(October 26, 2021 at 4:10 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: ‘Dune’(2021).
Kinda liked it, apart from a few quibbles about casting and character depictions (Mapes should have been older, the Baron wasn’t nearly fat enough, etc), but these are minor. On the whole, I thought they did well with the condensing and explaining issues that troubled past productions. SFX and action sequences well done, acting pretty good.
I’ll watch the next one. 6/10.
Boru
Yeah, I'm with you about the evil Baron. Kenneth McMillan*** in 1984 was a study in decadence and evil. Ian Macniece in the 2000 Series was also pretty disgusting, and right for the part.
Apparently Warner brothers have not yet committed to part two. If done properly, Dune could become a massive franchise . I'm a bit fed up with franchises, but I guess there's always new generation of undiscerning consumers.
Interesting snippet: The Bene Gesserit's breeding programme called for Jessica to have girl, and she would then marry Fey Harkonnen. It's made clear in the book that Jessica is the daughter of Baron Harkonnen. Paul's poor little sister is born with all the powers of a Bene Gesserit Reverend mother. It is she who refers to the Baron as 'grand father' after sticking him with the Jom gibbar and letting the air out of his tires, so to speak.
*** I've often wondered if he could have been the model fort Jabba The Hut.
