Over my long film watching life I've learned that there can actually be a lot of value in watching very well made movies in genre's I don't like. I learn more a

Over my long film watching life I've learned that there can actually be a lot of value in watching very well made movies in genre's I don't like. I learn more about cinema, the different ways it's made and what works and what doesn't. It's the same with music, very well made and especially innovative music in any genre can be interesting to listen to. In fact sometimes the fact the genre doesn't appeal to me I think allows that to fall away, to an extent, so I can see the practice of the craft more clearly. This might be true of books too, but the time investment in reading books in genres that don't appeal to me is too much. My wife didn't like the Dune movie, but my teenage daughters loved it. None of them have read the book, or had any explanation of it before walking into the theatre. Honestly I think it's just that people have different tastes. Any change to make the film more digestible to people likely to bounce off it would also probably weaken it for those predisposed to enjoy it. Dune is an exceptionally skilled and personal implementation of very particular creative vision. That is true of both the book and this film. The result is not for everyone for sure, not all art is, but the film and the book are both incredible works of art.