
MOVIE DUNE 2000 MOVIE
The movie still looks reasonably fine today. Production values – Naturally the movie had a big budget.The addition of princess Irulan subplot in the miniseries is a nice touch though. To make things worse, the weirding way is used inconsistently, especially during the climactic battle. However, the weriding way from the novel that is presented in the miniseries is not any better – it is just very dull hand to hand combat. The sonic weapon known as weirding module is weird. Faithfulness – The unfaithful aspects of the movie are well-known.The protagonist in the movie is far more charismatic. Lead actor – I do not like the portrayal of the protagonist in the miniseries at all, especially during the first episode.While the miniseries does not have gross scenes, the picture is presented with a high contrast and reddish cast that I find to be quite uncomfortable to watch for a long time, compared to the few uncomfortable scenes in the movie. I do not find the spacing guild navigator alien to be ugly – in fact I think this monster design is brilliant, while the miniseries version looks generic and is not noteworthy. Ugliness – the villain in the movie is indeed unnecessarily gross and is uncomfortable to watch in a few scenes.In fact there are some explanations that I can find from the movie but not the miniseries, even though the latter is “true to the novel”. While this is not ideal and not approved by the director, it is better than an incomprehensible movie. This problem is mostly addressed in the 177-minute Extended Edition (hereafter “the movie”) by adding a lot of narration. Comprehensibility – Dune (1984) was widely criticized as incomprehensible and confusing.Now that I’ve finally watched the miniseries, I have to say it is a huge disappointment for me.
MOVIE DUNE 2000 TV
I also learned that Frank Herbert’s Dune (2000) TV miniseries was supposed to be true to the novel, and should therefore be a better adaption. Only after gaining access to the Internet did I realize it was a commercial and critical flop, and that the 1965 novel it based on is an important sci-fi literature with major impact on sci-fi movies today, especially Star Wars. When I was a child I found the Dune (1984) story to be fairly interesting due to its creative ideas.
