David Lynch’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s science fiction classic Dune may be flawed but despite its shortcomings I still enjoyed watching that movie. Had it been able to correct some of its flaws then it could have been an instant addition to the pantheon of quality sci-fi movies.
The Dune mythos was revisited again as a TV mini series. Honestly, I was never able to finish the whole series so I won’t be able to judge it objectively against the movie. I did hear that some Dune fans enjoyed it and was said to be a faithful rendition of the novel.
Variety has reported though that Dune will once be given the big screen treatment with a new adaptation of the book. This time, Peter Berg has been hired to direct the new movie. The movie will be produced by Paramount Pictures and the project has already been farmed to writers. The task now is to get the most faithful adaptation of the award winning book possible.
It will be interesting to see how this develops and which actors will be attached to play the key roles. I myself am intrigued as to who will play Feyd Rautha.
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I loved David Lynch’s Dune. Its has that feel to it, like Blade Runner or the original Star Wars. The new series I thought was badly made, the actors weren’t fit for those roles. The actor that played Paul was a bit too whiny for me, just like Hayden Christensen.
I hope this new version isn’t all hipe.
I like both Sci-Fi’s version and the movie, but neither got it right, here’s hoping someone does.
Quanzik, I agree that Lynch’s version was good, but it just wasn’t as true to the book as much as the sci-fi t.v. series. Why would desert people wear black still suits? Weapons involving sound weren’t even in the books(any of them). AND bene gesserits don’t smile, or show emotion…at all…and let’s not even get into Lynch’s Guild Navigator, which looked like a huge lump of yellowish poo.
Paul Atreides(MuahD’ib) was a teenager, and Lynch’s Paul didn’t look like a teen, but a twenty-something man.
The sci-fi series was great, except for the cheesy puppet looking Guild Navigator.
I just found this article, more than a year later… I always hoped that someone would make a good movie out of this book. The kind of animation Avatar has might be a way to go. Though there are so many layers philosophy, economy, religion, politics to the book that I can hardly imagine any movie could convey in a couple of hours. But I sure would watch the result of any effort anyways.