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Title: Nothing like the book
Review: In 2004, I finally read Dune. Awesome story and I plan to read it again someday. Movies often fail to meet up to the book they are based upon and this is no exception, in my opinion. Maybe I am mesmerized by all the amazing special effects in movies these days, but I actually laughed much through this movie. I realize the story is complicated and long, but the 1984 version just doesn't cut it. I would LOVE to see a remake of this, not so much for updated special effects (the worms were great in the 1984 version) but for a more engaging storyline. Like LOTR, one is going to appreciate the movie much more if they've read the book, but LOTR followed the books quite well, IMO, AND they came out with movies that awed even non-book-readers. I think DUNE could be like that.
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