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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

I also think the DUNE movie is one of the few that is enjoyable to those who read the book first, since so much exposition is left unspoken, and the people who like the book fill it in in their head anyways.

i read the book first, then watched the movie, then watched it again years later, then reread the book, and the plots actually differ, e.g., jessica is not suspect of treason in the movie, a lot of the desert action is skipped over, the "sound weapons" are completely made up, count fenring the almost-kwiszat haderach is absent, as is feyd rautha's gladiator shit, and all the reflections on power or ecology that make the movie so enthralling are completely absent.

the problem with the movie is the time alloted to tell a HUGE story-- it's impossible and it has to be chopped up and abbreviated (the sound weapons are the way the movie explains leto's potential rise to power rather than his planned alliance with the fremen which is a mirror of the emperor's sardaukar).

i wish it had been a longass movie or a 2 or 3 part movie (like lord of the ringworms) and it would have been great, because lynch's touch was great, although the movie as it stands does not work for me.

by the way, i don't know if you've ever read anything by russell banks, but the movie AFFLICTION is really great.