It's always been resistant to science fiction movies. Probably the main reason is that you can't appreciate the cold metal shapes and colorful fancy weapons, right? Occasionally follow the trend to watch a few European and American Hollywood science fiction blockbusters, but also mostly limited to the story that happened on the earth.
This time to watch "Dune", the opportunity is really too coincidental - the radio drama "Little Mushroom" won the grand prize, the 729 sound workshop is engaged in a lottery; the "Defective Product" that chases the P big has been updated.
These 2 novels are interstellar science fiction works, but also very like the novel, which produces a little curiosity about the interstellar science fiction blockbuster - mainly the interstellar scene does not know how to structure, the novel is difficult to read, there is no sense of picture! It is a matter of checking and filling in the gaps in knowledge!
The film Dune is based on Frank Herbert's novel of the same name, telling the story of the Ertridi family, who controlled the precious resources, after the betrayal of the family's heir Paul decided to accept the guidance of fate to defend his family and people.
To be honest, "Dune" took place in 10,000 AD, this time is really hilarious, how advanced will the technology at that time be? Humanity must have stepped out of the earth and into the universe, right?
It sounds very simple, but it doesn't seem so complicated. After watching the whole film, I think it is just a traditional Hollywood hero film cloaked in science fiction, or a rewritten version of The Prince's Revenge.
Let's first introduce the background of the novel "Dune", so that it is convenient to better interpret the movie.
After all, different interpretations of novels will bring about differences in understanding of the film. And this difference will lead to different viewing experiences and post-reading feelings. These small links will affect the reputation of novels and movies!
The author of the Dune novel, Frank Herbert, born in Washington State in 1920 and died in 1986, is a well-known American science fiction writer.
He wrote a total of 27 novels and 6 collections of short stories during his lifetime. The most famous of these is Dune, published in 1965, and there are six follow-up novels, which can be called a science fiction masterpiece.
The first part of "Dune" won the first Nebula Award for Best Novel, and also shared the Hugo Award of that year with Zerazni's novel "Immortal".
In short, Dune's place in science fiction is like the Lord of the Rings in magic literature.
However, it is clear that the film does not show the essence of the novel, but also simplifies it, hastily rewritten into a film with a very Hollywood heroic character. Some netizens summed up "Dune" in one sentence: Bai Fumei's brother was betrayed, and the orphans and widows became bandit leaders and embarked on the road of revenge.
Wouldn't it be easy to understand the essence of the movie Dune?
Many media reported that in order to let many audiences who have not read the "Dune" novel better understand the story of the film, the director "smoothed out many obscure and tortuous parts of the original book", so that the science fiction of the film lost color and space.
Tough special effects undermine the construction of imagination in the novel, whether it is sandworms, spaceships, or even space fleets, can not bring visual shock to the audience, and a long aftertaste.
Of course, this is a situation where the benevolent see the wise and the wise see the wise, and in the end, the audience needs to judge it themselves!
The soogen on the movie poster of "Dune" reads "Meet Fate, Dominate the Future", which shows that this is a fight for fate. At the beginning of the film, the lines lay the foundation that the whole situation is related to dreams, and dreams affect the fate of the future - dreams are information from the depths. Paul Erridi's life is also inseparable from dreams.
Paul Ertridi, like many beloved brothers born in the family of eunuchs, enjoys the carefree life brought by his family while trying to find a life that belongs to himself. However, the family's responsibility and mission determine that their lives cannot be freely desired.
Like Paul's father, Duke Leto Ertridi, in his youth, hated the ring of the family's coat of arms and wanted to be an ordinary pilot. However, when the responsibility and mission of the family fell on his shoulders, he still did not hesitate to shoulder his own responsibilities!
The same goes for Paul Erridi! In addition, he has a mission that is more important than his father's - he is the chosen son carefully cultivated by his mother!
In the dune world, the Emperor, the major families, and the Astronautical Guild stand on three legs, seemingly mighty, but in fact, the Sisterhood is above it. The Sority is an ancient "body-will training school" dedicated to training women. Because the Sorority controls reproduction, manipulates the genetic code of the nobility, and loses the behind-the-scenes support of the Sorority, any force will be defeated!
Paul Ertridi's mother was born into the Witches' "Sorority", but she secretly and quietly disobeyed the Orders of the Sorority and gave birth to a male fetus privately, because she felt that her child would be the "Chosen Son" who would save the world, and would become "Quesat Hadrak" - this part is swept through the film, making people unable to understand Beni · Why would the Jesserit Sisters be frightening!
At the same time, Paul Ertridi's mother also has the ability to "confuse sounds", and can use the voice to control each other. Under the careful cultivation of his mother, Paul Ertridi not only has the ability to "confuse sounds" like his mother, but even has the ability to "foresee dreams"!
Paul Erridi's life is also in turmoil with the strange dreams that appear again and again... It is unknown what information these complicated dreams hide, but one thing is certain, everyone with extraordinary abilities is a person with extraordinary responsibilities!
Paul Ertridi's growth was an overnight affair.
The extended family knew that Shadam IV, then Emperor Padisha, was a careful-eyed, jealous man. So, when the prestige of the Ertridi family rose, he deliberately classified Erakos (that is, the dune planet), which originally belonged to the Haknan family, as a fief of the Ertridi family— killing people with a knife.
Because of Dr. Yue's betrayal, his father, Duke Leto Ertridi, was martyred overnight, the fighting coach Göni Harek was killed, the family army was surrounded and suppressed, and he and his mother were lucky to escape... It's not the end, it's just a process.
As the film says, "A process that cannot be understood by stopping, we must go with the flow", how many heroes will go through a psychological process of resistance - struggle - depression - pain - acceptance - counterattack before becoming heroes.
Probably, this is the legend of the broken cocoon into a butterfly!
The enemy of the enemy is his ally! Paul Ertridi and the Natives of Erracos, the Fremans, form an alliance and begin to join forces for revenge!
When Paul Ertridi joins Duncan Idaho with his mother and prepares to seek help from the Freymans, he encounters the teenage girl who frequently appears in his dreams, Chini!
The gears of fate began to turn in a new direction, and the dreams that had recurred began to become reality one by one. From here, Dune's grand and powerful storyline slowly unfolds.
However, the film seems to be a bit weak. It seems to be hastily advancing the plot, but it misses many clues. And because the brain hole is too big, resulting in many details, or the background that can be explained in the novel is not fully integrated in the film, so that people who have not seen the original will feel that the plot of the film is protracted and not good enough when reading the novel!
Because the Dune novel is a "very long, long, long" novel, it will also be "very long" to be adapted into a movie. The current release of "Dune" should be the foreshadowing of the previous situation, explaining the reasons for Paul Ertridi's transformation.
From Paul Ertridi's dreams, it is known that he pulled out the banner of "revenge for his father" and became the leader who led the Freymans to fight back against the Haknan family on the planet Errakos.
Dreams indicate the future fate of Paul Ertridi. Whether it was the Chosen One or the reluctant position, he had no choice but to walk along the dreamland!
The mystery of life is not to solve problems, but to experience.