'Dune' Is an Exercise in Delayed Gratification

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Dune is a novel so massive in scope it defies adaptation, yet many have tired. Now, Denis Villeneuve has brought it to the big screen. Has Dune’s time finally come? The answer is no. (From 2021)

does at the box office this weekend—and thus whether or not Villeneuve even gets to film its successor—it could also mean it finds a lot more fans simply by being free for subscribers to watch with the click of a button., as a franchise, has some ardent fans, but what it doesn’t is many casual ones. It's not Star Wars; outside of certain specific circles, it's not extremely well known. Letting it live on a streaming service for a while might help beef up its fan ranks.

In a just world, finding these converts wouldn’t be too hard. Despite the whimper the movie ends on, it remains fairly epic. All of the book’s hallmarks—giant devouring sandworms, water-reclaimingAlso present: Herbert’s many interwoven plots. The book’s hero, Paul Atreides is still there, struggling to make his father, Duke Leto , proud, while also confronting the fact that he might have been part of a plot cooked up by his mother, Lady Jessica , to bring about a messiah.

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