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Yeah exactly and I suspect there's a lot of goodwill towards the films purely because people have read the books.
I didn't read any Harry Potter books and moderately enjoyed a couple of the films, same with LOTR and The Hobbit
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I suspect there's a lot of goodwill towards the films purely because people have read the books.
I sort of had the opposite experience. I've read and enjoyed the first Dune book, the one both of these films are based on and felt absolutely nothing about the first film (not seen the second). I think the interesting aspects of the film are the world building and plot, which are tied to the book and I would argue are watered down in the film version (probably to avoid making 5 or more 3 hour long films based on a single book). If you're not experiencing those things for the first time the impact is reduced and you're left with some fun special effects and not much else.
I've got friends who rave about the film but I don't think any of those friends have read the book.
I'm probably talking bollocks but that was my experience!
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If you haven't read the 14 books how can you say that...the same way as I haven't and was so meh.
Seems a thing we should all admire as the press and people tell us we should like it.
I liked to original dune movie, but didn't move me to read the many books.