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This morning I finished watching the recent Dune movie. The first half came out during the worst of COVID. The second part came out this spring.
The first half is close enough to the book. The second movie is more like a 1950s adaptation. It has the same name, the same things kind of happen but it's really off the rails compared to what happens in the book. For instance, the book ends with a negotiated peace. Part two of this one ends in galactic war.
Compared to the other adaptations what do we have? If you want to stay close to the original, the Sci-Fi Channel mini-series is the easy winner. If you want a story about druggies doing wild things, the De Laurentis movie is your best bet. If you want lots of explosions and "realistic-looking" fight scenes, you won't go wrong with the Villeneuve version.
Explosions and fight scenes are hardly the only good things about the Villeveuve version. The Sci-Fi mini-series desperately needed a little more budget. The Villeneuve movies got a lot of budget and used it fairly wisely. I never considered the De Larentis film a good movie, not exactly awful, but no better than so-so. The Villeneuve films make a good movie, but not what you'd wish for as a devotee of the book. ( Read more... )
The first half is close enough to the book. The second movie is more like a 1950s adaptation. It has the same name, the same things kind of happen but it's really off the rails compared to what happens in the book. For instance, the book ends with a negotiated peace. Part two of this one ends in galactic war.
Compared to the other adaptations what do we have? If you want to stay close to the original, the Sci-Fi Channel mini-series is the easy winner. If you want a story about druggies doing wild things, the De Laurentis movie is your best bet. If you want lots of explosions and "realistic-looking" fight scenes, you won't go wrong with the Villeneuve version.
Explosions and fight scenes are hardly the only good things about the Villeveuve version. The Sci-Fi mini-series desperately needed a little more budget. The Villeneuve movies got a lot of budget and used it fairly wisely. I never considered the De Larentis film a good movie, not exactly awful, but no better than so-so. The Villeneuve films make a good movie, but not what you'd wish for as a devotee of the book. ( Read more... )