The Problem With the Original Dune Movie

I so sorry! I referred to Siân Phillips as Silvana Mangano. Silvana Mangano actually portrayed the Fremen Reverend mother in the film whilst Siân Phillips portrayed Gaius Helen Mohiam

The David Lynch Dune gave us one great thing. Patrick Stewart saying "Mood is a thing for cattle and loveplay!"

Yeah, that’s my main problem with the Lynch movie: they played the “Chosen One” trope straight.

This is a good example of why some people think Dune is unfilmable: Dune fans can complain that Lynch's Dune glossed over and simplified far too much... but an normal audience member was utterly confused by the complexity of what was happening on screen.

For all its flaws, I love this movie, and have seen it dozens of times. Just for the design alone, it's a masterpiece.

The Problem: It's not 15 hours

regarding the Bene Geserit I always imagined them as attractive since looks can be a powerful weapon in manipulating people.

I have a theory that Paul being a special “God” was a studio demand in order to emulate Luke Skywalker being Jedi with magic powers. There were so many movies and series made as their respective studio’s own Star Wars . The ironic part here, as we know, is that they’re all actually Dune inspired without knowing it since Star Wars took so much influence from Frank Herbert’s masterpiece.

Lynch's Dune holds a very special place in my heart. It introduced me to Dune which is now my favourite book series, and it was my Introduction to David Lynch who has become my favourite director. If it wasn't for this movie I would never have seen Twin Peaks, or even given surreal films a chance. A lot of who I am came from this film. I love it

People pan this movie so badly but if it wasn't for this film, I would have never read the books.

David Lynch’s Dune was never truly seen. The actual cut is a mess of a cut the studio forced. I still like his vision I just wish I got to see what the cut truly should’ve been.

The voiceovers were an excellent way to illustrate what people were thinking. I remember being impressed by that as it is so hard to reflect things that go on inside people's heads, I thought it was very well done and integral to the story. I last read Dune at age 12 though, your videos have sort of motivated me to read them again, especially as I never got past Children of Dune.

Also, the Lynch Dune gave Fatboy Slim the line “If you walk without rhythm, you won’t attract the worm” that he used in “Weapon Of Choice”.

I was born in 1981 - This movie had a huge impact on my childhood. Was my dads favourite film for many years while growing up, although much of the deeper meanings and concepts simply escaped me back then. I just finished 'Sandworms of Dune' a couple of weeks back. Listened to all 8 audio books while walking my dog over 2019. MIND BLOWN! Am starting the saga again next year... Murbella - Is my favourite character, such a boss! Although I will say I enjoyed Frank's books a lot more then Brian's. Still great, and pleased he finished his Dads work but I did have a sense of a spark or something missing.

A year later and the new Dune movie is as close as to the book as possible for a movie. I loved the designs of the ships and the acting of the actors. The movie left me wanting more-to see more of the world of Arrakis

The sets and art direction were amazing in this movie!

I'm still convinced that Dune never should be a movie but a series like GOT

I'd just like to mention that pacing, voiceovers, lack of subtlety and nuances, and probably different other problems are not David's fault. The film was recut to make it shorter, the voicovers were added due to studio meddling, and in the end Lynch was so disappointed with the resulting crap he never speaks of this film again, and now he demands full creative control whenever he makes a movie. Just think of Lynches movies in general - is there a single film with problems like "simplistic", "not enough nuance", "voiceover"? You probably laugh out loud just by reading the question and thats the correct answer indeed. LoL no. It's not what Lynch does. Now on the other hand one dimensional silly villain Harkonnen may very well be Lynches fault. But thats another topic :)

I've always loved the movie. It was one of the first sci fi movies I ever saw and I got to see it in the theater so it means a lot to me. Of course I understood nothing back then and I was left with incredible imagery. I know it's not like the book but rare is a movie close to the original book. I enjoy it for its own sake. The music, costumes, actors, story, sets, worms, etc. Everything to me is wonderful.

When I saw the film after reading the book I remember being livid at the disparity of themes beteeen book and film more than anything. Dune is a sort of tragedy, a story of the inevitability of destiny and how little is actually in our control. The movie ends almost triumphantly, which confused the hell out of me, remembering Paul's realization that whether he lived or died whole planets would burn in his name.