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having read the book more than a few times I really enjoyed the movie. it's interesting though that while it mentions a lot of the concepts in the book, it doesn't really flesh them out. I suspect this may make for a much more interesting experience if you already know the story than if you don't.

also, while everyone seems to like the baron in the new one, I thought he was way underused. he's nice and creepy and all, but he only occasionally appears and has like one or two lines at a time. he's barely a character and you almost get no exposure to the harkonnens at all. and they focused on making them creepily alien rather than sickeningly decadent, which I don't mind too much, I just wish they had more development. but then the movie was extremely long already (though I could have watched it for 6+ hours easily.)

one thing I really liked was the feeling of dryness you get from the desert. when they show sand, it doesn't feel like beach sand, it looks course and dry as heck, and when there's moisture anywhere it sticks out like a sore thumb in the extremely dry environment.