Posted on 04/21/2020 2:57:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Great book.
Horrible movie!
I was greatly disappointed in the original release. I had read the books many times.
And, of course, it really was all metaphor for oil and religion.
James Macavoy blew me away in Children of Dune even as a younger actor....that look of compassion he gives his tortured sister as he gives her the Kris knife to end her own life with stays with me to this day when I think about him.
He might of played a better Anakin Skywalker.
Mulholland Drive didn’t make any sense.
I think people that have read the book and seen the movie can say the same thing:
Lynch tackled a huge thing in his own style and failed miserably to make something that people totally hated.
“...no movie can match the world I created in my mind when I read the books...”
That is exactly why I don’t like to see a filmed version of science fiction (or pretty much anything) after I have read the book. The movie’s pictures never match what I envisioned while reading. I’ll never watch The Lord of the Rings, nor Starship Troopers; the list goes on and on.
Got talked into seeing Dune back when it came out. It sucked.
I’d like to see “Rendezvous” done by the people who do the “Expanse” series...present and slightly future based science and physics employed by Earthers in the movie as was in the Expanse.
Also I liked the atmospherics in 1967’s Fantastic Voyage...their approach to tech and military/coldwar intrigue. Not saying the cold war should come into it but I think such a production approach when it came to Rendezvous would be a throwback but a breath of fresh air as well. CGI has gotten so good, I almost wish they could redo Fantastic Voyage with the original actors.
STARSHIP TROOPERS
The last line in the book is dilly!
When Stanley Kubrick hired Arthur C. Clarke to write the story for 2001: A Space Odyssey he explained to Clarke “A movie is about 2 to 3 hours long, and consists of about 60 scenes. Each scene can be described in a single sentence. What I want from you is 60 sentences.”
Great novels often make poor films. The best screenwriting comes from short stories. Of course there are exceptions (The Godfather), but in general novels are too big and dense for a film to treat them well.
Spice n worms ping.
That boy has a chin longer than Pinocchio’s nose.
The two miniseries shown years ago on syfy are much better.
Now that there are so many science fiction movies, it’s hard to make one that stands out. Same thing with horror. I didn’t realize before the shutdown how many really awful horror movies are made each year. It seems like 90% of them involve college or high school kids and a cabin in the woods. It didn’t take much to produce an interesting SF film 50 years ago. Today expectations are higher and few pictures satisfy them.
Also played the Chapman Stick (I used to have one).
At least the first Dune movie was based on the books. The books by Brian Herbert are horrible.
Frank Herbert Vs. Brian Herbert: Dune Canon Vs. Everything Else
https://libertyislandmag.com/2019/03/01/frank-herbert-vs-brian-herbert-dune-cannon-vs-everything-else/
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