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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 8435495" data-attributes="member: 177">So, I just watched it.  Some thoughts from a fan of the book who felt Lynch's version was a train wreck of a film.Several people are noting the missing lore on mentats, and suchlike.  I have to point out that  those bits are cool worldbuilding, but... they aren't story.  They only have a few hours to get though 400+ pages of book, so they cut down to the core plot points.And still, the result... was kind of ponderous, for me.  I can understand the idea of using lots of time on visuals to get across the expansive nature of the original text, and the visuals are lovely.  I think they interfere with the pacing in a way that doesn't thrill me. For example, trying to make a big action scene out of a flight in a dust storm, where you can't see anything's relative positioning, for example, comes off as a way to try to show how powerful the storm was, but the lack of context in a brown haze of dust made it confusing, and made the resolution of the problem seem nonsensical.The writing was serviceable, the acting was fine.  I think folks forget that the people in the original text are all stilted. Their very cultures are stilted and loaded with formalities, whether Imperial house or Fremen.</blockquote>