This is a genuine movie-film. I was quite surprised when I requested it from the library to actually receive something, that being a DVD that contained a film adaption of Dune from 1984 directed by David Lynch, a director that I quite admired for his creative choices and “out-there” filmmaking. They should’ve been a match made in heaven, but instead, it was 2 1/2 hours of a film.
If I had not read the book before watching the movie, I don’t think I would’ve actually read the book. The film explains nothing throughout and either doesn’t think it’s worth explaining or believes that you already know what’s going on. I’d like to think they just expect you to know the source material going in, but knowing David Lynch‘s work, he could’ve just said “Screw it, there’s a sky baby in a giant train. It’s gonna fly around with some cool music and it’s got like a vagina mouth or whatever, deal with it, fam.”
I really did want to write something coherent about this film, but after watching the film, I’m not sure if I am capable of coherent thought ever again. 5/5, would watch if I ever decided to try drugs.