Should you watch Dune?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Dune
Film · 1984
In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.
The sides of Dune
- A desert planet with giant sandworms
- A noble son becoming a messiah
- David Lynch's strange take on the novel
Dune is good for you if…
- you like a galaxy of spice, guilds and warring noble houses.
- you like David Lynch's grotesque barons and floating navigators.
- you like huge sets, odd costumes and sandworms rising from the dunes.
Dune is bad for you if…
- you can't follow a plot crammed with names and whispered voiceovers.
- you find 1980s effects dated.
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