It's hard to adapt Dune. It's very intricate and with today's snowflakes they have put their own spin on it. Could have been perfect but of course they can't just tell the story as it was written.
I'll star with the Pros:
Overall, very nicely done. Austin Butler nailed Feyd-Rautha and the fight with he and Paul was great.
The black sun on Geidi Prime was very unique and interesting.
Paul riding Shai-hulud for the first time was great and the Attack on Arakeen with the worms was great.
Pre-born Alia. I liked that they showed Jessica talking to her and that Jessica is one hell of a badasa.
Cons:
A, number 1, Paul and Chani. Changing her character changed their relationship into something that didn't make sense. The fact that they changed Chani means they didn't understand her. She loved Paul and stood with him throughout the campaign and for as long as she was alive. She was his tether so he didn't lose his humanity while on his path. She wasn't 'blinded by love' she pushed back on him but never left him even when he married Irulan.
Timeline, Paul's campaign was less than 9 months as Alia isn't even born yet. He spent somewhere in the ballpark of 5 years in the desert. He and Chani even had a son. Why change that? Changing that means you changed who killed the Baron which is a pretty important thing in Alia's life and comes back later. She is known as Alia of the Knife for a reason.
In conclusion, it's a good movie, it really is but even for someone who had never seen or read Dune like my date, Chani was a bipolar pain. "I love you but I don't trust you." "I believe in you but I don't believe you." "You are the written prophecy but I don't believe you." That wishy washy, back and fourth takes you out of the movie because you don't believe this is a real relationship.
I'll star with the Pros:
Overall, very nicely done. Austin Butler nailed Feyd-Rautha and the fight with he and Paul was great.
The black sun on Geidi Prime was very unique and interesting.
Paul riding Shai-hulud for the first time was great and the Attack on Arakeen with the worms was great.
Pre-born Alia. I liked that they showed Jessica talking to her and that Jessica is one hell of a badasa.
Cons:
A, number 1, Paul and Chani. Changing her character changed their relationship into something that didn't make sense. The fact that they changed Chani means they didn't understand her. She loved Paul and stood with him throughout the campaign and for as long as she was alive. She was his tether so he didn't lose his humanity while on his path. She wasn't 'blinded by love' she pushed back on him but never left him even when he married Irulan.
Timeline, Paul's campaign was less than 9 months as Alia isn't even born yet. He spent somewhere in the ballpark of 5 years in the desert. He and Chani even had a son. Why change that? Changing that means you changed who killed the Baron which is a pretty important thing in Alia's life and comes back later. She is known as Alia of the Knife for a reason.
In conclusion, it's a good movie, it really is but even for someone who had never seen or read Dune like my date, Chani was a bipolar pain. "I love you but I don't trust you." "I believe in you but I don't believe you." "You are the written prophecy but I don't believe you." That wishy washy, back and fourth takes you out of the movie because you don't believe this is a real relationship.