Review of Dune

Dune (1984)
5/10
David Lynch's worst outing
29 June 2023
It's hard to pinpoint just one thing that makes this an almost unbearable shipwreck. Is it the corny acting? The dated visual effects? The scatter-brained rushed story-telling? Take your pick.

Yes the studio interference made this one of David Lynch's biggest woes but he had no business taking on a big-budget....anything. Lynch should stick to short intimate weird human introspective. This ends up feeling like an attempt by a glue-sniffing junior to make a Terry Gilliam film. The CGI is a complete joke and almost insulting even for TV standards let alone a big movie release. Kyle Maclachlan's acting makes me want to laugh (in a bad way) but the set designs have a spark of true genius. That last part is probably the only good thing I got out of the poor excuse for a movie 4.6/10.
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