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Ok. Just watched 1/2 of dune 1 again last night with wife. Holy crap is that a good adaptation. I admit im a huge frank herbert fan but the movie isnt exactly dune its actually better in many ways.
Wife hasnt read the book so theres subtle stuff that she misses. That gorgeous red dress that jessica wears off the spaceship, chains on her face, its her official outfit as concubine. The scene when the housekeeper presents jessica with the knife:
The book explains that jessica was going to mumble something poetic to perpetuate the fiction of a new messiah, but she said ‘its a maker…’ (fremen name for the worm) and the housekeeper screams with excitement, was luck that she said words that the housekeeper took the right way. Jessica immediately realizes her fortube and rolls with it - seeking allies. In the movie its 5 seconds and easy to miss. So cool and so well done.
The story isnt about some entitled kid that needs to eat some pork chops, it is about the disaster of a myth’s rise to power.
Uh.. and that beautiful scene where the sardaukar receive their blessing in the rain, the blood sacrifices chained upside down to the pyramids and the throat singing? What was that? Not in book but totally Awesome.
Ill stop ranting but i think i cant empathize with people that dont like that movie. If you dont like it watch it more. Beatings will continue until morale improves.
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