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You're the one losing their mind over a movie that's a solid 8 out of 10. I've read Dune twice and I enjoyed seeing it come to life. Sorry you can't enjoy things
That's why you're resorting to personal attacks instead of actually discussing the topic at hand. We we're not talking about the enjoyment factor of Dunc but your ludicrous claim that it is the most faithful adaptation of Dune.
No, I said it was a faithful adaptation, not the most faithful adaptation. The older movies/mini series probably were more faithful, but they were horrendous in terms of quality. The new movie obviously took some creative liberties, but I earnestly believe none of the losses were of any serious consequence, and the end product is a really good movie. If they end up making more movies they can obviously expand on everything that they left on the chopping block
I'm going to quote you.
"As faithful as an adaptation as you can get" pretty much means "the most faithful adaptation".
No, they can't as they've fucked fundamental aspects of the story. They can't even adapt Dune Messiah now because they've completely fucked up Chani and her relationship with Paul.
There's a bit of a difference between "this is the best ice cream in the world" and "this ice cream is as good as you can get." It's a phrase meaning something is very good and not necessarily that it's perfect, though I understand your confusion if you're not familiar with it.
The reason I used that phrase is because movies can never be exact copies of books. And, unfortunately, it's often the most literal adaptations that end up the worst movies. The new Dune is significantly better than the older ones and it isn't only because of the vast improvements in CGI. The internal monologues were almost as bad as the shield belts in the 80's Dune. And if you think the modern Baron Harkonnen is bad, do you even remember the one from the 80's? What a disaster.
I will concede that they probably could have kept the movie a bit closer to the books, but even then I'm not really upset with the the changes. Most of the Dune series is an unfilmable mess that reads more like a soap opera (it wasn't him, if was his clone! Or she was possessed by the ghost of the bad guy all along!) than as a follow up to one of the most clever and interesting sci fi books ever written. I actually hope they take it in a better direction.