I liked the orignal movie, it may have had poor sfx and such like, but it was a good movie in its own right. However, as an adaptation of the book Dune, which was the intention, it unfortunately sucked ass. The film completely lost the atmosphere of the book, and did David Lynch forget the plot when he made the film? Half the events of teh book, that explained what happened in the film were just not there... also what was with the 'wierding way'?!?! In the book it was a martial art... so what was all that about shouting at a little laser thing? they used swords!
Also another big thing in the film was that it started raining at the end of the film... nice finale, but did anybody else read the bit about how water kills the worms? so it rained and all the worms died, and so there was no spice made any more, so the spacing guild couldnt go anywhere any more, and the whole population of the planet arrakis died from withdrawal symptoms from their spice addiction... 'oops' says mr Lynch!
On the other hand i really cannot wait to see the remake, and as long as it stays true to the plot and actually captures the atmosphere of the book properly it is guaranteed to be a success in my mind, low budget or not, it is one of the greatest stories ever told and deserves a new lease of life.
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I liked the orignal movie, it may have had poor sfx and such like, but it was a good movie in its own right. However, as an adaptation of the book Dune, which was the intention, it unfortunately sucked ass. The film completely lost the atmosphere of the book, and did David Lynch forget the plot when he made the film? Half the events of teh book, that explained what happened in the film were just not there... also what was with the 'wierding way'?!?! In the book it was a martial art... so what was all that about shouting at a little laser thing? they used swords! Also another big thing in the film was that it started raining at the end of the film... nice finale, but did anybody else read the bit about how water kills the worms? so it rained and all the worms died, and so there was no spice made any more, so the spacing guild couldnt go anywhere any more, and the whole population of the planet arrakis died from withdrawal symptoms from their spice addiction... 'oops' says mr Lynch! On the other hand i really cannot wait to see the remake, and as long as it stays true to the plot and actually captures the atmosphere of the book properly it is guaranteed to be a success in my mind, low budget or not, it is one of the greatest stories ever told and deserves a new lease of life.