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Thursday, 13 September 2012 05:40 pm
Book Review: Dune
About 9 years ago, I watched the David Lynch film adaptation, knowing only that it was based on a popular book and thus I might save myself time. Well, it did help me get a few references like this, and I didn't find it "unwatchable" as one Lynch retrospective put it, but I consider my viewing a mistake. It was quite a while before I felt like giving Lynch or Frank Herbert another chance, yet both merited that chance.
( Thanks for the advice, Level Head )
From what I remember, the film takes a heck of a lot of liberties, most of which leave me wondering who thought they improved anything. It comes nowhere close to conveying the level of intelligence that went into Herbert's writing. To be fair, a 137-minute adaptation of a nearly 800-page paperback (longer if you count the appendices) has to sacrifice a lot. There was a TV miniseries around the same time, but it fared about the same. I hope someone gives a go at another miniseries, now with more capable special effects.
For the sake of something shorter and very different, I've started Milo O. Frank's How to Get Your Point Across in 30 Seconds--or Less. I believe I mocked it here on LJ, but during the office move, I rescued it and four other books from the soon-to-be-purged shelves. Let's see if it was worth saving.
( Thanks for the advice, Level Head )
From what I remember, the film takes a heck of a lot of liberties, most of which leave me wondering who thought they improved anything. It comes nowhere close to conveying the level of intelligence that went into Herbert's writing. To be fair, a 137-minute adaptation of a nearly 800-page paperback (longer if you count the appendices) has to sacrifice a lot. There was a TV miniseries around the same time, but it fared about the same. I hope someone gives a go at another miniseries, now with more capable special effects.
For the sake of something shorter and very different, I've started Milo O. Frank's How to Get Your Point Across in 30 Seconds--or Less. I believe I mocked it here on LJ, but during the office move, I rescued it and four other books from the soon-to-be-purged shelves. Let's see if it was worth saving.