Comments on: New ‘Dune’ Director Pierre Morel Wasn’t Satisfied With David Lynch’s Movie; Has Big Plans http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2010/01/17/new-dune-director-pierre-morel-wasnt-satisfied-with-david-lynchs-movie-has-big-plans/ Stuff by geeks, about geeks, for geeks. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Harkonen http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2010/01/17/new-dune-director-pierre-morel-wasnt-satisfied-with-david-lynchs-movie-has-big-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-1113613 Harkonen Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:13:17 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=38330#comment-1113613 Garbo thanks for not slamming Lynch's version. Sooo many people I speak to immediately tear his vision apart. His film resonates and has stayed with me since I saw it so many years ago. Admittedly there are problems and things that I hope will be improved upon. I would hope that everyone would admit the acting was fantastic, esp the Baron was a big standout for me. Others think the SciFi channels version was superior, I don't agree. Looking hopeful about this new attempt. Garbo thanks for not slamming Lynch’s version. Sooo many people I speak to immediately tear his vision apart. His film resonates and has stayed with me since I saw it so many years ago. Admittedly there are problems and things that I hope will be improved upon. I would hope that everyone would admit the acting was fantastic, esp the Baron was a big standout for me. Others think the SciFi channels version was superior, I don’t agree. Looking hopeful about this new attempt.

]]> By: Garbo http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2010/01/17/new-dune-director-pierre-morel-wasnt-satisfied-with-david-lynchs-movie-has-big-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-1112886 Garbo Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:46:08 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=38330#comment-1112886 I always thought that David Lynch's vision for Dune was spectacular, but that the structure of the film was all wrong. I loved the use of graphics and narration in the film's first quarter. That was a very original technique at the time, and is still quite interesting. The problem was that Lynch's Dune is that it felt like 80% exposition, and then it rushed to conclusion. Everything up to and including the Harkonian attack on Arrakis was great, but then it falls apart. Paul's emergence as Mau'dib, the birth of his supremely powerful sister, and the rise of the Arrakis jihad occurred so quickly that it was rendered totally devoid of drama. I tried to watch the extended (Alan Smithee) cut once, but the edit was disastrously unpolished and painful to watch. This new director sounds questionable. 'Dune' is really situated in fantasy and allegory, not sci-fi. Being too particular about technology could compromise it's unique qualities. There are reasons why the story is set on a desert world, where people battle for a rare resource, where the rebels call for a 'messiah' to lead their 'jihad', and why the planet's name is pronounced: Iraqis. I always thought that David Lynch’s vision for Dune was spectacular, but that the structure of the film was all wrong. I loved the use of graphics and narration in the film’s first quarter. That was a very original technique at the time, and is still quite interesting.

The problem was that Lynch’s Dune is that it felt like 80% exposition, and then it rushed to conclusion. Everything up to and including the Harkonian attack on Arrakis was great, but then it falls apart. Paul’s emergence as Mau’dib, the birth of his supremely powerful sister, and the rise of the Arrakis jihad occurred so quickly that it was rendered totally devoid of drama.

I tried to watch the extended (Alan Smithee) cut once, but the edit was disastrously unpolished and painful to watch.

This new director sounds questionable. ‘Dune’ is really situated in fantasy and allegory, not sci-fi. Being too particular about technology could compromise it’s unique qualities. There are reasons why the story is set on a desert world, where people battle for a rare resource, where the rebels call for a ‘messiah’ to lead their ‘jihad’, and why the planet’s name is pronounced: Iraqis.

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