It wasn’t perfect. A bit better than the first, though. Funny, Dune is the one I was considering giving four stars,
Unless you’ve somehow seen Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming Dune, or maybe Jodorowsky’s unmade one, I don’t understand.
I don’t understand why people hate Lynch’s film so much. The production looks great, the art design looks great, the music is great, the performances are great, the plot is great, and there are very few moments that it becomes hard to follow in. If I were to check out the workprint fanedit that’s out there somewhere, it would probably be even better.
I mean, I don’t hate it, it just dumbs down the book. It can kinda be summed up by the part where, in the book, Paul says “My name has become a killing word” because he has an army of jihadists killing in his name, but the movie takes that moment and makes it thuddingly literal. I love the production design, the music, the cast, but the movie just doesn’t work for me.
I felt that the exchange in the movie spoke exactly that which you say is meant in the book. There is literal context added in the movie, but the underlying meaning is the same. At least that’s how I, as someone who hasn’t read the book, took it.