Finally watched Dune as today is the last day it will be on HBO Max for awhile. I was surprised that I thought the Paul actor did a decent job although I'm not sure about Jessica. The actress played her as a nervous wreck which I'm not sure was how she was portrayed in the books.
Lynch’s Jessica was more faithful to the book - something that Rebecca Ferguson could have pulled off too. It was not a good change.
and finally the Duke says, "I wish I had more time".
Something, BTW, that left my friends flat footed. “Wasn’t she his wife? Who was she, then?” Lynch had half the time and managed to pack much, much more than V.
The ending wasn't bad IMO. Although Chani saying "this is only the beginning" came out of nowhere and made no sense given the way her character had been presented up to that point.
V. knew that Timothée + Zendaya was his best shot at attracting the youngsters. He also knew the tragic truth: that the two only meet at the end. I guess this is why we see over and over Zendaya in a parfum commercial (“Oscar for the best actress that turns” was my comment outside the theatre).
Lynch managed to give us the Emperor, the Princess, the Navigators, the Navigators folding space (I mean… only what the whole ruckus is about…), more Doctor Yueh, more Tufir, a truly scary Baron (what a waste of Stellan Skasgard here) and even a better soundtrack (I totally hated what Zimmer did and even if he produced some meh scores I never hated his work before). True, Lynch’s final effort was deeply flawed, but I don’t see V’s one as the superior one. If anything it made me to appreciate Lynch even more.