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Title: Stunk, read the book instead
Review: After struggling to watch the first three hours I couldn't find the strength in me to finish off the last hour and a half. Although it followed the story line pretty well it didn't seem to really connect well (for example Paul had no real transition from a 15 year old kid to Muad'dib--just happened) This was a very poor adaptation of Herbert's masterpiece, read the book and you will know what I mean. This seemed more like an after-school special effort than an epic sci-fi movie. I was also disappointed with enormous amounts of "skin" that they put into the movie.David Lynch's 1984 version (although quite strange like all David Lynch movies) was much better. There were great acting performances in Lynch's version. This version seemed over-acted and half-hearted all at the same time
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