rating:
(out of
4 stars)United States; 1984
Directed by David Lynch; produced by Raffaella De Laurentiis; written by David Lynch
Starring Kyle MacLachlan, sean Young, Virginia Madsen, Sting, Brad Dourif, Jürgen Prochnow, Patrick Stewart, Dean Stockwell, Max von Sydow, Alicia Witt
Below you will find a temporary review for this film. The real (better, more complete) review will be online very soon.
'Dune' doesn't belong to the best science fiction movies I know, but it is
one of the best known. It also is quite interesting with its complex and
sometimes ridiculous story. Although things doesn't make much sense the
movie is never boring. I don't even think I understood the story completely
but since this is a movie directed by David Lynch I was not expecting that
very much. If you have seen his 'Lost Highway' or 'Mulholland Dr.' you know
what I mean.
A lot of people will say that this is a bad movie. May be it is a bad movie
but when a movie becomes enjoyable by certain things I don't mind that very
much. Sting is one of those things. He is an evil maniac and he does a
pretty good job. The special effects are also pretty nice to watch. Some are
very good and others are so bad that they become enjoyable.
In this movie almost everyone seems to be telepathic and that gives some
nice scenes. You also hear the thoughts of characters. Well, we hear their
thoughts that involve the plot. I was wondering why they were whispering
their thoughts because they can't be heard anyway. Or is it harder to read
the mind for a telepathic someone if the thoughts are whispered? Or simply
because it sounds more exciting?
If you have the urge to really think about the kind of questions above you
better not watch 'Dune'. I had a lot of those questions but I put them aside
and was entertained with what I saw on screen. If you like science fiction
you will definitely not be bored. If you are not that much of a fan it
depends on your mood, I guess.