Hi. I'm not a huge fan of Dune. I watched the original movie, and enjoyed it for what it was. I never got sucked into it by any means. Now I've never read the books. I think I might now. I never knew COD was coming out until yesterday I saw it on the shelf of one of our video stores. So I rented it. I went into this mini expecting nothing, and remembering not a lot from Dune since it's been probably several years since I've seen it. Let me tell you. I thought it was great. Brilliant. I think as other reviewers have commented, the brevity and fastpace of the storyline and arc served the mini well. I enjoyed it very much. Even though it took a little bit to remember and recall things, not that I really even did, but even to figure out who people were, I thought the movie stood well on it's own, even if you hadn't seen the original. I loved all the characters and the casting director did an amazing job. Bravo. I thought each character was cast infintismally well. Although I wasn't too sure I enjoyed the fact that SS was in this movie. She played it well, but I just kept seeing her as "susan sarandon" whereas I knew the other actors/actresses from nowhere. I loved Alia. THe actress did an amazing job, except I'm not sure I liked the writhing thing. Seemed a little overboard, but meh. Whatever. Leto/Ghanima were excellent. I loved them to death. They had so much chemistry and in some part I wished they weren't brother and sister, though, that is part of their chemistry. That they are brother and sister and share and inextricable bond. At the end of book 3 I was fearing the fact that Ghani would end up with Garad'n, because I could see it a mile away. I think in the beginning I was all right with it when they showed her son and I hadn't seen any scenes with LetoII/Ghani. But after I saw them together part of me dreaded the fact that she would be with him. It seemed like they were tearing L/G apart. But I liked how they ended their relationship. Or FH had their relationship. THat they would never marry. How fitting. I am hoping for the SF channel to pick it up. I want to see the end. I want to see it all on screen. I think I will pick up the books just to find out what happens.
