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The book starts with the arrival of Helen Mohiam to Caladan so you are quite dropped in it. Some of the context for the Atreides going to Dune is lost as is the scheming of the Harkonens and the Emperor - which I think would have been worth including. I think there are a couple of other bits which I’d have liked to have seen more time spent on. But how do you stop the film being like 4hrs long?!
Hand to hand combat because of the Holtzman shields and the fact Lase beam guns would create a nuclear explosion
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I have managed about 80% of Dune and I think I have the same problem with it like with the David Lynch version. It feels like it just starts in the middle of a story and is missing the part to introduce everything to make you care about any of it. I thought the longer run time would take care of that.
Also visually it's a bit generic and bland, everybodys favourite colour is grey. The Lynch version had a richer look, more variety and a certain nastiness that's missing now so it all feels a bit too cozy and disneyfied.
Also fuck this endless over choreographed hand to hand combat in movies. The sky is full of hardware, press the buttons.