Harkonnen. That is all.
-Second off: Oscar Isaac as Duke Leto Atreides. That is also all.
-This film shows us both Caladan (the Atreides homeworld) and the Padishah Empire Delegation sent to offer them Arrakis right off the bat in the very first scene. When I saw that, I almost shit my pants because we never got that in the books, the books start with them already heading to Arrakhis.
-We saw Salusa Secundus in the book, as we do here. What we never saw was such an in-depth building in scenes of the Sardaukar and their actual culture. The books make them out to be blood knight-type warriors and the best and most highly skilled but that's kind of it... here they're literally portrayed as basically space vikings and it's kinda fuckin' scary.
-The fact that we never actually see or hear the Padishah Emperor in this version and only hear about him and his goals from others (Harkonnen mainly) is somehow so much more fucking intimidating and badass. And I suspect it will make the inevitable sequel that much cooler.
-This version of The Fremen is way better than the 80s movie. What sold it for me is when they show up out of nowhere near the end and pretty much fucking instantly slaughter all the Sardaukar. Which, actually if you pay attention to the environment of Salusa Secundus (their homeworld), kinda makes sense (like Caladan, it appears to be wet and forested).
-I like the actress who plays Lady Jessica here better than the chick from the 80s movie even though she really doesn't do a whole lot.
Just for non-book readers, this film quite obviously set out to adapt the first two-thirds of the book. It stops roughly little more than halfway. So I suspect the sequel will be the continued adaptation of the rest of the source material. I fucking love this insofar as how much world building was able to be done with it. And tbh the second half is gonna be pretty fuckin' lit when it happens.
I'm saying "meh" but really that's being generous. It's a bad film, but if you're just going into it expecting nothing more than a bunch of fancy CGI and explosions, you probably won't be disappointed. If you're hoping for anything more than that (maybe a complex plot and lots of political intrigue?), then you definitely will be - it's certainly no "Game of Thrones in Space", as I've seen it described by some.
Part of the problem is that the Dune books have been around for so long, and had such a strong influence on everything that followed, that you're left feeling there's nothing in this movie you haven't seen many times before. The closest comparison is probably Avatar, but set in a desert, and with slightly less shitty CGI.
No, not yet! I really wanna see it though because I love Zendaya and also the press tour with her and Timotheé Chamalet (think that’s his name lol) is so cute!😂NO SPOILERS😂😂😤
One of my friends has moved to London for university and is so close to where Zendaya is or was for the DUNE premiere we’ve all been telling my friend: “You need to go and find her!” Because if she meets Zendaya it’s basically like we’ve all met Zendaya- technically it’s basically the same thing😂😂💀🙊🤪✌🏾✨✨
I haven't seen it yet! I want to watch it though. I loved the classic movie so I'm looking forward to this 😎
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I saw it (here is out from some weeks). I have recently re-read the book. I didn't like the film. It is not Dune. It's a scenically beautiful film, but:
1) The actors are mediocre. Except the one who plays Baron Harkonnen.
2) They changed characters with woke methodologies and distorted the story.
3) the book is purely introspective, the film has nothing introspective at all.
4) The book is narrated by Irulan, who does not appear in the film for now.
5) They have wrinkled parts of the book to exalt irrelevant actors. Gurney Halleck's character becomes disregarded, the doctor's character is barely hinted at. Lady Jessica becomes too emotional to be a Bene Gesserit. The Fremen are not hugely stronger than the Sardaukers like in the book.
I only wish they made both movies at once as a sort of tv series duology. Right now it ended kind of randomly in the middle.
The worlds in the background seem a bit empty.
But other than that, it's pretty damn good. It gives me hope that Hollywood could actually start making good films again, once they pull their heads out of their woke asses. Dune shows it's not impossible.
I actually didn't think the first one was horrible. They should have taken more time to do the series. But I haven't been able to watch it yet.
Dude. . . season 3!!!
Dune sounds boring, then my dad told me one of the main characters ain't even in this film who is essential to the plot and he's read the book. So i will just take his word for it.
So nah.
Watched it the other night, it was pretty good. Wish the ending wasn't so abrupt but it makes sense.
Wait.. this was out in the 80’s. Remake or different version?
I am a huge fan of the original material, I have read Frank Herbert's book, seen the 1984 movie and played Cryo's 1992 computer game.
I am not sure if I want to see this remake, however...
I have seen it and liked it but did not love it. The seens are shot beautifully and the acting is good. The story is good but seemed to wonder off a few times. I do recomend it!
I saw the original. It was good. I haven't seen the remake yet.
u I think they aired some teasers during NFL games or something... and I was intrigued
so I might just check it out now
Actually on my list …started watching last night but kept getting interrupted so I need to make sure I focus
I already know the story and themes, don't need to revisit it.
Seen it. Didn't expect them to make it in two parts. Although the story is far better told than in the old movie. Without knowing the book you almost couldn't get whats going on in the old movie. Visuals and cinematography in the new movie are also outstanding and acting is top
Good film but I suspect this is one of them where the book is better.
I've not seen it yet but I will probably try to see in the next month or so.
s I haven't watch this movie and I'm not interested in watching it either. It's not my kind of movie.
Visually stunning and followed the book pretty well. Streaming it was kind of frustrating because it goes from blasting soundtrack to whispering actors. I had to keep adjusting the volume.
Cinematical and tonally it's a wonder. I'm sure there are many who's finding it too slow or uninteresting. But to me it's so far probably the best take I have seen on book adaption.
I don't even know what that is. I haven't even seen the new Bond yet
Haven't seen it yet but have it downloaded, just haven't had the time to watch.
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