Dune [DVD]

Suddenly realised that this wasn't in my collection, so had to buy it. Still the best adaptation of the original book, IMO. If you haven't seen it and like the genre, you will love it. If you have seen it, get it for the memories.

An excellent film which has been much enhanced on Blu Ray with both very good picture quality and audio. I already have Dune on DVD but was disappointed with the Audio (Stereo). This Blu Ray release has Dolby 5.1 option and the sound quality, particularly deep bass sounds is very good (I do have a sub-woofer) and which was missing on the DVD release. The audio with the excellent picture quality makes this a very enjoyable film.

Great product. Delivered on time.

Dune is a sprawling, idea dense novel that mixes political intrigue, ecology, religion, and prophecy across many characters and subplots. This made it hard to fit into a conventional 2 hour movie. There are clear parallels between Dune and Star Wars, desert worlds, prophetic young protagonists, quasi religious orders with special powers, and galactic political conflict. Frank Herbert himself publicly expressed irritation at the resemblances, suggesting Star Wars borrowed elements from his work. Framing Star Wars as a “filmable short version” of Dune helps explain why Star Wars achieved immediate blockbuster success, but this parallel between these 2 films also explains which Dune is such a GREAT STORY ! Great classic film. Well worth watching.

i can't say how this compares to the frank herbert book but as a film it is awe inspiring enough in its own right. the production values are outstanding for its time and the acting power is stellar. every frame of this film looks amazing, so much effort has been put into this movie. in terms of ideas and outcome i would say that it compares very favourably to the lord of the rings and star wars. star wars in particular seems to owe a lot to dune, although some things are very different the world of dune is just as complicated and well thought out. there is a distinct touch of game of thrones to this story as there are families fighting against each other and the machinations are vast and sometimes ruthless. it is a brutal world, but fascinating to watch

What can I say. It's a DVD. It works so it's perfect. I love this film, even compared to the new versions.

I would most likely have given more than 3 stars, but for me the whole thing was marred by the fact there are no subtitles, I have hearing problems and at times really struggled to understand the dialogue, visually good though

Awesome film Better than the recent ones by a country mile.

Good price, delivered on time and arrived in perfect condition. All good.

Ce film est très bien réalisé. Les décors sont magnifiques et les trucages à la hauteur (en tenant compte de sa relative ancienneté bien sûr). Bien entendu, toujours la petite déception du rapprochement livre-film. L'épopée de Dune aurait mérité une saga comme Le Seigneur des Anneaux. La complexité des caractères des situations, l'extrême longueur du livre nécessitent cependant d'avoir lu le livre de Frank Herbert auparavant pour suivre aisément l'histoire. Le réalisateur s'en est tiré avec de nombreux passages avec récitant en voix Off qui peuvent agacer le non initié.

I seen this years ago. I wanted a copy to watch anytime I wanted.

Película de culto.

The movie is obviously awesome. Too bad that there are no subtitles in this DVD edition. This is the reason for 4 stars out of 5.