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Title: the effort shows
Review: i was disappointed by david lynch's adaptation of dune. 1) it was painstakingly slow 2) it was far from coherent (because of his liberal interpretations) and 3) the acting was down right horrible (including good actor like Patrick Stewart, sigh). usually good movies can stand the test of time, but lynch's 'dune' apparently fails to do just that.i am gald that i gave this mini-series a chance. i agree that it still wasn't perfect and it didn't give us the world described in Herbert's book. however, it was more convincing and coherent as a story itself. however, i think the pace is still a little too slow at times. i think the cinematography, and the art direction/set production compensate the budgetary constraint (relative to filmmaking). the characters can grow and develop gradually and more naturally this time, so IMHO, it was less problematic than the movie-version. as a dune fan, it is a must to your collection.
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