Dune

Personally, I think the series looks incredible given the budget and very much succeeds at creating a compelling, enchanting atmosphere. I haven't read the books, but the screenplay worked for me.

We are still waiting for a good adaptation.

1880: it is funny when you see special effects of movies before new era of digital special effects

Some things they did worse than Lynch and some things they did better, but a solid adaptation has yet to be made. Really would like to see someone get it done well.

Reasonably faithful and interesting adaptation of the sci-fi classic that still lacks enough development of the characters' depth. EF 30, IF 30.

Though quite bad, I thought it did a few things better than the Lynch adaptation. Certainly the pacing, but also the mysterious/psychedelic portrayal of spice. It's quite dry though, loaded with awful actors/actresses, full of made-for-TV effects and ultimately captures very little of the Dune mystique.

Budget constraints make this Dune adaptation difficult to watch. It might be the overuse of Czech extras, the poor GCI coupled with limited sets, or the lacklustre acting, but it's not nearly as entertaining as it should have been.

I guess it stuck more to the books (which I didn't read), but its a more serious (and less entertaining) than the Lynch one.

I cannot recommend this to anyone who hasn't read the book. It would probably be impossible to tell what's going on. But I can appreciate that Dune is really difficult to adapt to film. A lot of the special effects are extremely dated now, and a lot of the costume design is downright laughable. This series definitely wins the award for Silliest Hats Portrayed in Film.

Well, whilst this version of my favourite book has significant defects in terms of its budget, very "stagey" sets and lighting, and poor casting, this is still SO superior to the abomination that Lynch managed to throw up after apparently failing to digest the book properly. At least I recognised the book (and its successors) from this adaption and whilst it and the cast didn't have the energy, mysticism and power I might have been looking for it is still a good effort and enjoyable.

This is amazing. A must watch for any sci-fi fan. This movie is great, and very true to the book, unlike the lame 1984 movie.

Sticking to the story, but some of these actors weren't quite ... acting right.

If you've read the book, you'll be frustrated. If you haven't, you'll be even more frustrated.

An actual adaptation of the book. It would be better if they had got a more charismatic actor to play Maud'ib, but it gives the scope of the classic book.

It manages to present a coherent story (unlike David Lynch's version), but it suffers too much from its TV-movie trappings, especially the uncharismatic actors and flat lighting. While it is faithful to the plot, it fails to invoke the metaphysical mysticism and vivid sense of place that made the novel unforgettable.

A soulless adaptation of Frank Herbert's work and fails to touch on the elemental nature of Dune and the existential sci-fi universe of Herbert's mind. The interiors and exteriors of this adaptation are well trodden conventions full of plastic prop like actors reciting lines without any expression on immaculate star trek like sets. Paul Atreides (Newman) is a simpering whiny bore. The only actor who isn't snoozing his way through the production is William Hurt and just barely at that. Terrible.

Might not have been bad, but it's not Dune. Frustrating to watch if you know the book well. Doesn't feel like Dune, which at least the Lynch movie did.

Well made faithful adaption, seems to be lacking any heart though.

I love Dune, but this is shit.

Quite a decent book adaptation, a bit longish. Has a one major flaw- considering it was filmed after Star Wars, they should've done a better job.

Well, I'm only one disc in thus far, but Paul sucks. He's the equivalent of CAPSLOCK!Harry in the 5th book: whiny and emo in an unappealing way. I, for one, do not believe that this punk could be the Kwisatz Haderach (which is sort-of a sexist and repulsive hero concept, but looking beyond that...).

It's good to see this revisit to Dune, though it's not the visual masterpiece of David Lynch. The entire thing feels like a sci-fi original series (which it happens to be), which is depressing. I'm not sure if I want to see the entire novel series made into a series of films, so I guess this works. Would be nice to see a better treatment of the series, though.

This should have been so much better.

This movie can be a bit difficult to understand completely so try not to watch it sleepy for your first time. Other than that, it is very well made for a made-for-TV movie.

This was a really faithful adaptation that got a low score because of the laughably bad special effects. The actors all made the best of some pretty good material, and William Hurt is always great, but the budget was just not enough to do the story justice.

Misinterpretation of Dune throughly. I don't mind bad acting or cheap sets and flashy colors but this miniseries is nowhere near capturing the heart of Dune. Since Lynch botched on Dune big time, I am not sure if the masterpiece is adaptable to cinema. Maybe through a fine filter of a future entrepreneur.

Excellent adaption of Frank Herbert's science fiction masterpiece Dune. Admittedly some aspects of the series are low budget. You can tell there are painted back drops and some of the CGI is, at best, mediocre. It feels almost like a theatrical rendition of Dune. Most important of all the heart of Dune is in this. Great mini-series.