Dune
Nursing a killer hangover, I watched Dune, the 1980 movie of the classic Frank Herbert novel.
The year is 10191, and the spice of a giant-worm riddled planet is the most valuable commodity in the universe, as it allows interstellar travel. The Harkonnen family are bitter rivals of the good Atriedes, and the cruel emperor sides with the Harkonnen. The son of Duke Lito of the Atriededes, Paul, leads the people of the spice-planet against the Harkonnen and the Emperor.
It has similar nutiness to other David Lynch films, including crazy voices, interlude clips full of symbolism and verbalised thoughts. It also seemed to be too long. For a relatively simple plot, a running time of 137 minutes seems a mite lengthy, but the Frank Herbert book was rather long too I guess.
Intriguing, but not a great film by any means. Could have been a 6 or 7 if it had been edited a little tighter.
5/10