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Auz

I think there's actually only one major problem with this film; There's too much material to cover everything in one go.

There was a lot of exposition, a lot of scenes felt rushed and many things simply weren't covered. I can imagine some bits from the book had to be cut, but it didn't feel right to me that the Fremen culture wasn't explored at all.

Otherwise I don't think the film is all that bad. The acting was all right and some of the special effects looked really good. Most notably the worms, which, frankly, surprised me a little.
11 years 1 month ago
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Zeltaebar

I loved it :-D Incredible special effects and set designs. The acting is outstanding. Lynch adds his special flair to the movie and I think it is challenging to watch for most viewers because of it. The best thing about this movie is that it is 100 % unique. Nothing exists that is similar to it.
11 years 5 months ago
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monty

I advice everyone to check out Dune - The Alternative Edition Redux, which is a magnificent 178 minutes fan edit - without a doubt the best version of this film.
10 years 7 months ago
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Axel Fritzler

Is the pug ok?
3 years 3 months ago
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monty

Watch Spicediver's Alternative Edition Redux fanedit - it fixes all the issues of the original work and makes Dune into the great experience it was meant to be.
6 years 10 months ago
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Duke of Omnium

Lynch's reach was far greater than his grasp. 80's-era FX didn't look good when challenged like this; and plot was much too dense for its running time (any film that needs this much narration, to say nothing of VO thoughts, is doomed
7 years 9 months ago
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UnEnfantPerdu

The only problem with this film is it's brevity. Don't know how anyone can think a film with this amount of material and only 2 hours 15 in length is too slow. With the material in just the adapted script I think Lynch could easily have made a part one and two of 2 hours length each.
9 years 7 months ago
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Siskoid

Though visually arresting, it is largely undecipherable, and does not respect the novel enough for my tastes. Often just gross, I much prefer the television mini-series of the same name.
6 years 5 months ago
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LiquidSplitter

This film makes me want to never hear a voice over again.
6 years 9 months ago
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hugeposuer

I thought this was terrible but I could watch it over and over.
9 years 8 months ago
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batemans

Sorry, but I don't understand why people hate this movie so much. I'm not even a crazy fan of the books ( I still have to read them), but I thought the story was so captivating and I don't think David did such a terrible job. It seems that there was a lot of material to work with, and obviously, he had to make cuts and stuff. I loved the film, tho! There were some beautiful scenes, the characters and the way the film developed was very peculiar and unique. I'm just happy I saw this despite of all the negative comments.
11 years 1 month ago
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greenhorg

Jodorowsky and H.R. Giger are still alive. It's not like they still can't make another version.

Looks like there's a documentary about their original attempt coming out this year:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1935156/
12 years 1 month ago
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Toastinator

Bad but entertaining.
1 year 1 month ago
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cicciocc

For me, that I have not read the book, seeing the extended version (177 mins) was largely clarifying of the story, compared to when I saw the standard version (137 mins) in which I did not understand a rubber mallet.
1 year 7 months ago
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Jashezilla

Waaaaaay too much world-building going on instead of just focusing down on the main story and characters, which makes the whole film drag out and means there's a lot which goes unresolved. I'm a massive Lynch fan, but this really didn't work for me.
5 years 6 months ago

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