Reviews

I'm not blind. Maybe that's why I don't understand a world of only blind people riding horses at a full gallop and wearing crowns.

It's entertaining for those who like medieval settings, even though this is supposed to be the distant future. But after centuries of everyone being blind, they seem to appreciate jewelry, feathers in their hair, lots of hairdos and beards that take a lot to create and maintain. Not to mention, these are good looking choices. How any of it is appreciated in the middle of a world where days are spent finding food, water, and maintaining a safe shelter all while blind is beyond me.

Covering Dune in three movies, each over two and a half hours, had my hopes and expectations set much higher.

Why was the storyline so watered down?

Why spend so much of this time drawing out battle scenes or chumming it up with Duncan (or should I say, Jason, or Aquaman?).

Analogous to Clash of The Titans, the depth of storyline and characters are boiled down, possibly misrepresented at times, to favor more time for special effects and action. If this were based on a more simple story, as Transformers the movie was to the original cartoon, it would be a different story.

So, unlike A Clockwork Orange, book readers will likely be disappointed. Also, unlike The Dark Knight, fans of the original movie will also, likely, be disappointed as this series may reveal less of this complex universe in seven and a half hours than it did in two and a quarter. Though, to be fair, this movie made no violations on the level of the wierding weapon.

Why did this happen? Profit? Reach a wider, younger audience? Who knows.