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Oct 23, 2021 · Villeneuve’s Bene Gesserit, by contrast, also lean into the weird, metaphysical side of Herbert’s world-building. However, rather than relying on physical appearances or sexuality (or a lack ...
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- Dune 2021 Uses Different Languages. Lynch Avoided The Multiple Languages Of The Universe. There are several different languages spoken in Frank Herbert's book series yet Dune 1984 decided to use none of them.
- Diversity Of The Cast. Dune 2021's Star-Studded Cast Highlights The Expansive Universe. Diversity and inclusion wasn't considered in 1984 in the same way that it is currently.
- The Visuals Are Unique In Each. It Isn't Just Because Of The Eras. Given the particular aesthetics of both Lynch and Villeneuve, each adaptation stands out as visually unique.
- The Guild Navigators Are Gone In 2021. Lynch Brought One Of Herbert's Strangest Concepts To Life. An incredibly impressive — for the time — scene in Dune 1984 involves a Guild Navigator speaking with the Emperor, and later making the journey from Caladan to Arrakis possible for House Atreides by folding space and time.
- 10 The Unforgettable Soundtrack by Toto
- 9 It Told A (Mostly) Complete Story in One Sitting
- 8 Its Pacing Is More Accessible Than The 2021 Version
- 7 Its Art Design Was More Alien & Bizarre
- 6 Its Characters Were More Iconic & Memorable
- 5 Its Characters Felt More Human & Realized
- 4 The Fremen Were Actually A Part of The Plot
- 3 The Harkonnens' Presence Was Better Felt in 1984
- 2 Paul Atreides Had More Agency
- 1 It Wasn't Afraid to Get Surreal & Weird
One of the first Dune's weirdest creative decisionswas getting rock band Toto to score it. Even if they did create the legendary song "Africa," they're the last band anyone would associate with the deserts of Arrakis. Nowhere is this more evident in the closing cast montage, which had the ballad "Take My Hand" playing over it. But as jarring as the...
One of the best and worst things about Lynch's Dune is how it condensed the generations-spanning book into one movie. While this led to character arcs getting abruptly cut (such as Duncan Idaho's) and years' worth of story being rushed through, Lynch's Dune is still a mostly coherent movie with a clear beginning, middle, and resolution. In contrast...
Since it was directed by Villeneuve of Incendies fame, the first chapter of his two-part Dune is unsurprisingly deliberate and slow in its pacing. That said, it's slow even by his standards. Clocking in at two hours and thirty five minutes, Villeneuve's Dune took its time setting up what's essentially the prologue to Paul's forthcoming saga. Contra...
If there's one thing Lynch's Dune can't be faulted for, it's the production design. This was seen in distinctly Lynchian creative choices like the Eraserhead-esque Guild Navigator, its look at the Atreides' heightened opulence, and the disgusting Harkonnens. That said, it's hard not see Villeneuve's desaturated Dune as a direct rebuttal to Lynch's ...
More than anything, Dune is a deconstruction of the messianic hero's journey, and its characters are proof of this. If anyone adapted them as faithfully as possible, they'd feel flat because they're more deconstructions of literary archetypes than fleshed-out people. Both Dunes faced this challenge, but Lynch's take won out— even if it was somewhat...
Both Dunes— neither of which are especially faithful to the books, to be fair—boasted powerhouse casts, but Lynch did a better job at maximizing his stars. Not only were characters like Feyd-Rautha or the Lady Jessica more memorable thanks to the aforementioned exaggerations, but they were allowed to cross paths, making their final reunions and cla...
The bitter irony of the Dune movies is that even if they're set on the Fremens' colonized home planet, the race is treated as little more than a plot device. This is a problem that afflicted both movies, but Lynch's Fremen had it better than Villeneuve's thanks to the simple fact that Lynch completed their story instead of leaving it hanging. In a ...
Despite their limited screen time and only confronting Paul near the end, the Harkonnens are Dune's most well-known antagonists. Before that point, the Baron Harkonnen and his nephews schemed with the emperor while ruling over House Atreides' ruins. Both movies' Harkonnens did the same things, but their Lynchian incarnations made the better impress...
A major drawback of Villeneuve's Dune getting split into two was that Paul's central arc of coming to terms with his supposed godhood was left hanging at the end of Part One. Because of this, Paul's identity crisis and confusion took up an entire movie, leaving him with little to no agency and motive as he's dragged from one predestined scenario to...
What makes Dune iconic, revered, and intimidating all at once isn't its dense history and text, but its esoteric side. The Spice alone is the perfect summation of this since it's both fuel and the hallucinogenic bridge between the physical mind and the cosmos. It's no wonder its adaptations attracted surrealists like Lynch and Alejandro Jodorowsky....
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May 8, 2022 · For the most part, the acting in 2021’s Dune is a lot stronger than the acting in 1984’s Dune. The ‘80s version has hammier acting than Star Wars, while the 2021 version has world-class performers like Timothée Chalamet and Stephen McKinley Henderson bringing all kinds of nuance and subtlety to the table. But the cast of the 1984 version ...
- Villeneuve got rid of one of my least favorite aspects of the original Dune: the audible internal monologue for every major character. Thank you, Denis!
- Even though narration is nowhere near as prominent in Villeneuve's movie, there is still an opening narration — but this time, it's delivered by Zendaya's Chani instead of Princess Irulan.
- The Atreides family had a sweet little pug in the 1984 version. There is no pug in 2021's Dune, but there are adorable desert mice.
- Paul has a closer relationship with both his parents in the 2021 film, which is demonstrated by a couple of extra scenes that weren't in the original.
Oct 23, 2021 · Spoiler alert! The following contains light spoilers for the new "Dune" so beware if you want to go in cold. At the risk of angering the sisterhood of the Bene Gesserit and at least two or three ...
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