As a big fan of the book, I did not think much of the Lynch version. It had it's moments but generally I thought it just a bad movie. And Kyle McLachlan as Paul Atriedes was atrocious casting. If the new Dune movie felt "artsy" - that is because it respected the book, while Lynch got away from it. The book had a number of serious themes running through it, none of which Lynch really bothered to capture.Californiastate wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:44 pm I watched it again last night on HBO Max. It was my second time. Nope, still sucks. Too many celebral and slow motion scenes. I still enjoyed the extended Lynch version better. This movie seems to appeal more to people who have read the books. I haven't. I watched the movie to be entertained and it failed. Some movies and directors try to be too artsy and they have their audiences.
I like cerebral movies that build up. I like just being dropped into a movie world w/o a ton of exposition. I get bored with these commercialized, formulaic Marvel movies with their dumbed down plots appropriate for the minds of young teens - and the consequential and shameless McDonalds Super-Hero happy meals, toys, and advertising. I tried to watch an Avengers movie of that last trilogy and ended up just fast-forwarding through it. Just really tedious. There has to be some suspension of belief when watching Sci/Fi or Fantasy movies, but in the Marvel movies it gets to the point where it just makes me laugh at the absurdity of it.