[Shaun @ Tru6]

Originally Posted by Deschodt

This movie left me confused...
On the one hand it's well done and I had a good time and that means more folks will discover the books etc.. Kudos, thank you, etc..

On the other, there's so many liberties taken with the book it bothered me.. Stilgar was made to look like a religious moron, for comic relief.. Chani was supportive of Paul in the book not pissed at him. Way more time passed in the book before Paul was able to retake power, his sister was born, his mother took longer to win the fremen over etc.. the speeding up up of all that makes the fremen look like a bunch of houti fundamentalists lobbing drones at supertankers. Uncomfortably so. The bene Gesserit was sorta glossed over, these women have so many powers that were not demonstrated and could have a movie just about them. Paul did not kill the baron, His sister (who had time to be born) did. The whole thing seemed rushed and the fundamentalist angle pushed really hard but also looking dumb at the same time (see stilgar memes now).

All in all , super cool movie, loved it, but IMO he shoulda put more of #2 into #1 (honestly not that much happened in #1 and it was dragged on), or done it in 3 parts just for the first book..

I read a lot about the inconsistencies between the book and the movies, your above and more. I haven't read Dune so I could only rely on the movies as the story and enjoyed them both immensely. I'm not sure if directorial changes would have mattered though certainly noted and discussed. I was going to add things like this in my OP but thought it would only detract.