krysfamulan
Joined Jul 2000
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I never read the book for this, although my father highly reccomends it. I saw the 1984 version on Saturday night and got the general idea of it, but there were a lot of things I didn't like. Most of them have already been mentioned.
In the miniseries, i kept an open mind and I liked it. I would say I liked about 95 percent of it. There were some sequences in the 1984 version that should have been kept and redone in this version and vice versa. Both of them had their perks. For example,
1984 things I liked:
The use of the voice by Jessica and Paul to escape. The funky voice Paul uses to break the huge obsidian block and stuff.
The blue tears, those creeped me out the first time I saw it.
2000 things I liked:
The suits- I didn't care for the weird things stuck up the noses in the first one. Some of the costumes and fight scenes, i thought were nice as well.
Now then, in the Harrison version here are other things that caught my attention that I didn't really like or care for.
-The break in time. For anyone that doesn't know the book, has no idea that six years pass between parts 2 and 3. -The "weirding way" or the way Paul and Jessica could fight was cool looking, but scarcely touched on. -Diction. Sometimes I couldn't understand what was being said. -The random changes in light. One second it's dark and the next it's light. At first I thought it was a camera trick, but then it seem like a cloud or something. But wait, there aren't that many clouds on Arrakis, so where are the darn lights coming from? -Paul's transition from Part 2 into 3 and after drinking the water of life. How did he become such a tyrant? Sure it looks cool, but it comes across as mean as opposed to strong. -Certain costumes didn't make sense. Will someone please explain the triangle on Feyd's back? What the heck is that supposed to be? Also why does the baron need that hover thing to begin with? It was never mentioned in either movies. -The fact that Jessica is Hanokken is barely mentioned too. When the young sister calls the Baron, "grandfather" and Paul calls Feyd, "Cousin" is it that much of a shock? We hardly even knew anything on that subject.
But overall, I thought it was a cool movie. But just looking at both movies, and the whole novel in general, I don't see how you can put it onto the screen without cutting things. As I writer myself, certain things have to be mentioned and shown, but choosing which ones is the tough part.
Rating: 7/10
In the miniseries, i kept an open mind and I liked it. I would say I liked about 95 percent of it. There were some sequences in the 1984 version that should have been kept and redone in this version and vice versa. Both of them had their perks. For example,
1984 things I liked:
The use of the voice by Jessica and Paul to escape. The funky voice Paul uses to break the huge obsidian block and stuff.
The blue tears, those creeped me out the first time I saw it.
2000 things I liked:
The suits- I didn't care for the weird things stuck up the noses in the first one. Some of the costumes and fight scenes, i thought were nice as well.
Now then, in the Harrison version here are other things that caught my attention that I didn't really like or care for.
-The break in time. For anyone that doesn't know the book, has no idea that six years pass between parts 2 and 3. -The "weirding way" or the way Paul and Jessica could fight was cool looking, but scarcely touched on. -Diction. Sometimes I couldn't understand what was being said. -The random changes in light. One second it's dark and the next it's light. At first I thought it was a camera trick, but then it seem like a cloud or something. But wait, there aren't that many clouds on Arrakis, so where are the darn lights coming from? -Paul's transition from Part 2 into 3 and after drinking the water of life. How did he become such a tyrant? Sure it looks cool, but it comes across as mean as opposed to strong. -Certain costumes didn't make sense. Will someone please explain the triangle on Feyd's back? What the heck is that supposed to be? Also why does the baron need that hover thing to begin with? It was never mentioned in either movies. -The fact that Jessica is Hanokken is barely mentioned too. When the young sister calls the Baron, "grandfather" and Paul calls Feyd, "Cousin" is it that much of a shock? We hardly even knew anything on that subject.
But overall, I thought it was a cool movie. But just looking at both movies, and the whole novel in general, I don't see how you can put it onto the screen without cutting things. As I writer myself, certain things have to be mentioned and shown, but choosing which ones is the tough part.
Rating: 7/10