Totally falls apart after the second half

wow.. that is a harsh review.. damn. 'prefered the original Dune(1984) with all of its faults' is pretty damning! (imagine if some intern promo person fcuked up and accidently put that on the posters as a review quote lol)

and yeh the film is lacking a major A list star like Neeson to really elevate it/regal it up and get average joe movie goers to notice (doubt WB would have Mel even though hed be good). its like DV figured having about 8 B/C listers (including a blend of MCU/DC/SW/MI) would be ok

i kind of knew this would happen though after seeing the early trailer

I think Dune works better as a Game of Thrones style series. The sci-fi miniseries from the 90's had the right idea.

I saw it yesterday in Germany. I had bigger expectations i must say. It was a 3D screening and I must say: Don't watch it as 3D-Screening version. There are no scenes where 3D is nessecary or even noticable.

After watching the villeneuve dune I have to say that I prefer the 1984 Version - as you said - with all its flaws.
The 1984 Version had great costumes, Set Design, a great Cast, "interesting" storytelling (usage of the Off-dialogue) and a solid interesting soundtrack.

I really normally like Villeneuve Movies but this one was nothing special.

The Problem with the cast. Yes, as you said it seems to be very hardly puzzled together to have every ethnical group being cast. You just see it that way. Paul (Chalamet) looked absolutly like kylo ren with the hair cut and the emo face all the time. The Baron was ok but could have been far more impressive. The Baron in the 1984 version is disgusting but fascinating. The cast was in general somehow not convincing. I dont know why but I felt not that involved in their conflicts.

Also - I had just watched Dune (1984) again on Netflix before and the story and storystructure was like 1:1 the same - ok it was made upon the same book but you can interprete something differently, cant you?

The soundtrack: Ok, Hans Zimmer - where should I begin... Heavy drumms, and deep brass and everytime the desert is in the screen you hear arabian sounds (vocals, etc.) I mean, come on. Desert = Arabian sounds???
Here and there he added some e-guitar but the soundtrack from 1984 had far more character. Wasnt perfect either but this was Hans Zimmer on Auto Pilot.
The desins were really minimalistic. It worked for other Villeneuve Films but in this one he should have tried somthing different. The Harvesters, the Space Ships , the costumes not interesting. I couldnt figure out are this Saraukar or Harkonnen or Atreides fighters, they all looked basically the same.

All in all I am not very interested in a second part.

I am pleased as punch to see all the bad reviews this movie is getting here. I hate DV with a passion.

i'm literally 27 minutes in and i stopped watching to go on here to rant. the movie is boring as hell with terrible acting. it's suppose to fall apart in the second half? oh boy. i also thought blade runner 2049 was boring but i heard critics jerked it off tremendously. i didn't know it bombed. it makes total sense that it bombed since it was boring as hell. word of mouth is usually what carries movies nowadays, not critics. however, i cant hate him too much because he made sicario. one of the most crisply directed movie ever. every scene was perfect.

The movie was very good, highly recommended. Seeing in the cinema was glorious.
Denis Villeneuve proving he's one of the best directors working today.

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I thought it was going to be 3 "halves".
I like it. I don't love it, but they made a valiant effort at an impossible task.
I have to say the 1984 version is so cool in many ways, but it is so repulsive and ugly in others I can't go back and watch it again. I loved the feeling of that movie, and the effects, and the young Kyle McLaughlin really seem to embody Paul Atreides. The clothing and the guild navigators ... really amazing imagination ... more than this movie, but also tried to follow the book too much, which is a trap. The Baron was also just over the top, like a cartoon.

The way things are today, when people have strong opinions about something, as they will about any movie adaptation of Dune, they will vent, and today its the negative people who seem to love to spew out hate and negativity. I don't think this movie deserves that. As I say, I liked it.

Funny as I was watching it, different scenes made me thing of the book, or the 1984 version, or the John Hurt version, and my favorite slices were all over the place. I liked some parts of all of them, and disliked some parts of all of them.