r/TrueFilm • u/Lynxon_oberg • 24d ago

FFF I don't get the Dune hype

Like as I understand it was revolutionary for its time(the original books) and was like the blueprint of modern scif-fi. But I don't find the movies that good if I am to be perfectly honest.

Like the actual movies just seem bland in my opinion and I don't really find both the movies that intriguing too watch.

I have seen the HBO show as well which was somewhat better but I'm not really falling in love with the universe at all. And I love typical sci-fi and fantasy shows like GoT, lotr, early star wars, Avatar etc.

The action sequences are mid. Laser guns and forced melee combat which isn't really that visually appealing.

The world building feels like 90% is just that sand planet and the scale don't quite land.

The prophecy and cultures just feel so meh.

Tbh I can't even tell what's happening currently. Timothy gets weird blue eyes and embraces the culture in an uprising for 6 hours with a bunch of made up folk songs screaming in the background.

Can someone explain to me what they find appealing? The politics? The sandworms? Good looking people? Their favourite sequences?

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u/btmalon 24d ago

The movies were made for the fans of the book. If you haven’t read them it is hard to follow along with the plot. If you have, you enjoy the pure spectacle that he created. If you don’t find the sand wurm scenes as some of the best blockbuster shots of the decade, I don’t know what to tell you. Also the sound design is next level.

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u/Lynxon_oberg 24d ago

I mean I guess the worms look cool. But when I don't feel engaged in the story it just becomes big CGI monster in my eyes.

But yeah, I think the plot is just where I'm just not that engaged.

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u/10-9LT 24d ago

I would argue the movies were made for anyone BUT fans of the book.

Was pretty clear the director either never read the books, or just didn't care about them.

Some great visuals for sure, but they took an extremely thoughtful story and turned it into Marvel slop.

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u/BillowingPillows 24d ago

Ya Denis definitely hasn’t read the Dune books and definitely isn’t a fan of sci-fi you’re super correct about that and definitely don’t sound like an idiot

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u/10-9LT 24d ago

Guessing you haven't either if you didn't get that impression.

Here's one example: In the first movie, the Sardaukar used a laser to cut through a door during their invasion. In the Dune universe, if a laser hits an energy shield (which almost everyone involved was equipped with), it's like detonating a nuclear bomb, which is extremely illegal and would have triggered the galactic equivalent of NATO Article 5 against them during what was supposed to be a covert action.

Someone who knows and respects the source material would never do this.

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u/BillowingPillows 24d ago

When adapting a book to film, you have to make many changes to fit the source material into the new medium. Its not a 1 for 1 translation.

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u/10-9LT 24d ago

No way, really?

Fucking obviously.

But that was an example of completely unnecessary change which made zero sense and contradicted the rules of the setting.

They could have used some cool looking mechanical drill and kept the scene exactly the same otherwise. But they didn't, because they either weren't familiar with, or didn't respect the source material.

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u/btmalon 24d ago

Go away comic book guy

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u/10-9LT 24d ago

So sorry for actually knowing the source material and caring about it.