Dune (4k Ultra HD + Blu-ray) [4K UHD]

Look at that quality. Love my girl Zendaya

Great movie for someone who didn't read the book:)

This movie is visually beautiful and the story is compelling.

I've started to realize that while book accuracy is important, the film maker can lose sight of what a movie is supposed to be. Nothing exemplifies that problem more than the two-part production. As much as we all like movies to be book accurate, making two movies to be accurate to a single book throws the baby out with the bathwater. There is an art to making a movie, and if you can't condense a single book into a single movie, then you haven't met your goal as an artist. To condense a book like Dune into a single movie will undoubtedly diminish its content, but it doesn't have to be a loss to the story. Movies have previously been able to adapt as much novel as possible by making the film that much longer, such as the case with films like Lawrence of Arabia, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, or The Godfather. Dune Part I is certainly a long movie. Could it have contained the whole book? It could have. The three hour version of 1984's Dune--a less than perfect movie, that was edited from a mediocre adaptation--certainly did. Just because the movie wasn't perfect doesn't mean it wasn't true to the spirit of the book and with this movie's direction, could have accomplished so much more. I think that it's on these merits alone that this movie's box office failed. It's unfortunate, because this is an amazing movie. But Hollywood has forgotten that a movie isn't supposed to be a serial, and it needs to break this habit. The root of my complaint is the fact that this movie failed in the theaters. It really didn't deserve to, and I do believe that this is the reason it did.The attention to book accuracy is superb. Elements have certainly been changed in the name of activism and messaging, but these changes are purely aesthetic and make no impact on the story. Would I have preferred it be a less accurate single movie? Yes, but I think it could have been done without losing what this movie accomplished. This is the only version of Dune that properly represents Duncan's role in the book. I was very pleased with how book accurate his story arc was, and I always wondered why his role in the 1984 movie and the Sci-Fi Channel miniseries had been so heavily reduced. They could have easily showed his proper story arc in both without seriously impacting the run-time. I'll point out that this version of the film completely erases Thufir Hawat from the Fall of Arakeen sequence. Perhaps we'll see his fate in Dune II. Until I see it, I'll reserve judgement on Thufir Hawat. In the book, it was actually a story element that nobody could find him.The film has amazing attention to detail, amazing attention to book accuracy. The acting is a bit rough in a lot of places, and quite often, takes feel rushed. In several scenes, I got the impression that instead of working to get a good performance out of actors, Villeneuve simply opted to cleverly edit around lacking performances. He succeeded, mostly, but it was noticeable in a few scenes.The music was very atmospheric and did a good job of setting the tone of every scene, but a bit too often it was very overbearing to the extent that it distracted from the movie.Finally, I'll close by saying that this is the best film adaptation of the book made so far. It is absolutely worth watching, even if you're not a fan of Dune or have never heard of it.

Better buy physical media while you still can. You will be streaming everything and own nothing before you know it.

Making a Dune movie (or series) has been tried many times but this is by far the best job to date. I first read Dune over 40 yrs ago and have read it several times since, so I'm pretty critical of any movie or series. The 1984 version was very good but I loathed it's idea for 'Voice' and the 'Weirding Way' of fighting. Another attempt had an open-air waterfall on Dune and I wondered if they even bothered to read to book at all.This film is very, very good in both those areas. It's handling of Voice is -almost- perfect. And water (I should say moisture) discipline on Dune is treated well - though I am making allowance for what the poor video effect would be of having Fremen wearing covering caps, forehead pads, and using their mask all the time outdoors. That may be more correct but it would make filming difficult. They did use the full cap and mask on the one real 'sand crossing' they made, though.A lot of side stories were left out but nothing that was critical in my opinion. If they had put everything into the movie they would barely make it to Dune before running out of time and it would have to be at least a 4-part 'movie'.All in all I think Denis Villeneuve's Dune attempt is excellent so far and I expect great things from Pt 2. I was really happy to see the studio approve Pt 2 as quickly as they did.***Some Spoilers***- I loved the use of the desert mouse over and over in various scenes. Hopefully, this is foreshadowing of what's to come.- Their treatment of ornithopters was --awesome--, dragonflies instead of birds but the effect is so great I would call it an improvement over the original (though the double-seater craft should have been front-back wings instead of over/under). If Herbert had known more about dragonfly aerodynamics he may have taken that approach, too.- Their handling of the worms was -magnificent- and worth every penny they spent for the CGI on those and their effect on the sand around them. The sand waves the worms made was great. They really brought home the impact of something so large on such small creatures like men and even not-so-small machines like the harvester.- The Imperial Testing Station was a bit out of line with it's open ceilings but they did have the plants and the original explanation of why it was there. They even covered the ornithopter that brought everyone to the station.- Kynes' death scene was a bit different but the original would have taken much more time and this adaptation was acceptable.- The first sand crossing for Paul and Jessica was done really well, clear down to the drum sand, and included an added scene where they rest out in the desert, which was excellent.- The fight with Jamis was not in sietch like the original but I understand they were making a hard cut between Part 1 & Part 2 - making it obvious Pt 2 will be mostly with the Fremen including in sietch.- I wasn't too happy about the troop not wearing their caps on their way to sietch Tabr but that's the only real fault I have with the movie. Though I did approve of the Fremen's handling of Jamis' body.I can't wait for Pt2!!PS I did remember one other Big Oops in the movie. During the Harkonnen invasion of Arrakeen there was a (what looked to be space-ship mounted) laser being used in one scene. To me, that completely negated the whole explanation of why lasers aren't in common use as a weapon.

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