I'd say, Flush It.
Anyone else tired of some of the remakes they've done of movies, where they think that if they add a crapload of special-effects and outlandish garb, it's excusable to screw around with things?
I mean, the original kind of flopped, yet it's still a wonderful movie, and has an epic feel. The Sci-Fi Channel one has the feel of...V, in comparasin.
At times it has strayed much further from the book, and to be honestly blunt, it looks like all they did was watch the first movie and then base this wad of fecal matter upon it. They think that by adding in a load of special effects and fancy camera movements, etc, and think they could actually make it seem better.
And who the hell is this guy they have playing Gurney Halleck?
Instead of conveying the strength of the character like Patrick Stewart did, Gurney now seems like some sort of fat, weak, doddering and bumbling putz.
That's not the only instance of character botching...
There's many others that have been screwed with, to the degree that they aren't the same character anymore...
Instead of an arrogant, yet still curiously strong youth, Paul now just seems to be a completely spoiled brat you'd want to punch out at a moment's notice.
The imagery of how Paul's hand was 'burning' in the Box was so much better done in the first movie. This one relied upon him actually 'seeing it', as well as the audience. The old one had it in a black void in front of the camera, suggesting that it was in his mind that he imagined it was burning, like it's supposed to have been. And they also took the mantras from the old movie and had the actors speak them aloud, instead of dub-over as if they were thinking it instead.
And besides, Lady Jessica was there throughout the whole meeting, and the REAL movie kept to the book much more faithfully. Watch the old movie, read the book, and then laugh at this steaming pile of refuse.
I'm sorry...but they've botched it up completely...this movie is a load of crap, and whomever's responsible should be dragged out into the street and shot in the head multiple times with a low-calibre pistol for disgracing this epic.
This concludes this rant of Someone Else's Dune. If I were Frank Herbert, I'd be rolling over in my grave or plan to haunt someone really badly at this.
Those that reviewed this movie and gave it good marks either haven't read the book or watched the old movie, or just go "Moo!" at special effects.
Anyone else tired of some of the remakes they've done of movies, where they think that if they add a crapload of special-effects and outlandish garb, it's excusable to screw around with things?
I mean, the original kind of flopped, yet it's still a wonderful movie, and has an epic feel. The Sci-Fi Channel one has the feel of...V, in comparasin.
At times it has strayed much further from the book, and to be honestly blunt, it looks like all they did was watch the first movie and then base this wad of fecal matter upon it. They think that by adding in a load of special effects and fancy camera movements, etc, and think they could actually make it seem better.
And who the hell is this guy they have playing Gurney Halleck?
Instead of conveying the strength of the character like Patrick Stewart did, Gurney now seems like some sort of fat, weak, doddering and bumbling putz.
That's not the only instance of character botching...
There's many others that have been screwed with, to the degree that they aren't the same character anymore...
Instead of an arrogant, yet still curiously strong youth, Paul now just seems to be a completely spoiled brat you'd want to punch out at a moment's notice.
The imagery of how Paul's hand was 'burning' in the Box was so much better done in the first movie. This one relied upon him actually 'seeing it', as well as the audience. The old one had it in a black void in front of the camera, suggesting that it was in his mind that he imagined it was burning, like it's supposed to have been. And they also took the mantras from the old movie and had the actors speak them aloud, instead of dub-over as if they were thinking it instead.
And besides, Lady Jessica was there throughout the whole meeting, and the REAL movie kept to the book much more faithfully. Watch the old movie, read the book, and then laugh at this steaming pile of refuse.
I'm sorry...but they've botched it up completely...this movie is a load of crap, and whomever's responsible should be dragged out into the street and shot in the head multiple times with a low-calibre pistol for disgracing this epic.
This concludes this rant of Someone Else's Dune. If I were Frank Herbert, I'd be rolling over in my grave or plan to haunt someone really badly at this.
Those that reviewed this movie and gave it good marks either haven't read the book or watched the old movie, or just go "Moo!" at special effects.