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Bit of a stretch. Lynch disowned Dune as they denied him final cut privileges, i.e. his artistic vision. It may have been great otherwise but as it was it faile
by errantmind 5y ago
Bit of a stretch. Lynch disowned Dune as they denied him final cut privileges, i.e. his artistic vision. It may have been great otherwise but as it was it failed to capture the philosophical mystique I got from the books.
Jodorowsky's Dune could have also been great but his ambition outstripped practicality and the movie never got made as a result.
I've heard Villeneuve's version is good and will be watching it on release. He is one of my favorite directors so I have a lot of confidence in his rendition.
A better option is rereading the book ahead of the movie.
Side note, if this latest version is good I hope Villeneuve directs any sequels, all the way through at least God Emperor of Dune as that was my favorite.
- jimmygrapes 5y agoI'm in a bit of a minority in most discussions in that I enjoyed Heretics and Chapterhouse for the galactic scale threat introduced and additional world building elements, and I even enjoyed (to some extent) Hunters of Dune and Sandworms of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson as a "best we could do" finale. I do think that the time skips and lack of original resolution hampered Heretics and Chapterhouse a little, and the ones written by Frank Herbert's son and someone I consider more of a "session" writer (akin to session musicians) were carried by momentum of story alone. The writing of Hunters/Sandworms had a significant decline in complexity, and Frank Herbert's writing wasn't exactly difficult prose to begin with. One of the greatest tragedies to me is that the notes for the finale were not given to someone like Alastair Reynolds or Kim Stanley Robinson, both of whom I think would have done the material proper literary justice.