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RE: Will Denis Villeneuve Make Frank Herbert's Dune a Good Film?
I don't think this movie will be made, not by Villeneuve that is for sure. After the financial disaster that blade runner 2049 turned out to be, I don't think any studio is about to give him another big budget movie any time soon.
Interesting! Haven't seen it yet, but I heard a lot of people didn't like it.
I actually did like it. But it's definitely not for everyone.
There are some mistakes in it for such an expensive film. For instance, when Paul Atreides falls off a rock escarpment in the desert, the background suddenly goes all B-movie.
And there is a continuity error in the craft they get into when Duke Leto Atreides and Paul meet Kines the Emperor's Ecologist for a tour of the Spice fields. The craft they get into, suddenly becomes something else when they are flying around. And that was never caught by the David Lynch. But the rest of the visual FX are top notch.
The acting is excellent.
But the issue with the film is how the book was adapted to film. The Sci-Fi mini-series of the same name does a great job at telling the story. I think it's 3 parts.
But, there still is a majesty to the original film that is quite wonderful. I even like the version directed by Alan Smithee. Alan Smithee is a fake name used when the studio edits their own version and the original director wants his name taken off the film. Occasionally you will see this version played on TV. And it makes more sense as it follows the film better.
Also check out the documentary on a version that never got made. It makes me think perhaps David Lynch as an Autuer type director tried to make the film too personal like this guy was doing. My feelings are if you get a great novel, comic book, or film series that as a director, you owe it to the fans to support the cannon of the original content. As much as I love David Lynch films, I think the original Due film would have been handled better with someone like George Lucas.
Too many Hollywood people have smeared their egos over good property as we have seen with Star Trek and Star Wars. I am hoping Dune with get the Game of Thrones treatment.