Dune Movie Review

The strong stage background of the actors supplemented the filming style, which of course, was a terrific bonus for the director,” according to film reviewer Octavio Ramos Jr.

The film stars Alec Newman as Paul Atreides, son of Duke Leto and perhaps the universe’s greatest being. Haunted by dreams of his father’s death and of other strange bits and pieces of the future, Paul must face a Bene Gesserit test involving a box and a poisonous ring known as a gom jobar. Although Paul passes the test, he is powerless to stop his father’s death and the fall of House Atreides to House Harkonnen, led by Baron Harkonnen (Ian McNeice) and his two nephews, Raban and Feyd. Hiding in the desert with his mother Jessica (Saskia Reeves)

As Paul becomes an almighty force, alliances are forged among the Great Houses (who use Melange for commerce), the Bene Gesserit sisterhood (who use it to manipulate bloodlines and to develop supernatural abilities), and the Spacing Guild (who use it to 'fold' space and travel vast distances in little time). While these forces gather, Paul learns about Dune’s frail ecosystem: giant sandworms create the spice; without these creatures, spice production would end. With this knowledge, and with the spice changing him mentally, Paul soon becomes the leader of the Fremen, calling forth a Jihad against all who would stand against him.

The costumes are very impressive, particularly those of the Fremen which are inspired by the Middle East. But the Emperor’s Sardaukar seem out of place, since they are dressed in some Samurai suits. This type of detail may be unimportant, but many people will notice it and think that the costume designers are a little crazy. In the book, the Sardaukar never wore anything close to looking like that. The fact that they are not staying with the original material could be harmful to key scenes.

My final decision would be that it is very hard to compare the book to the movie. Both are masterpieces of science fiction and are truly astonishing. If Frank Herbert were alive right now, I’m sure he would praise the movie over and over again. I have already given you the facts, the decision is yours (what I suggest is to watch Frank Herbert’s Dune or best also read the book).

The TV budget limited the fighting sequences greatly, and as a result they appear stage bound and unsuccessful. Moving past the budget concerns, Harrison misinterprets the Wierding Way as a martial art, at one point having the Fremen do Karate and Tae Kwon Do punches and kicks against firearms and explosions. Although

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