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From: gadfly@ihu1m.UUCP (Gadfly)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: How could anybody possibly like Dune?
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Date: Fri, 21-Dec-84 10:13:48 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 21 10:13:48 1984
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Good question.  What a dud, in the sense of some great sets
going to waste because of a cast that, as they say in the biz,
"phoned in their lines."  In the few love scenes there were,
the actors seemed totally bored.  And all those extras for the
storming of the palace--several just stared off into space for
most of the sequence.  Nice worms though.

I can see how people can enjoy Dune--it brings the book to life.
But if you liked the movie, you can't have had your imagination
in very high gear when reading the book.  I place Dune, along
with Catch-22, in the catagory of novels too well crafted, too
intricate, to defile with celluloid.  I purposely avoided Catch-22,
and now more than ever hope I never see it.
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