If you're a science fiction fan, The Dune novel should be familiar to you. Now it's been adapted into a movie to bring it to the big screen. Generally speaking, movies adapted from classic novels either have fame and fortune or ended dismal. First talk about the adaptation, in general, the film basically presents the content of the first half of it, as the first chapter of the series, compared to other science fiction films to construct a grand world view in the introduction of the protagonist is different, the screenwriter in addition to deliberately smoothing out the more obscure places in the novel, the story also deals with the simple male protagonist as a single plot route, through the "national destruction of the family" to promote the male protagonist's inner transformation, sort out the relationship between the enemy and us and the entire story background, the story line can withstand scrutiny, Dragonfly sketches out the personalities of each character, so it is easier for viewers who have not seen the original book to understand. The space battleships and armies, giant sandworms, and galactic politics that appear in the novel present a magnificent, desolate and beautiful sci-fi beauty under the powerful driving ability of director Villeneuve. The yellow sand is scorching, the desert is vast, and the horizon is boundless, and human beings seem insignificant here. Hans Zimmer's score is definitely the finishing touch, in addition to classical music as the base, but also mixed with many natural and man-made sound effects, while continuing to feel the sense of shock at the same time to perfectly bring out the majestic and sad epic sense. From space to the desert, people walk with a vague hope, such as ephemera reading the world and dying, refreshing the new height of desert films, bringing the audience top audiovisual enjoyment. In the casting, the director chose many familiar actors, starring Timochalame, known as "Sweet Tea", Rebecca Ferguson of "Mission Impossible", and Zanda ya Coleman of "Spider-Man", in addition, there is Chinese actor Zhang Zhen, the cast is perfect and eye-catching, and the actors' interpretation in it is also just right to bring that uneasiness, confusion and fear to the audience. It can be said that "Dune" is definitely a qualified visual commercial film.
Turning to the movie, the background of the story continues the novel - that is, in the future, human beings rule several planets, the country is governed by the feudal system of emperors and nobles ruling one planet, and the most precious and important thing in this world is the "spice" that can not only be used as fuel for interstellar travel but also allows people to obtain certain special abilities, and this rare "spice" only exists in a planet with bad conditions - Erracus. The plot of the film begins with the male protagonist's growing family being sent by the emperor to take over the mining of "spices". The outline is that after the male protagonist, as a royal family with aristocratic blood, was taught by the mysterious force to cultivate special abilities, after experiencing the suffering of betrayal, subversion and displacement, he experienced the hellish tempering of the nomadic class in the wild land, and finally stood out and became the real "chosen son", for those who have not read the novel, the story line is slightly weak but at least clear. For the readers of the novel, there is a sense of disappointment in the expectations caused by the early preview.
Such a voluminous classic work as "Dune" requires a lot of ink to structure the background of the story, so the director does his best to lay out the ink in the first half, and the second half is full of intersections between dreams and reality, there are fights but no climaxes, and it is inevitable that there is some imbalance between before and after. At the same time, although the drastic plot simplification makes many fans understand, it sacrifices the most important imagination of science fiction films, and the time limit also makes the film unable to accommodate the philosophical thinking on desert ecology, human evolution, religious history and other philosophical reflections expressed in the original book, making the film just an ordinary Hollywood special effects blockbuster. Moreover, Hollywood movies, the plot is often a weak link, "Dune" the whole movie adopts a kind of aesthetic emotion and atmosphere into the way of narrative, there are not too many lines, but try to bring the audience into a fantasy world through vision, although it can make people better absorb the plot content, but also let the audience have to spend a lot of energy to pay attention to the entire picture, plus the plot line is single, lack of emotional resonance, no pause, overwhelmed special effects will inevitably make the audience feel tired, This is also the reason why many viewers feel that the two-and-a-half-hour movie is particularly long.
In general, "Dune" as a Hollywood special effects action film, the performance is not too prominent, in the eyes of the audience with entertainment as the main demand, belongs to the picture is good-looking, the perception is exciting, but it will not make people greatly interested in science fiction movies. If you go to see it as a fan of the original with anticipation, maybe this movie will not make you particularly satisfied. In addition to carrying the attention it brings, adapting a novel must also inevitably bear the pressure, criticism and criticism it brings. But this is the first part of the series, and I'm sure there are a lot of followers who still have a lot of expectations for the sequel to Dune.