Dune Part One & Two
Jan. 19th, 2026 06:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
calzephyrJust digging through my watch notes...I felt bad we missed Dune in theatres, but hey, we have a 57" TV and the ability to pause for a pee break at home ;-D
I thought the new movie, with the expanded runtime, would help me understand more about Dune. I still haven't read the books btw.
As it was, while I finished the first movie, I still have an hour or so left to go on Part Two, and I don't think I'll ever finish it. The movies didn't excite me as a science fiction fan. I only felt slightly more informed about the Dune universe. Part Two actually gave me a headache and made me feel constantly uncomfortable.
One thing the movies succeed at extremely well is forcing viewers to pay attention to the screen. It's technically excellent, yet just missing the special something to make it an epic.
I thought the new movie, with the expanded runtime, would help me understand more about Dune. I still haven't read the books btw.
As it was, while I finished the first movie, I still have an hour or so left to go on Part Two, and I don't think I'll ever finish it. The movies didn't excite me as a science fiction fan. I only felt slightly more informed about the Dune universe. Part Two actually gave me a headache and made me feel constantly uncomfortable.
One thing the movies succeed at extremely well is forcing viewers to pay attention to the screen. It's technically excellent, yet just missing the special something to make it an epic.
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Date: 2026-01-20 09:26 am (UTC)The 1984 version was on repeat during the 80s on superstation or whatever the hbo-lite Canada version was called.
I don’t recall ever watching it completely; it was such a hot mess. Just couldn’t follow it. Soured on any version of the work; maybe it should have stayed in development heck?