Cinema time was yesterday. It was the third time that we have been to the Curzon in Colchester, though by we, this was my daughter and I to watch Dune. My wife had no interest in watching it, and while my son had expressed an interest in watching it before, he changed his mind.
He may have been a bit stressed about the exams that he had earlier in the day, this being an SPAG English assessment (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar). He has been a bit more stressed, getting lifts in from my wife and I so far this week rather than riding his bike into school. He is happy to walk back with his friends, which is fine, so long as he lets us know this in advance.
Anyway, the film. I do remember bits of the 1984 version of Dune from many years ago when I was a lot younger. I do remember being told that it was a complicated film and this one appears to have overcome the constraints of changing the book into film by filming it over two parts. Yes, at the beginning, the film was a bit ponderous, but it did speed up and I am looking forwards to the sequel. I cannot really comment on the plot as it is based on the book, but the acting and directing made the story make sense.
Just one thing, how have the inhabitants of Arrakis lived so long if Sand Worms are attracted to movement in the sandy wastes of the planet?
