This bitterly cold weekend, I decided to catch up on some movies that I had not seen but felt that I should watch. I'm one who typically avoids watching movies because they overstimulate me or leaving me watching over my shoulders too scared to laugh out loud (issue from growing up.) So I braved the issues and watched some seminal sci-fi classics: Spaceballs, Starship Troopers, Total Recall, Tron and Dune.
Now, I must start off my critique of the movie I have to state that I had not read the three books by Frank Herbert and wanted to see the movie first before I attempt to go ahead and search for the books to read them. You know, as a testing ground so that I know what I'm getting into it. I also know that I have been forewarned that the movie is difficult to understand if you had not read the books. I took my chances.
I have to say that after watching the movie, I have to say I am disappointed by the movie and that I felt it did not sell the book as much as I had hoped it would. For the most part, it seemed at best surrealist artwork to me and that if I was to read the book, I'd be even more confused by it. It was paced too quickly, especially the extended cut, and jumped too quickly from one scene to another much too quickly and switched scenes that seemed on occasion non sequitur. It seemed that the movie would have still been indecipherable even if I had read the books beforehand.
Anyone else had this issue?
Now, I must start off my critique of the movie I have to state that I had not read the three books by Frank Herbert and wanted to see the movie first before I attempt to go ahead and search for the books to read them. You know, as a testing ground so that I know what I'm getting into it. I also know that I have been forewarned that the movie is difficult to understand if you had not read the books. I took my chances.
I have to say that after watching the movie, I have to say I am disappointed by the movie and that I felt it did not sell the book as much as I had hoped it would. For the most part, it seemed at best surrealist artwork to me and that if I was to read the book, I'd be even more confused by it. It was paced too quickly, especially the extended cut, and jumped too quickly from one scene to another much too quickly and switched scenes that seemed on occasion non sequitur. It seemed that the movie would have still been indecipherable even if I had read the books beforehand.
Anyone else had this issue?
