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Totally agree. I watched it with my family and my mom was confused at times. I had to stop and explain things like the Mentats and the real power of the Spacing
by ModernMech 5y ago
Totally agree. I watched it with my family and my mom was confused at times. I had to stop and explain things like the Mentats and the real power of the Spacing Guild. I don’t think they make clear in the movie just how important this spice thing is. She also thought the Baron was the Emporer for most of the movie. I don’t know why the emperor and Irulan don’t make an appearance.
After the movie was over she said she liked it but she wasn’t sure if she could follow without my help.
- phonypc 5y agoThe emperor and Irulan only make a personal appearance at the end of the book, don't they? During events the movie presumably doesn't cover at all?
- ModernMech 5y agoI just thought exposition wise it might have been good. They talk about this Emperor a lot and he just never appears on screen.
- jon-wood 5y agoThey only make an appearance then, but throughout the book Irulan's commentary is interweaved between chapters. It feels like that could have been a useful path for a bit of exposition on the things that aren't explicitly covered in the plot.
- VortexDream 5y agoI feel like the 80s movie does this far better. For all its flaws. It makes an effort to show the emperor and the spacing guild and impress upon the viewer how involved and how powerful (or in the case of the spacing guild, how alien) they are. Might be interesting to see how they respond to the old movie by comparison.
- bena 5y agoYeah, the best version of Dune is somewhere between Villeneuve's version and Lynch's version. Villeneuve left out too much and Lynch compromised too much.