The 1984 movie did a better job of efficiently explaining what was happening. Two good examples are the pain box and the slow blade penetrate the shield in tra

The 1984 movie did a better job of efficiently explaining what was happening. Two good examples are the pain box and the slow blade penetrate the shield in training. While the new Dune movie mention how they work - they just do a bad job of communicating that as effectively as the 1984 movie. To really appreciate this movie, you either needed to have read the book, or watched the prior movie (1984), or the TV mini-series'. They also introduced things from the book, like how to walk in sand, and the visions of the jihad, but describe them poorly, and leave the viewer wondering why they're even mentioned. It's just badly written. ...but there were other issues with the movie as well. Long useless sequences of sand visuals that added nothing to the story - and that annoying scream sound that left our eardrums ringing, for no other purpose than to try to make the audience feel like an uneventful scene is somehow important to the plot. A lot of people complained about the voice-overs in the 1984 film but they actually added a lot of value by efficiently introducing concepts to the viewer succinctly - especially the intro in the beginning which sets up the universe. The best take on this universe after the book is actually SciFi channel mini-series in 2000 and then the Children of Dune in 2008.