I don't know if the scope of the original story might be better suited for a TV-series but I felt I got enough in the movie to follow along and be entertained. I also appreciate a movie that does not shy away from killing important characters played by big names I am interested in knowing more about the world but understand you got to keep things going and I will probably get it as an audiobook once I have (hopefully been able to) see the second part as I would like to avoid the spoilers and then get more details from the book itself. I sense that there is a fair bit of detail missing on the edges to give a better context but overall I think it did just about as good a job as one could expect in a movie to set the basic premise and get the basic situation in the world. I came out really enjoying it I must say. Despite not being Vileneuves greatest fan I decided to give it a shot and I suppose give whatever tiny little boost I could give it in the box office since I heard it was just the first part of the book and would like to see it in it's entirety, also seemed like a movie looking good on a big screen. Hearing some early reviews describe Dune as slow and boring sent up some red flags. Not saying it's a bad movie or anything I just don't like it personally and found it extremely boring.
Well also I got dragged in by my family once to see the live action remake of the Lion King.Īnyway I took a bit of a chance here as I honestly could not stand BR2049 (And the original) despite everyone seemingly gushing about it on Reddit. I very rarely go to theaters, in fact since becoming an adult 10-15 years ago I have only seen Star Wars on the big screen. Only knew the very basic concept of big ass worm, mining for something in the desert and space politics.
I had little to no idea what the books where about going in to it.