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That was a great pitch by Mitch Benn. But...

...if you haven't read the book, you'd be lost trying to work out what was going on in the movie, though if you had read the book, you'd be disappointed by the liberties taken with the source material. (My suspension of disbelief broke during the opening credits when the Fremen were shown walking in lockstep across sandy dunes. As if giant sandworms were mythical...)

Having said that, it was visually spectacular & the casting was for most part inspired. Patrick Stewart as Gurney Halleck was my favourite, and Kenneth McMillan really chewed up the scenery as The Baron Harkonnen.

I hadn't read the book when I saw the film and I enjoyed it.

But I don't need to entirely understand things to enjoy them.

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