At the Movies with Siskel & Ebert,1984-Dune (1of3)

I love their review of Dune. They hated it so much especially Siskel, their exchanges were very funny. That being said, dammit I love Dune. And they ended the clip before my favorite line from the movie, "I will bend like a reed in the wind."

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[Magnolia296]

David Lynch's "Dune" differs from the book. That's why many people criticize it but I don't agree. The whole movie was very well done, visual effects were great for that time and the acting was brilliant. Kyle MacLachlan and Francesca Annis were stunning

[shenloken2]

And to think years later Joel and the Bots on Mystery Science Theater 3000 would constantly reiterate that "I WILL KILL YOU/HIM!!" line constantly.

[drewkrotz]

Dune rocks....screw them!

[HenryConway007]

Saw “Dune” back when I was 19 years old. BORING!

[SuperWonderface]

i love dune, it's one of my favorite movies and i dont give a shit what those pretentious fossils think. i thought it was dark and romantic and i love kyle maclachlan as paul atreides. i thought the whole cast was great and i loved the story. i guess the special effects werent mind blowing but they were organic to the story in a subtle way and it was after all 1984. art is objective and dune will always be one of my favorite movies

[TURBODORK2]

wow can u see how the credit sequence was supposed to be hilarious

[March6371]

Saw it at age 11 - loved it then, love it now - story and movie. Love the complexity and love that it took a gamble at the box office making audiences use their brains instead of so many movies these days that are such utter tripe, and spoon feed the plot.

[SamusDrake]

I remember watching Dune when I was a child on TV back in the late 80s, and for the life of me had no idea what was going on! I watched it again as a teenager and was blinded by my obsession with the SW trilogy, but then watched it in my very late teens and finally enjoyed it at face value: A costume and large-scale set epic with a beautiful soundtrack. Also, an excellent cast.

I have so many versions on VHS and DVD, I now want it on Blu-Ray. Excellent film.

[Schlockenspiel]

This is so funny. Everything Siskel said about it was right on. As ever (it seems to me) we find Ebert kind of apologising for a really bad film and trying to find the good parts. Sometimes Roger's defense of bad movies is agreeable and admirable but here he's just defending one of the biggest turkeys ever.

The movie was utterly execrable. Just a bag of utter shit. But if you're a true film lover you should actually see it "just to see it". But don't pay oh god no.

[lotuseater999]

I think that Frank Herbert was the worst science fiction writer- how people read this book, so many years on is insane-Get this, the entire universe is ruled over by Feudal Houses that do not operate computers, but instead need a special "spice"' that allows their space navigators to "see" through time and space. Oh, I forgot, they also have to give royalties (or whatever) to the spice guild, so they can use the spice ! This movie can be funny at times, but it's also very dull and lifeless !!

[tweezy100]

David Lynch is insane and took the film too far and changed too many things from the book....but aside from that this movie really should have been broken up into two films at least..the book is just too in depth with too many story lines to be interpreted to film easily...I loved the Sci-Fi mini-series, but then that was kind of low budget and they were still trying to live in the shadow of Lynch's shadow especially in re-creating the rich depth of atmosphere and backdrops.