Dune (1984)

I love this movie so much

Sadly Over-hyped

Admirable film.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

Ok the special effects are from the 80s but the storyline is just amazing. The film inspired me to read all the books. If you are a sci-fi fan this has to be in your top 5

David Lynch did good with what was a rather dusty book at its release in the 60s; it reads (and therefore views) like Buck Rogers slash English costume drama after decades of much more modern Sci-fi greats, and doesn't satisfy.Herbert displays lack of knowledge in the field, and in pulp this was compensated for by fantasy, but as with pulp this too lacked innovation - with one exception: the Sandworms. They became truly iconic; the concept, established. The Spice was stolen from Asimov like much else in the 60s; there's some attempt at politics but it never takes off beyond quarreling families, medieval style.After Star Trek made the movies (also without knowledge in the field) and the partially mature/partially childish Space Fantasy of Star Wars, this movie came at exactly the wrong time (and, essentially over a decade too late).A few memorable scenes, but you will want to know that you want to watch this to have the patience to stay for the duration. It's educational in that it tells the story of an immature mind; the writer.

Imo Dune is one of the best sci-fi-movies ever made and e.g. far more impressive story- and graphic-wise to Star Wars. Frank Herbert's Dune cycle is for sure one of the best sci-fi/fantasy epics ever written, imo even superior to Tolkien's Lord of the Rings - in imagination, philosophical and political depth, the universe of Dune is unchallenged by most other fictional works with only a very few exceptions.David Lynch adapted the first book of Frank Herbert's epic accurate, only changed in some details. The actors are very good ones (e.g. Jürgen Prochnow, famous for his role as der Alte in Das Boot, Sting as the Harkonnen Feyd Rautha, Linda Hunt, Patrick Stewart etc). Maybe they are not the biggest stars of Hollywood, but all are serious and very good actors indeed (well, Sting proved he can do acting too).Sadly, the project was due the lack of financial success not continued. Imagine, the whole of Frank Herbert's work (not those stuff from his son) would have adapted into movies of this quality! Dune is one of the most unique movies of the sci-fi and fantasy genre like The Dark Crystal (Jim Henson, Frank Oz), Flash Gordon (the 80s movie), Blade Runner, The Matrix and Fight Club.Lucas' Star Wars is for the inner cowboy and Indians or dragon hunting knight part of our self. Dune is one for our adult self.Must watch. Must collect.

I saw Dune when it first came out with a group of high school friends in 70mm Dolby at the Cine Capri in Phoenix. We were all avid science fiction readers and had read all of Frank Herbert's books. Despite all its short comings I still love this movie. The state of special effects in 1984 were just not advanced enough to adequately pull it off. It was also unrealistic to try and cram all the first book into a single two- hour movie. It did, however, have a stellar cast; but they were a bit hampered by an odd, awkward screenplay. I can only imagine what could be done now with modern special effects and a series of movies like The Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit or Star Wars. I agree wholeheartedly with the review by Nergal-Is-Risen. I was amazed by the number of 1-star and 10-star reviews this movie received by users on IMDb—quite a bi-modal distribution! Love it, or hate it, people are passionate about this movie.