If she said that now that wouldn’t be a lie
Also hello from the future👋🏼 It’s kinda shit

yeah…Dune is a trip.
 
For the longest time I used to think it was little more than just another weird movie from the 80s…but there is something awesome and enduring in just how intensely-different it is, and regardless of it’s pacing issues, and dissension with the book, there is some real substance to it’s story
 
also, check out Paul’s cloak at the end - clearly he also was a huge fan of Star-Swirl the Bearded.

Well, I’m with you on the pacing problems, but I feel like I understood what happened throughout. :/

@Takino  
Full director’s cut, baby! Applejack is hardcore like that.

But then, which version of THAT Dune? Aren’t there, like, three? An original, a “Director’s Cut” that the director had nothing to do with, and an actual director’s cut?
 
…you might be right about this thing being confusing.

@Takino  
The Lynch version. Syfy movies tend not to linger very much. XD

The David Lynch version or the SciFi (sorry “syfy”) channel version?

@Background Pony  
It’s that extra mile that separates us more fuckwitted Pony fans from the common rabble of fuckwits.

Yes. Pony memes truly are the best place to express my film criticism. And I’ll add in a badly expressed Southern accent. To show I’m dedicated.

The movie, while it tries its best to stay faithful to the book, it fails in many categories. First off is the fact of how surreal it is. I can accept some of the bizarre visuals but whenever I hear people’s thoughts out loud, I shake my head in disappointment. We don’t need to hear people’s thoughts. It may work that way in the books but in movies it comes off as over-use of exposition and annoying. Word of advice to anyone hoping to go into the film business, SHOW don’t TELL.
 
A lot of times actors’ movements, gestures and facial expressions are all you need to know what they’re thinking and going through. Having their thoughts being done like characters in a TV anime is really poor. It may work there but in live action it’s silly and distracting. Going back to Dune, I’ll say it again, the movie tries its damnedest to stay true to Frank Herbert’s dialogue and I respect them for that not to mention it’s the film that gave Patrick Stewart’s career a major boost.
 
But that being said, it just felt more like the film was more into style over substance, choosing instead to rely on bizarre visuals over exciting action scenes. In terms of the special effects, some have withstood the test of time such as the Sandworms and the Fremen’s eyes. But a few, like the hunter-seeker and some of the green-screens such as Baron Harkonnen flying straight into the mouth of a Sandworm haven’t aged well.
 
Would I recommend this movie? Well yes and no. If you’re a fan of Dune or want to watch all of David Lynch’s filmography then go ahead. If not, stay away. However, I would recommend the Sci-Fi Channel mini-series adaptation of Dune as well as its follow-up Children of Dune.

@BigMax
 
“…movie and videogames were better”
 
Well, I suppose if you’re looking at just the “prequels,” then yes. Though granted, being kicked in the balls is better than the prequels.
 
The movie and TV series lose the subtlety and depth of the book though.

@BigMax  
I still don’t know why they cast Sting at all. I mean, dude pulled it off no problem, but it seems like such an odd choice. It’d be like finding out Lawrence Fishburne is a great singer AFTER casting him in a musical.

I like Dune’s concept and background.  
But the books are just too heavy, too slow, too… Hell.  
The movie and the videogames were better.  
And the movie kind of sucked.  
Even if Sting acted in it.